Senate Into All-Night Session Tuesday

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S.AMDT.2087, has bipartisan support and is cosponsored by Gordon Smith (R-OR), Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME).

 

..the Senate's Republican leadership and show Americans how the GOP doesn't truly support helping troop..

 

In making this move, Reid is invoking the provisions of Rule 22 (Precedence of Motions) of the Standing Rules of the Senate, which provides, at the Majority Leader's discretion, up to 30 hours of debate if a filibuster is initiated -- as the Republicans will most certainly do, knowing that Reed-Levin may very well have the 51 votes needed for passage.

 

http://bobgeiger.blogspot.com/2007/07/reid-to-force-senate-into-all-night.html

 

hard ball!