Harry Reid announces vote on DADT repeal for Saturday

[terrya]

Here we go, folks.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has filed cloture on 'DADT' repeal and the DREAM act, with a vote planned for Saturday. Reid has apparently filled the tree, which prevents any amendments to the measures.

http://www.towleroad.com/2010/12/breaking-reid-filing-cloture-on-dadt-for-vote-on-saturday.html

[alphafemale]

1. Best Christmas present for justice in a long long time. nt

[davidinalameda]

2. I was just coming over here to post this

you beat me to it

[terrya]

I understand...go ahead and repost it, please

David, it is DEFINITELY call your Senators time tomorrow. This is it, basically.

[terrya]

7. You might want to post about this in GD: Presidency

Nothing about it in there, yet.

Thanks.

[Taverner]

3. Let's GO!!!!!

[demmiblue]

4. K&R

:kick:

[blue neen]

5. Go for broke, Harry!

Let's hope for the best! :)

[Scurrilous]

6. K & R

:thumbsup:

[pinto]

8. Let's go for them both...

:thumbsup:

[terrya]

10. Another post here said that the DREAM act will be first Saturday, then DADT repeal.

Damn...this is actually possible.

[msanthrope]

9. Please let me watch bigotry enshrined into law be repealed?

Please let me watch one of the most disgusting 'findings' ever in law be repudiated.

Please let me watch my Constitution be the living, breathing document it was meant to be.

Please let me watch equality happen.

Please let me do the happy dance with all the posters I so virulently disagreed with about process.

Please let every court case become moot.

Please, Harry Reid, Joe Lieberman, Joe Biden, Barack Obama.....(not forgetting Pelosi, Hoyer, Murphy....)


Please.

[proud patriot]

11. Call Your Senators Tomorrow ! ! !

It's Now or Never to have your Voice heard .

Tell all your freinds to call too !

[bluestateguy]

12. We have a great Senate majority leader

He has earned my respect. No, he's not perfect, but he's significanty better than Tom Daschle was.

[msongs]

13. lets hope DADT is NOT TIED to the "dream" act in any way nt

[BzaDem]

15. It isn't. n/t

[BlueCheese]

14. This is great news.

Assuming the GOP doesn't find yet another excuse (and they are experts at it), it looks as if everything is set to go.

Now if it were this simple--just have a nice neat standalone bill--why on earth didn't we do this a long time ago?

[sabrina 1]

18. They probably wanted to wait until after they sold out on

the Bush tax cuts. This was always simple and should have been done long ago, but doing it after the betrayal on the tax cuts, they probably think will help them get back some of their lost base.

[JackBeck]

16. Now this should be interesting.

Makes me think that Reid, Collins and Lieberman had something worked out before he put the NDAA with the DADT amendment up for a vote last Thursday. Reid, in fact, practically admitted it toward the end of his speech.

[terrya]

17. I think that's very plausible.

Yes. I agree with you.