** Sen. Collins/Lieberman holding presser after DADT vote **

Clio the Leo

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Thu Dec-09-10 04:47 PM
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Edited on Thu Dec-09-10 04:49 PM by Clio the Leo

http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream3

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Clio the Leo

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Thu Dec-09-10 04:49 PM
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1. ** McCaskill (via Twitter) says...

Rs just blocked modest pay raises 4 military cuz we haven't yet given them tax cuts for multi millionaires.Courageous Collins broke ranks.
http://twitter.com/#!/clairecmc

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Teaser

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Thu Dec-09-10 04:53 PM
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2. Collins broke ranks when it was clear cloture would fail

she's got a hole where her fucking soul belongs.

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Thu Dec-09-10 04:55 PM
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3. Claire, Collins only broke ranks when it was clear the votes were not there.

Not exactly courage. Probably more like McConnell told her she could vote the way she wanted to.

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Clio the Leo

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Thu Dec-09-10 05:42 PM
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4. ** POTUS says bill was blocked bc "a minority of Senators" oppose #DADT, a "discriminatory law"

http://twitter.com/#!/jaketapper/status/13000231331303424

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Clio the Leo

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Thu Dec-09-10 05:44 PM
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5. Obama "thanks Levin, Lieberman & Collins, and urges Sen to "revisit" issue."

http://twitter.com/#!/alex_wags/status/12999888207880192

(good news!)

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Clio the Leo

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Thu Dec-09-10 05:49 PM
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6. ** No more votes in Senate Thurs. None Friday. None Saturday

Edited on Thu Dec-09-10 05:50 PM by Clio the Leo

http://twitter.com/#!/caphilltrish/status/12996746741288960

We didn't get to the tax bill either, in case anyone hasn't noticed. (was supposed to have been voted on tonight.)

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