DADT possible vote tonight!

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Originally Posted by Danzig

lol
now, since it's the dems, filibustering is just peachy. glad to see you're consistent.

You can laugh, but you fail to see the difference. He was speaking during debate. The bill wasn't filibustered from coming to the floor, nor was a vote filibustered. The bill was brought to the floor for debate. He talked for 8 1/2 hours during open floor debate. And at least he held the floor, too, talking about his position.

The GOP filibusters to prevent bills from even coming to the floor for discussion by the Majority Leader. They file an "intent to filibuster", then go home.

And "intent" forces the bill on the back burner until the majority can come up with 60 votes to even bring it to the floor. Takes at least a week. There is no standing on the floor and actually doing something, either.

And then, if the bill ever gets brought to the floor for discussion, they block debate, and then they block the ability to vote on it - as they have done this week alone with DADT, the Dream Act, the military appropriations bill, etc.

The GOP hasn't voted bills down. They have prevented the entire Senate from voting on bills. The GOP is simply obstructive jerks.

Well, two can play that game, and the Dems are going to take away their parliamentary ability to do that. There will still be a filibuster, but the minority won't be able to hold the majority hostage, and circumvent the Constitution, anymore.