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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsanyone else watching cspan?
"final vote is expected shortly"
schumer is wrapping up
madamesilverspurs
(15,806 posts)With a full bottle of Rolaids.
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Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)orleans
(34,073 posts)i'm watching the senate
they are voting "on whether to keep certain provisions in the bill that violate senate budget rules; 60 ayes needed to waive those rules"
try this link
https://www.c-span.org/video/?438760-2/us-senate-debates-votes-tax-reform-bill
Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)could be a rerun. That's what's running on my cable C-SPAN now........
orleans
(34,073 posts)Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)Thanks!
cilla4progress
(24,760 posts)But that's only normal.
BigmanPigman
(51,626 posts)and will continue. I wish I were celebrating instead though. I called 19 of these fuckers today! I have noise makers out too (just in case).
orleans
(34,073 posts)SoCalMusicLover
(3,194 posts)Just waiting for the inevitable posts indicating it's done.
orleans
(34,073 posts)they didn't get the 60 ayes for
"on whether to keep certain provisions in the bill that violate senate budget rules; 60 ayes needed to waive those rules"
orleans
(34,073 posts)ugh.
madamesilverspurs
(15,806 posts)For no reason, seeing as how (as Maddow so rightly pointed out) there is no mathematical possibility of a tie.
Showboating, anyone?
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C_U_L8R
(45,019 posts)orleans
(34,073 posts)someone must be getting a haircut
mchill
(1,018 posts)can anyone hear what he is saying?
orleans
(34,073 posts)mchill
(1,018 posts)mchill
(1,018 posts)mchill
(1,018 posts)orleans
(34,073 posts)PROTESTERS!!!
"if approved it goes back to the house for a vote tomorrow morning"
i couldn't understand what they were shouting
madamesilverspurs
(15,806 posts)Well after midnight there. That's dedication.
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orleans
(34,073 posts)can you hear what they are shouting?
BigmanPigman
(51,626 posts)Alsteen
(69 posts)If the House screwed up their vote and won't revote till tomorrow how can the senate vote on a plan they don't yet have?
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)MiniMe
(21,718 posts)If you are part of the 1%, screw you
LeftInTX
(25,521 posts)mchill
(1,018 posts)orleans
(34,073 posts)the tired and yet satisfied republicans shuffled out of the chambers at one in the morning to hurry into beddie-bye where they can masturbate themselves on a hard job well done
DesertFlower
(11,649 posts)each other on the back.