CSPAN2: Senate voting on whether to move forward GOP Iraq War

[babylonsister]

Spending bill, calls for $20M more, torture not ruled out, no timelines to get out.

[TwilightGardener]

1. Thanks for the heads-up.

[rodeodance]

2. thanks. they are early birds today

[MiniMe]

3. Didn't pass cloture

Infact, didn't even get 50%.

[TwilightGardener]

5. Yes--WTF? How many Dems didn't vote for cloture?

[babylonsister]

7. Dems won that flat out; 53 to 44, I think? Or close? The GOPs version

was shot down.

[MiniMe]

11. I think it was 53-45, not that it matters

:hi:

Who didn't vote??

[babylonsister]

14. I don't know who didn't vote,

but this went down without too much of a struggle. Being the skeptic I am, I have to ask why? I guess because they know neither would pass? Sounds like it...

:hi:

[malaise]

8. MSNBC just carried the defeat of the Rethug version n/t

[TwilightGardener]

6. Oops, just read that cloture failed on the GOP version (70 billion, no timelines).

[TwilightGardener]

4. Durbin up--what will it take to end this war?

[babylonsister]

9. Pretty sad. $50B going towards prolonging this goddamn war instead

of stopping it altogether. :grr: :banghead: :argh:

[MiniMe]

10. Voting on the Dem version now - Snow voted FOR the bill

I swear I heard that. Amazing.

[malaise]

15. 53-45

Damn.

Corrected

[TwilightGardener]

16. I think it was 53-45

[malaise]

18. Thanks

Corrected. Looks like I found a few more senators. :D

[librechik]

12. They outlaw waterboarding in this one (I beleive--Bush already promised a veto)

[babylonsister]

13. Oulaw torture and I think there's a timetable for withdrawal, but

'never' quote me.

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

17. Per MSNBC Dodd voted against the Dem bill, Doesn't want any money going for this.

Good job, Dodd!

[babylonsister]

19. We found a spine! Good for him! nt

[TwilightGardener]

20. Stupid--this was just for cloture--he could have voted against the actual bill--there

was no need to obstruct the bill coming to a vote.

[TwilightGardener]

21. Farm bill failed cloture. The Senate is totally gridlocked. They might as

well just go home and come back in January 2009.

[mvd]

22. I hope Reid sticks to his "then he gets no money" on the war funding

They don't need to pass anything. It's the Repukes who should be on the defensive.

[TwilightGardener]

23. I do too--let's see how long we play this game of chicken with the GOPers.