Senator Reid has filed cloture on DADT & Dream Act

[Tx4obama]

Source: C-Span 2 Live

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Reid has filed cloture on The DREAM ACT.

Reid has filed cloture on The DADT Repeal !!!

Reid is giving up on the omnibus spending bill for now, will have talks with McConnell within the next 24 hours.

Live stream: http://cspan.org/Live-Video/C-SPAN2/

Edited to add:
Reid has successfully filed cloture for both DADT and DREAM ACT.

Looks like we will have to wait now for tomorrow it get here ;)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

1. yay dems!

[RKP5637]

2. Recommend!!! n/t

[Little Star]

3. Good! k&r

[Tx4obama]

4. Reid has finished the cloture filing for both DADT & Dream Act.

The voting for DADT and DREAM will be SATURDAY morning.
DREAM will be first, followed by DADT.

[Creative]

5. The Dream Act dies but DADT flies...

[jwirr]

6. It sounds like they are going to have a midnight session. Hopefully

it will work.

[Tx4obama]

7. Here's an article link for the OP up above

Harry Reid Pulls Omnibus, But Announces Votes On DADT & DREAM Act
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/16/senate-plans-dont-ask-don_n_798016.html

p.s. I can't add it to the OP up above, because the OP editing time has expired.

[Tx4obama]

8. The voting for DADT and DREAM will be SATURDAY morning. DREAM will be first, followed by DADT. n/t

[alp227]

9. lol republicans are gonna abuse debate time anyway. n/t

[Tx4obama]

10. Senator Wyden will stay this weekend to vote on DADT repeal & Dream Act

From TPM:

When Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) announced today that he had been diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer, the news seemed to throw his vote into doubt on DADT repeal. The initial announcement suggested that after a pre-op doctor's visit on Friday he'd be away from the Senate until early January.

But Wyden's spokeswoman, Jennifer Hoelzer, has just confirmed to TPM that Sen. Wyden will be available this weekend to vote on the key DADT and DREAM Act votes.

[No Elephants]

11. Hope Wyden's decision further shames Rethugs who claim working 2 weeks before Christmas is too much

for us to expect of them.

Before being self-employed, I worked until 3 pm or later on Christmas Eve, depending on what was on my desk, and bright and early December 26. Oh, yeah, and the entire rest of the year, too.

Clergy work on Christmas eve, too and also on Christmas Day.

Disrespectful and sacreligious, my ass, you lazy, lying misusing Christ's name thugs.

[Tx4obama]

12. I agree.

The republicans that are having hissy fits should be ashamed of themselves.
I read somewhere this morning that the senate worked only 130+ days this years down from 150+ days last year (I think that's what the numbers were), and this year they didn't have any votes at all on Fridays which is ridiculous.
Average working Americans (and the unemployed) should be pissed that the senators are complaining about having to work while they are collecting big paychecks and getting 'good' benefits.