Senate conservatives vote against cloture on ‘Tomnibus.’
By on Jul 28th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Senate conservatives vote against cloture on ‘Tomnibus.’
Today, in a vote of 52 to 43, conservatives successfully obstructed the Advance America’s Priorities Act, a package of approximately “40 bills that have in many cases been single-handedly stalled by one of the Senate’s more conservative members,” Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK). The act — dubbed the “Tomnibus” — included provisions for a centralized database to help doctors find a cure for Lou Gehrig ’s Disease and authorized more funds “to be added to the Department of Justice budget for the purpose of investigating and prosecuting outstanding Civil Rights era crimes.”
Update Roll Call vote is here.
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YAY for obstructionism!!!!
July 28th, 2008 at 5:31 pmParty over progress!! It’s the American way!!
July 28th, 2008 at 5:34 pmUm, is it time for the “nuclear option”? Or was that IOKIYAR?
Wonder why the congressional approval numbers are so low?
PEACE
July 28th, 2008 at 5:34 pmWhich D’s voted with the R’s? Inquiring voters want to know.
Of course the slimebag Lieberman voted with his Repugnicunt buddies, but who else displayed the yellow belly?
July 28th, 2008 at 5:42 pmTwo items:
1. I presume this means that 52 voted in favor of the bill and 43 voted against cloture? Why was this not forced to a formal filibuster?
2. Where are the MoveOn ads trumpeting the fact that the Republicans are obstructionists?
July 28th, 2008 at 5:46 pmOne Hundred Days and counting and the obstructionist Rethuglicans will be obstructed. Then the Dems will lead the ball game and shove the proverbial bat where there will not be a Repukelican virgin left anywhere.
July 28th, 2008 at 5:49 pmRight wingers are such sissies.
They are even scared of letting congress accomplish the will of the people.
July 28th, 2008 at 5:52 pmNo Democrats voted with the Republicans against this measure. Both Leiberman (Independent Democrat) and Sanders (Independent) voted with most Democrats for closure. John Warner (Republican) and Gordon Smith (Republican) also voted for closure with the Democrats. Obama, who has a fundraising event scheduled for 8PM in Arlington, VA and meetings with economic advisors scheduled for today and Kennedy (who is on a reduced schedule due to illness) did not vote. Republicans who did not vote include: Allard, Dole, Ensign, Hagel, Sununu, and McCain (who does not have any presidential campaign stops scheduled for today).
July 28th, 2008 at 5:56 pmIf the DNC isn’t running a generic “vote out the Republicans” campaign, this needs to be the subject of the first commercial which should run in every market with a contested race.
July 28th, 2008 at 5:58 pmSo now’s the time for the Democratic leadership to GROW some SPINE, and force these assklowns to show up day after day, and fillibuster their throats dry and cracked. Don’t back down yet again, and watch your effing approval rating go further down the porcelain receptacle…
July 28th, 2008 at 5:58 pmNorm Coleman also voted yes on cloture from the R side. Susan Collins voted no. Perhaps she is feeling cocky about her reelection chances.
July 28th, 2008 at 6:00 pmThe cons vote in mass on everything and then blame the democratic congress as do nothing. Do these morons think we are as stupid as their base is or are they only playing to the troglodytes?
July 28th, 2008 at 6:48 pmAnd to think that william bloody kristol was whining today about “how scared” everybody should be, because…… are you ready for this? …… it’s not JUST Obama winning the white house, THE DEMS are going to control congress with a overwhelming majority and rubberstamp EVERYTHING that comes to the floor.
IOKIYAR
July 28th, 2008 at 6:52 pmWhy do Republicans hate the American people? Or is it people in general?
One of my best friends was diagnosed last Christmas with a particularly aggressive form of ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease). Unless he has some success with stem cell therapy (which he has to travel to Israel to get, not an easy task for someone in his condition), he’ll be dead within a year. He’s only 54.
Coburn has access to the best medical care taxpayer money can buy. As far as he and the Republican Party are concerned, the rest of Americans can curl up and die for all they care.
July 28th, 2008 at 6:56 pmSen. Lieberman was a co-sponsor of Reid’s bill.
Ok. I consider myself scolded and schooled. Thanks.
July 28th, 2008 at 7:09 pmJim Wilke Says:
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How did Obama vote?
July 28th, 2008 at 6:53 pm
More often than the wrinkled old loser you support has……..
July 28th, 2008 at 7:33 pmOh that’s alright. one by one anyone (except the insane 25%) that supported the Republicans are leaving them in droves. When my generation, the baby Boomers, die off, the Republicans will be oficially dead. Until then, they will be in a permanant minority growing smaller with each election cycle.
July 28th, 2008 at 7:39 pmJim Wilke Says:
How did Obama vote?
Read much moron?
July 28th, 2008 at 7:43 pmI live in the state Colburn represents. All I can say is people here are a lil scary. The daily newspaper “The Daily Oklahoman” has quite the laughable Opinions section. I get the paper daily just so I can become more informed about the right wing ultraconservative religious extremists point of view in Oklahoma (mind boggeling i know) If you ever need a good laugh check out newsok.com editorials section. I’ll never understand them but some are so insane I have to laugh.
July 28th, 2008 at 7:44 pmCloture – The only procedure by which the Senate can vote to place a time limit on consideration of a bill or other matter, and thereby overcome a filibuster. Under the cloture rule (Rule XXII), the Senate may limit consideration of a pending matter to 30 additional hours, but only by vote of three-fifths of the full Senate, normally 60 votes.
So make the bastards get up there and talk! What a bunch of pussies.
July 28th, 2008 at 8:51 pmI am originally from Oklahoma, and can tell you first hand that Coborn is off his rocker nuts. He originally got himself elected to the house by using the slimiest, most underhanded tactics imaginable against a good man, Mike Synar, God rest his soul. He puts up a smoke screen of “family values” to continue to trick the naive voters of the Sooner state to vote for him, and I am consistently amazed that it works.
Having met him a couple of times when I still lived there, I can tell you all first hand, he expresses nothing but contempt and arrongance for anyone he considers beneath him, which is everyone, right or left. His only constituents are the medical and insurance lobbies which fund his slimy campaigns. Maybe one day the voters of Oklahoma will wake up, but I rather doubt it.
July 29th, 2008 at 6:58 am