It's 4:00 AM EST. What the hell is happening in the Senate?

longship

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Sat Dec-09-06 04:02 AM
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It's 4:00 AM EST. What the hell is happening in the Senate?

I just got home from a jazz concert. C-SPAN-2 has the Senate still in session. What in the Sam Hell is going on?

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ncrainbowgrrl

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Sat Dec-09-06 04:07 AM
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1. Oh... my... Now THAT is pretty amazing. The senate live after 9pm?!

For the house... well.. it's happened before, but... Whoa.

I'm gonna stream C-span now!

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longship

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Sat Dec-09-06 04:10 AM
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2. It says: "Quorum Call"

Edited on Sat Dec-09-06 04:10 AM by longship

What's the sargeant-at-arms doing? Waking people out of dead sleep?

"Senator Akaka, you're needed on the floor. You need to fly back from Hawaii for a vote."

"Senator Allard..."

"Senator Allen..."

Etc.

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longship

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Sat Dec-09-06 04:17 AM
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3. C-SPAN-2: Coming up in the Senate

Edited on Sat Dec-09-06 04:19 AM by longship

* Miscellaneous bills.
* Wrap-up of 109th Congress

Or, so it says.

Plus, some pretty good music. Romantic era symphony... Can't place it. Could be Schubert.

They're keeping Bill Frist up past his normal tippling time.

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WinkyDink

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Sat Dec-09-06 09:09 AM
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17. Sure it's not Wagner? Heh.

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longship

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Sat Dec-09-06 04:21 AM
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4. Just waiting for the staff at the dais to put their heads down...

...and wondering if the snoring will drown out the Schubert symphony.

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longship

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Sat Dec-09-06 04:22 AM
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5. Oooo! Action!!!

I see action. Frist is up.

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longship

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Sat Dec-09-06 04:24 AM
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6. Unanimous consent!!! Nonsense!!!

The Dems need to make them *all* voice votes.

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Stardust

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Sat Dec-09-06 04:28 AM
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7. They had to vote on that last tax break bill. Seriously.

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Selatius

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Sat Dec-09-06 04:28 AM
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8. When they hold sessions late at night, they're trying to pass bullshit legislation

Y'know, the kind of legislation that assaults working class interests or chips away at civil liberties.

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lapfog_1

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Sat Dec-09-06 04:29 AM
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9. Frist is doing a good act as an auctioneer...

he has the pater down and his is speaking fast.

A whole bunch of house and senate resolutions are being "layed on the table" (whatever that means).

What is happening here?

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lapfog_1

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Sat Dec-09-06 04:34 AM
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11. what fucking nominations????!!!!! - n/t

wrapping up...

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lapfog_1

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Sat Dec-09-06 04:36 AM
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12. 2minutes - Thank god... and I'm an atheist

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longship

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Sat Dec-09-06 04:30 AM
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10. Wrapping up business.

All by unanimous consent. Most of the bills are those from the House.

I'm waiting for a Dem to "object".

The 109th Congress dies with a whimper.

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ncrainbowgrrl

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Sat Dec-09-06 04:36 AM
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13. Oh, holy crap, Frist is comparing the Majority leader position to being a heart surgeon.

Ooooh, he's giving his bye-bye speech- for good this time!!!

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jgraz

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Sat Dec-09-06 05:28 AM
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14. My guess is he was equally good at both

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radfringe

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Sat Dec-09-06 05:50 AM
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15. these late session are not family friendly

:sarcasm:

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Warren Stupidity

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Sat Dec-09-06 09:05 AM
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16. Ramming a corrupt, unspeakably corrupt tax bill

through, with lots of corrupt, unspeakably corrupt Democratic Senators joining in. This is a fucking outrage. We, the people of this nation, are being treated with complete contempt.

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