Did Cheney have the big one running over to the Senate to be the tie breaking vote?

[NNN0LHI]

I heard he was rushing over and thats the last I heard.

Don

[durtee librul]

1. he he he he he..wasted effort

poor baby didn't get to vote and be Jr's hero again.

[NightWatcher]

3. doesnt he "ONLY" get to vote in the event of a tie

or does he have the ability to vote anytime?

[thereismore]

5. I think only in the event of a tie. But it couldn't be a tie, because

Sen. Johnson isn't there. Maybe he was hoping someone would be absent... I hope he pulled a vein.

[Richard Steele]

8. Only in the event of a tie.

That's actually just about the only thing the Constitution
gives a VP the power to do.

[gatorboy]

2. The leg probably slowed him down.

[Webster Green]

4. His services will not be required today..

The MINORITY party FAILED to get enough votes for a tie.

[BuyingThyme]

6. :woohoo:

:woohoo:

[Flarney]

7. I wonder why the Repubs let it come to a vote...(60 votes for cloture) n/t

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

10. Because then they could hear all through 2007 about how the Republican Party

closed off any debate about the Iraq War in the Senate, in the news, in campaign ads.

After their initial stonewalling on this they apparently have seen some polling that shows this is disaster for their party, so they've changed tack.

[Old and In the Way]

11. Because they'd be the fall guy for not getting the bill passed.

The Democrats would have a field day pointing out that the Republicans are holding up money to keep the troops in Iraq funded. Remember the "up or down" vote from the last Congress? They had a losing hand here and they had to get this legislation passed. Reid, to his credit, gave them the chance to vote the amendment to strike the time limitation clause in order to move the bill along. Republics lost...now the Decider can decide if he wants to support the troops or throw a tantrum on getting his wings clipped.

[Old and In the Way]

9. Hope not.

I'm still hoping to see him stand trial at the Hague.

[Jack Rabbit]

12. I'd be surprised if he wasn't

If I were him, I would have been there since this morning.

[hlthe2b]

13. NO, but the scores of SS officers that had to haul his evil ass....

probably did....:eyes: