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6. What Pisses Me Off Is Tomorrow All These Senators And Congressmen Will Be Patting Themselves....

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 02:45 AM

Jan 2013

on their backs at what a good job they did. They dragged the people of this country through the dirt for their petty partisan games and now they are going to want to have us give them kudos for this fiasco.

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SENATE VOTING NOW! [View all] elleng Jan 2013 OP

Thank you. Hopefully it passes. Drunken Irishman Jan 2013 #1

I Don't Think Reid Would Have Called For The Vote If He Didn't Think It Would Pass.... global1 Jan 2013 #11

Kill it now before it multiplies. Jack Sprat Jan 2013 #2

thanks! Divine Discontent Jan 2013 #3

thanks, elleng... hlthe2b Jan 2013 #4

Nope. Going too fast. elleng Jan 2013 #8

Thanks for the heads up. blogslut Jan 2013 #5

LOL! PennsylvaniaMatt Jan 2013 #12

What Pisses Me Off Is Tomorrow All These Senators And Congressmen Will Be Patting Themselves.... global1 Jan 2013 #6

I agree. The only one who seems to have given a damn is Obama. Drunken Irishman Jan 2013 #9

Not so sure about HOUSE, elleng Jan 2013 #18

Thanks for the heads up and the link elleng cal04 Jan 2013 #7

Then aren't they too late? hfojvt Jan 2013 #10

Without the house it really doesn't matter. Lone_Star_Dem Jan 2013 #17

Chuck Todd (I know) said that if the Senate passes it by 80-plus votes, it'll be tough.............. Drunken Irishman Jan 2013 #19

They are voting for a temp fix Jack Sprat Jan 2013 #21

it's not a temp fix though hfojvt Jan 2013 #27

It looks like this is going to pass by a considerable margin. Drunken Irishman Jan 2013 #13

Only 4 Senators voting against it so far Kaleva Jan 2013 #14

Sanders voted YES bama_blue_dot Jan 2013 #15

Wow. Color me shocked. Lone_Star_Dem Jan 2013 #20

Hey, thanks for that bama_blue_dot! Cha Jan 2013 #30

I counted 89 - 8 so far (as of 1:55 ET - final 2:07 am ET) n/t BumRushDaShow Jan 2013 #16

Thank you for counting. I lost track after 60. Tx4obama Jan 2013 #24

Thank you BumRushDaShow for the count cal04 Jan 2013 #26

Disgusting hfojvt Jan 2013 #28

Bernie Sanders voted for it. n/t BumRushDaShow Jan 2013 #29

This has passed. nadinbrzezinski Jan 2013 #22

Bennet, Rubio, Harkin, and a few others I don't recall, NO. elleng Jan 2013 #23

wow.. that's quite a mix.. Cha Jan 2013 #31

Final vote 89-8 cal04 Jan 2013 #25