Cheney Breaks The Tie on Reconcilliation

[kpete]

December 21, 2005
Cheney Breaks The Tie on Reconcilliation

And a debate on cloture for defense approps is ongoing. The bill includes an ANWR drilling provision.

More later.
http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/


UPDATE:
The roll call delivered less than the final victory Republicans had hoped for.

In maneuvering in advance of the final vote, Democrats succeeded in forcing minor changes.

That requires the House to vote on the bill before it can be sent to President Bush for his signature. Passage is all but certain, but the timing remains in question, since most House members have returned home for the holidays.

The vote came on the first of two major measures facing tests in the Senate during the day.

On the second, Republicans maneuvered to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. Democrats opposed that measure with a filibuster, and Republicans scrambled for the 60 votes needed to prevail.

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