Bernie Sanders on Hartmann's show just said the Senate will

be voting on the bill to demand removal of troops from Iraq by April next week. He said he expects to be able to get 53 to 57 votes in favor of cloture. Is there anything we can do to make that the required 60 votes? If we call our Senators starting today, do you think we as constituents can force the issue?

I'm sure going to try, but my Sens are Chambliss & Isackson so I don't know how successful I'll be.

the votes are closer to that magic '60'.

Give Bush, Cheney, and Rove each an apple with a sleeping potion, so that they can't blackmail the senators or give anthrax threats to the senators. The sleeping beauties can be woken up by the kiss of a handsome prince, but I doubt there will be any volunteers.

Get the Repubs on record WEEKLY voting against the troops.

Reid is planning to do. Bernie said every time they take a vote, they get closer to the 60 required, and also force people to SEE just which Senators are consistently voting against their wishes.

I'd just like to see them get the darn 60 votes NOW, and even 67 to override a veto!

call your talk radio and tell the listeners to call their senators
Write a letter to your editor
Post a message on your newspaper website


Put the pressure on. Only if they understand their asses are in a sling will they do anything different

C'mon Code Pink...sit in at Lugar or Alexander or Dimeneci's office. Get the cameras there and force them to defend enabling this regime by not allowing an up or down vote.

Cloture means we can't bring the bill to the floor...where we DO have the votes to pass the bill and force boooshie to Veto it. Then we put the pressure on Democrats not to fold...to force boooshie to compromise or lose all funding.

Bernie's talking a the way to get things done. We have to make noise...phone calls, letters, blogs...confront the corporate media and right wing spinners...and demand an up or down vote on the war funding bill, the Webb ammendment and other bills the Repugnicans are obstructing.

Yep...5 Senators with weak-knees is all it takes to make something real happen.

At least you will have tried and the senator cannot honestly go on the air and sanctimoniously say, "Well, nobody contacted my office in support of the bill to withdraw the troops."

He's a marked man for 2008 any way.

then Reid should go ahead and call the bill for debate. Let one of the assholes put his career on the line by tying up the senate for the entire frigging week reading from restaurant menus or something. I think they'd cave.

They'll cast a vote against cloture, but see how long Boehner or McConnell will actually filibuster, with calls flooding his office...

Otherwise, what's in it for them to go against Chimpenfuhrer?

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with Dole and Burr. Two more who wait for their direction from the WH.