**HEADS UP** Senate session opens in 5 minutes. Voting at 7:20.......

[lamp_shade]

CSPAN2

or here: http://cspan.org/

There will be 1 or 2 minor procedural votes. The two biggies are:

Final Vote on S#3276 - Manager's amendment to S#2786. 51 votes needed. I wonder which (if any) Dems will vote "no".

Cloture Vote on S#2786 - Substitute amendment (the final senate bill) to the house bill HR#3590. 60 votes needed.

[babylonsister]

1. Darn it.

I still don't get CSPAN 2. I wish I knew why CSPAN isn't covering the Senate on the channel supposedly devoted to the Senate. Less viewers on 2? x(

[cali]

4. watch online:

http://www.c-span.org/Watch/C-SPAN2.aspx

[Graybeard]

2. The Repukes continue their stalling tactics.

Delaying the vote and at the same time complaining that they have to be there the week before the holidays.

[Cetacea]

3. **Thanks**

[Graybeard]

5. Hutchison begins the lie fest.

Repuke lies, whining and still not offering
any plan of their own.

[cali]

6. Durbin up now

[lamp_shade]

7. Hutch trying to interrupt him. I didn't catch what he said to prompt her.

[Graybeard]

8. The Chair is ignoring her.

Good. Durbin is speaking the truth about the Repukes
and Hutch can't stand it.

[lamp_shade]

9. I'm keeping a nervous eye out for Senator Byrd.

[lamp_shade]

10. Current vote has something to do with enactment date. If it only needs 51 votes then

they don't need Byrd. They usually haul him in just for the big 60 votes and then haul him right back out again.

[lamp_shade]

14. He's there now. Good.

[optimator]

11. whats the text of reid amend.

?

[Graybeard]

12. That's what they had to read aloud for 6 hours.

It's 383 pages long. I don't know where you would find it.

[optimator]

13. i found it on google

http://democrats.senate.gov/reform/managers-amendment.pdf

no way am I reading it all though, hehe.

[cali]

15. yays 60, nays 39.

[Graybeard]

16. Manager's amendment vote now.

On previous vote Sen. Byrd cast the last vote, number 60.

[lamp_shade]

17. 60-39 (I wonder which repub isn't there).

[Graybeard]

19. Maybe Coburn answered his own prayer?

No such luck.

[lamp_shade]

18. Here comes the BIGGIE - cloture vote for final senate bill.

[DCBob]

20. When will that be??

thanks.

[lamp_shade]

22. Done. 60-39

[DCBob]

25. The final cloture vote has been done?? I just read in the Wash Post it would be tomorrow..

"A third procedural vote is expected Wednesday, with final passage of the bill likely to come late Thursday -- Christmas Eve."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/22/AR2009122200864.html?hpid=topnews

[lamp_shade]

21. Looks like Inhofe (R-OK) didn't show today.

[Graybeard]

23. That's with one eff as in doofus. LOL

[Hepburn]

24. Baucus talking now ~~ about Medicare. n/t