Sen. Harry Reid tells Republicans to put up or shut up..in all night session if necessary

[Guest Harry Hope]

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

 

Monday, July 16, 2007

 

Reid To Force Senate Into All-Night Session Tuesday

 

Forcing his Republican colleagues to put up or shut up on the notion

of an up-or-down vote, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) just

moments ago announced that he will immediately file a cloture motion

on the Reed-Levin troop redeployment bill and, if Republicans follow

through with a filibuster, will place the Senate in a prolonged

all-night session Tuesday to force a true continuation of debate.

 

"Now, Republicans are using a filibuster to block us from even voting

on an amendment that could bring the war to a responsible end," said

Reid.

 

"They are protecting the President rather than protecting our troops.

They are denying us an up or down

[Guest SyVyN11]

so now were gonna see if Harry is the lion or the slug of the senate.

 

Why do I have a feeling that this is gonna blow up right in Harry's face?

 

He's gonna get Mitch-slapped again.

"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message

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>

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

>

> Monday, July 16, 2007

>

> Reid To Force Senate Into All-Night Session Tuesday

>

> Forcing his Republican colleagues to put up or shut up on the notion

> of an up-or-down vote, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) just

> moments ago announced that he will immediately file a cloture motion

> on the Reed-Levin troop redeployment bill and, if Republicans follow

> through with a filibuster, will place the Senate in a prolonged

> all-night session Tuesday to force a true continuation of debate.

>

> "Now, Republicans are using a filibuster to block us from even voting

> on an amendment that could bring the war to a responsible end," said

> Reid.

>

> "They are protecting the President rather than protecting our troops.

> They are denying us an up or down - yes or no - vote on the most

> important issue our country faces."

>

> The Reed-Levin amendment to the Department of Defense (DoD)

> Authorization Bill requires George W. Bush to "commence the reduction

> of the number of United States forces in Iraq not later than 120 days

> after the date of the enactment of this Act" and mandates a withdrawal

> of most combat forces by April 30, 2008.

>

> The legislation, S.AMDT.2087, has bipartisan support and is

> cosponsored by Gordon Smith (R-OR), Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and Olympia

> Snowe (R-ME).

>

> In making this move (based on my understanding of Senate rules), 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.

>

> Sixty votes are needed to achieve cloture (end debate) and move

> legislation to a full, deciding vote.

>

> Reid will be using the provision of Rule 22 that allows for up to 30

> hours of continuous debate once it's made clear -- in this case, by

> Republicans trying to avoid an up-or-down vote on Reed-Levin -- that

> there is a desire to continue debating the issue.

>

> In other words, the Majority Leader is saying "You want to debate?

> We'll stay all night and debate."

>

> "I would like to inform the Republican leadership and all my

> colleagues that we have no intention of backing down," said Reid this

> afternoon.

>

> "If Republicans do not allow a vote on Levin/Reed today or tomorrow,

> we will work straight through the night on Tuesday. The American

> people deserve an open and honest debate on this war, and they deserve

> an up or down vote on this amendment to end it."

>

> Reid could hold the Senate in continuous session overnight Tuesday and

> into midday Wednesday unless Republicans agree to a simple-majority

> vote on Reed-Levin.

>

> Senate Democrats will then be prepared to take to the floor and speak

> all night and, if their Republican colleagues do not remain in the

> chamber, invoke ongoing quorum calls and other procedural maneuvers to

> force GOP members back to the Senate floor.

>

> With the whole specter of cots being dragged into Senate cloakrooms

> and the pure theatrics involved, I'm hopeful this will shine a

> white-hot spotlight on the Senate's Republican leadership and show

> Americans how the GOP doesn't truly support helping troops and their

> families at home or extricating them from pointless involvement in the

> Iraqi civil war.

>

> And I'm sure more than one Democratic Senator will remind the public

> that Republicans screamed at the top of their lungs last year when it

> came to getting up-or-down votes on Bush's right-wing judicial

> nominees, but expressing the sentiments of most Americans and

> protecting America's troops gets no such treatment from them.

>

> Said Reid today:

>

> "We don't have to mark time, waiting for the President to wake up one

> morning with a revelation. And we can choose that new path right now."

>

> ______________________________________________

>

> Harry

[Guest Wide Eyed in Wonder]

On Jul 16, 6:15 pm, Harry Hope <riv...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

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

>

> Monday, July 16, 2007

>

> Reid To Force Senate Into All-Night Session Tuesday

>

> Forcing his Republican colleagues to put up or shut up on the notion

> of an up-or-down vote, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) just

> moments ago announced that he will immediately file a cloture motion

> on the Reed-Levin troop redeployment bill and, if Republicans follow

> through with a filibuster, will place the Senate in a prolonged

> all-night session Tuesday to force a true continuation of debate.

>

> "Now, Republicans are using a filibuster to block us from even voting

> on an amendment that could bring the war to a responsible end," said

> Reid.

 

Before Filibusters were good when the Dems did them, but suddenly they

are wrong?

 

Ken Clifton

christiansuperhero.com

[Guest IAAH]

Wide Eyed in Wonder wrote:

> On Jul 16, 6:15 pm, Harry Hope <riv...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

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

>>

>> Monday, July 16, 2007

>>

>> Reid To Force Senate Into All-Night Session Tuesday

>>

>> Forcing his Republican colleagues to put up or shut up on the notion

>> of an up-or-down vote, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) just

>> moments ago announced that he will immediately file a cloture motion

>> on the Reed-Levin troop redeployment bill and, if Republicans follow

>> through with a filibuster, will place the Senate in a prolonged

>> all-night session Tuesday to force a true continuation of debate.

>>

>> "Now, Republicans are using a filibuster to block us from even voting

>> on an amendment that could bring the war to a responsible end," said

>> Reid.

>

> Before Filibusters were good when the Dems did them, but suddenly they

> are wrong?

>

 

It was the REPUBLICANS who were whining about how votes

should be up or down when they had a majority. Now that

they don't, suddenly they just looove the filibuster.

 

Hypocrisy much?

[Guest It's Just Me]

Gee, you really don't know what the hell your taking about yet like all good

republicans you babble on....

"Wide Eyed in Wonder" <kands00@hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:1184642045.387207.79770@r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...

> On Jul 16, 6:15 pm, Harry Hope <riv...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

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

>>

>> Monday, July 16, 2007

>>

>> Reid To Force Senate Into All-Night Session Tuesday

>>

>> Forcing his Republican colleagues to put up or shut up on the notion

>> of an up-or-down vote, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) just

>> moments ago announced that he will immediately file a cloture motion

>> on the Reed-Levin troop redeployment bill and, if Republicans follow

>> through with a filibuster, will place the Senate in a prolonged

>> all-night session Tuesday to force a true continuation of debate.

>>

>> "Now, Republicans are using a filibuster to block us from even voting

>> on an amendment that could bring the war to a responsible end," said

>> Reid.

>

> Before Filibusters were good when the Dems did them, but suddenly they

> are wrong?

>

> Ken Clifton

> christiansuperhero.com

>

[Guest God's Debris]

On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:45:29 GMT, "SyVyN11" <thesyvyn11@msn.com>

wrote:

>so now were gonna see if Harry is the lion or the slug of the senate.

>

>Why do I have a feeling that this is gonna blow up right in Harry's face?

>

 

Because you hate America.

>He's gonna get Mitch-slapped again.

>"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message

>news:r0vn939kl8hcjnad5ojlj1dkqmr6jnnthp@4ax.com...

>>

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

>>

>> Monday, July 16, 2007

>>

>> Reid To Force Senate Into All-Night Session Tuesday

>>

>> Forcing his Republican colleagues to put up or shut up on the notion

>> of an up-or-down vote, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) just

>> moments ago announced that he will immediately file a cloture motion

>> on the Reed-Levin troop redeployment bill and, if Republicans follow

>> through with a filibuster, will place the Senate in a prolonged

>> all-night session Tuesday to force a true continuation of debate.

>>

>> "Now, Republicans are using a filibuster to block us from even voting

>> on an amendment that could bring the war to a responsible end," said

>> Reid.

>>

>> "They are protecting the President rather than protecting our troops.

>> They are denying us an up or down - yes or no - vote on the most

>> important issue our country faces."

>>

>> The Reed-Levin amendment to the Department of Defense (DoD)

>> Authorization Bill requires George W. Bush to "commence the reduction

>> of the number of United States forces in Iraq not later than 120 days

>> after the date of the enactment of this Act" and mandates a withdrawal

>> of most combat forces by April 30, 2008.

>>

>> The legislation, S.AMDT.2087, has bipartisan support and is

>> cosponsored by Gordon Smith (R-OR), Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and Olympia

>> Snowe (R-ME).

>>

>> In making this move (based on my understanding of Senate rules), 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.

>>

>> Sixty votes are needed to achieve cloture (end debate) and move

>> legislation to a full, deciding vote.

>>

>> Reid will be using the provision of Rule 22 that allows for up to 30

>> hours of continuous debate once it's made clear -- in this case, by

>> Republicans trying to avoid an up-or-down vote on Reed-Levin -- that

>> there is a desire to continue debating the issue.

>>

>> In other words, the Majority Leader is saying "You want to debate?

>> We'll stay all night and debate."

>>

>> "I would like to inform the Republican leadership and all my

>> colleagues that we have no intention of backing down," said Reid this

>> afternoon.

>>

>> "If Republicans do not allow a vote on Levin/Reed today or tomorrow,

>> we will work straight through the night on Tuesday. The American

>> people deserve an open and honest debate on this war, and they deserve

>> an up or down vote on this amendment to end it."

>>

>> Reid could hold the Senate in continuous session overnight Tuesday and

>> into midday Wednesday unless Republicans agree to a simple-majority

>> vote on Reed-Levin.

>>

>> Senate Democrats will then be prepared to take to the floor and speak

>> all night and, if their Republican colleagues do not remain in the

>> chamber, invoke ongoing quorum calls and other procedural maneuvers to

>> force GOP members back to the Senate floor.

>>

>> With the whole specter of cots being dragged into Senate cloakrooms

>> and the pure theatrics involved, I'm hopeful this will shine a

>> white-hot spotlight on the Senate's Republican leadership and show

>> Americans how the GOP doesn't truly support helping troops and their

>> families at home or extricating them from pointless involvement in the

>> Iraqi civil war.

>>

>> And I'm sure more than one Democratic Senator will remind the public

>> that Republicans screamed at the top of their lungs last year when it

>> came to getting up-or-down votes on Bush's right-wing judicial

>> nominees, but expressing the sentiments of most Americans and

>> protecting America's troops gets no such treatment from them.

>>

>> Said Reid today:

>>

>> "We don't have to mark time, waiting for the President to wake up one

>> morning with a revelation. And we can choose that new path right now."

>>

>> ______________________________________________

>>

>> Harry

[Guest SyVyN11]

"God's Debris" <heaven@dead.net> wrote in message

news:fuoo939gbq098751jr5ruu97106j77pfve@4ax.com...

> On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:45:29 GMT, "SyVyN11" <thesyvyn11@msn.com>

> wrote:

>

>>so now were gonna see if Harry is the lion or the slug of the senate.

>>

>>Why do I have a feeling that this is gonna blow up right in Harry's face?

>>

>

> Because you hate America.

 

waaa-waaa!

>

>>He's gonna get Mitch-slapped again.

>>"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message

>>news:r0vn939kl8hcjnad5ojlj1dkqmr6jnnthp@4ax.com...

>>>

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

>>>

>>> Monday, July 16, 2007

>>>

>>> Reid To Force Senate Into All-Night Session Tuesday

>>>

>>> Forcing his Republican colleagues to put up or shut up on the notion

>>> of an up-or-down vote, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) just

>>> moments ago announced that he will immediately file a cloture motion

>>> on the Reed-Levin troop redeployment bill and, if Republicans follow

>>> through with a filibuster, will place the Senate in a prolonged

>>> all-night session Tuesday to force a true continuation of debate.

>>>

>>> "Now, Republicans are using a filibuster to block us from even voting

>>> on an amendment that could bring the war to a responsible end," said

>>> Reid.

>>>

>>> "They are protecting the President rather than protecting our troops.

>>> They are denying us an up or down - yes or no - vote on the most

>>> important issue our country faces."

>>>

>>> The Reed-Levin amendment to the Department of Defense (DoD)

>>> Authorization Bill requires George W. Bush to "commence the reduction

>>> of the number of United States forces in Iraq not later than 120 days

>>> after the date of the enactment of this Act" and mandates a withdrawal

>>> of most combat forces by April 30, 2008.

>>>

>>> The legislation, S.AMDT.2087, has bipartisan support and is

>>> cosponsored by Gordon Smith (R-OR), Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and Olympia

>>> Snowe (R-ME).

>>>

>>> In making this move (based on my understanding of Senate rules), 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.

>>>

>>> Sixty votes are needed to achieve cloture (end debate) and move

>>> legislation to a full, deciding vote.

>>>

>>> Reid will be using the provision of Rule 22 that allows for up to 30

>>> hours of continuous debate once it's made clear -- in this case, by

>>> Republicans trying to avoid an up-or-down vote on Reed-Levin -- that

>>> there is a desire to continue debating the issue.

>>>

>>> In other words, the Majority Leader is saying "You want to debate?

>>> We'll stay all night and debate."

>>>

>>> "I would like to inform the Republican leadership and all my

>>> colleagues that we have no intention of backing down," said Reid this

>>> afternoon.

>>>

>>> "If Republicans do not allow a vote on Levin/Reed today or tomorrow,

>>> we will work straight through the night on Tuesday. The American

>>> people deserve an open and honest debate on this war, and they deserve

>>> an up or down vote on this amendment to end it."

>>>

>>> Reid could hold the Senate in continuous session overnight Tuesday and

>>> into midday Wednesday unless Republicans agree to a simple-majority

>>> vote on Reed-Levin.

>>>

>>> Senate Democrats will then be prepared to take to the floor and speak

>>> all night and, if their Republican colleagues do not remain in the

>>> chamber, invoke ongoing quorum calls and other procedural maneuvers to

>>> force GOP members back to the Senate floor.

>>>

>>> With the whole specter of cots being dragged into Senate cloakrooms

>>> and the pure theatrics involved, I'm hopeful this will shine a

>>> white-hot spotlight on the Senate's Republican leadership and show

>>> Americans how the GOP doesn't truly support helping troops and their

>>> families at home or extricating them from pointless involvement in the

>>> Iraqi civil war.

>>>

>>> And I'm sure more than one Democratic Senator will remind the public

>>> that Republicans screamed at the top of their lungs last year when it

>>> came to getting up-or-down votes on Bush's right-wing judicial

>>> nominees, but expressing the sentiments of most Americans and

>>> protecting America's troops gets no such treatment from them.

>>>

>>> Said Reid today:

>>>

>>> "We don't have to mark time, waiting for the President to wake up one

>>> morning with a revelation. And we can choose that new path right now."

>>>

>>> ______________________________________________

>>>

>>> Harry

[Guest Lamont Cranston]

"SyVyN11" <thesyvyn11@msn.com> wrote in message

news:JiUmi.8065$tj6.7155@newsread4.news.pas.earthlink.net...

> so now were gonna see if Harry is the lion or the slug of the

> senate.

>

> Why do I have a feeling that this is gonna blow up right in Harry's

> face?

 

Because you have yet to be right about anything.

>

> He's gonna get Mitch-slapped again.

> "Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message

> news:r0vn939kl8hcjnad5ojlj1dkqmr6jnnthp@4ax.com...

>>

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

>>

>> Monday, July 16, 2007

>>

>> Reid To Force Senate Into All-Night Session Tuesday

>>

>> Forcing his Republican colleagues to put up or shut up on the

>> notion

>> of an up-or-down vote, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV)

>> just

>> moments ago announced that he will immediately file a cloture

>> motion

>> on the Reed-Levin troop redeployment bill and, if Republicans

>> follow

>> through with a filibuster, will place the Senate in a prolonged

>> all-night session Tuesday to force a true continuation of debate.

>>

>> "Now, Republicans are using a filibuster to block us from even

>> voting

>> on an amendment that could bring the war to a responsible end,"

>> said

>> Reid.

>>

>> "They are protecting the President rather than protecting our

>> troops.

>> They are denying us an up or down - yes or no - vote on the most

>> important issue our country faces."

>>

>> The Reed-Levin amendment to the Department of Defense (DoD)

>> Authorization Bill requires George W. Bush to "commence the

>> reduction

>> of the number of United States forces in Iraq not later than 120

>> days

>> after the date of the enactment of this Act" and mandates a

>> withdrawal

>> of most combat forces by April 30, 2008.

>>

>> The legislation, S.AMDT.2087, has bipartisan support and is

>> cosponsored by Gordon Smith (R-OR), Chuck Hagel (R-NE) and Olympia

>> Snowe (R-ME).

>>

>> In making this move (based on my understanding of Senate rules),

>> 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.

>>

>> Sixty votes are needed to achieve cloture (end debate) and move

>> legislation to a full, deciding vote.

>>

>> Reid will be using the provision of Rule 22 that allows for up to

>> 30

>> hours of continuous debate once it's made clear -- in this case, by

>> Republicans trying to avoid an up-or-down vote on Reed-Levin --

>> that

>> there is a desire to continue debating the issue.

>>

>> In other words, the Majority Leader is saying "You want to debate?

>> We'll stay all night and debate."

>>

>> "I would like to inform the Republican leadership and all my

>> colleagues that we have no intention of backing down," said Reid

>> this

>> afternoon.

>>

>> "If Republicans do not allow a vote on Levin/Reed today or

>> tomorrow,

>> we will work straight through the night on Tuesday. The American

>> people deserve an open and honest debate on this war, and they

>> deserve

>> an up or down vote on this amendment to end it."

>>

>> Reid could hold the Senate in continuous session overnight Tuesday

>> and

>> into midday Wednesday unless Republicans agree to a simple-majority

>> vote on Reed-Levin.

>>

>> Senate Democrats will then be prepared to take to the floor and

>> speak

>> all night and, if their Republican colleagues do not remain in the

>> chamber, invoke ongoing quorum calls and other procedural maneuvers

>> to

>> force GOP members back to the Senate floor.

>>

>> With the whole specter of cots being dragged into Senate cloakrooms

>> and the pure theatrics involved, I'm hopeful this will shine a

>> white-hot spotlight on the Senate's Republican leadership and show

>> Americans how the GOP doesn't truly support helping troops and

>> their

>> families at home or extricating them from pointless involvement in

>> the

>> Iraqi civil war.

>>

>> And I'm sure more than one Democratic Senator will remind the

>> public

>> that Republicans screamed at the top of their lungs last year when

>> it

>> came to getting up-or-down votes on Bush's right-wing judicial

>> nominees, but expressing the sentiments of most Americans and

>> protecting America's troops gets no such treatment from them.

>>

>> Said Reid today:

>>

>> "We don't have to mark time, waiting for the President to wake up

>> one

>> morning with a revelation. And we can choose that new path right

>> now."

>>

>> ______________________________________________

>>

>> Harry

>

[Guest Lamont Cranston]

"Wide Eyed in Wonder" <kands00@hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:1184642045.387207.79770@r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...

> On Jul 16, 6:15 pm, Harry Hope <riv...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

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

>>

>> Monday, July 16, 2007

>>

>> Reid To Force Senate Into All-Night Session Tuesday

>>

>> Forcing his Republican colleagues to put up or shut up on the

>> notion

>> of an up-or-down vote, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV)

>> just

>> moments ago announced that he will immediately file a cloture

>> motion

>> on the Reed-Levin troop redeployment bill and, if Republicans

>> follow

>> through with a filibuster, will place the Senate in a prolonged

>> all-night session Tuesday to force a true continuation of debate.

>>

>> "Now, Republicans are using a filibuster to block us from even

>> voting

>> on an amendment that could bring the war to a responsible end,"

>> said

>> Reid.

>

> Before Filibusters were good when the Dems did them, but suddenly

> they

> are wrong?

 

When the Democrats filibustered, they were "obstructionists" and

Republicans were chanting, "Up or down vote...up or down vote." Now?

lol

 

>

> Ken Clifton

> christiansuperhero.com

>