Democrats Fail To Move DREAM Act And Don't Ask Don't Tell Repeal

It have would help if they voted on these items seperately and NOT SNEAKILY inserting these two items in a MILITARY SPENDING BILL. Sneakily means to behave in a cowardly or underhanded manner. The Democrats were foolish to include these items in Military DEFENSE bill. Now Military spending will be held up because of the Democrats stupid move! This is precisely WHY bills get held up, because legislator's ALWAYS throw in AMENDMENTS that have absolutely NOTHING to do with the bill being voted on.

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"Don't Ask Don't Tell" Repeal Hits a Wall in the Senate

written by Donny Shaw

Tuesday September 21, 2010

As expected, the motion in the Senate to begin debate of the 2011 Defense bill, which contains a provision repealing “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” and would be the vehicle for a possible DREAM Act amendment, was rejected this afternoon, 56-43. Sixty votes were needed to approve the motion.

Arkansas’ two senators, Democrats Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor, joined every Republican in voting it down. Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV] technically voted “no” as well, but only in order to preserve his right under Senate rules to bring the motion to a vote again at some point in the future. [YEAH RIGHT! What complete and utter b.s.! Senator Reid NO MEANS NO... no matter how you try to slice it.]

With this session of Congress winding down quickly and with the Democrats expected to lose dozens of seats in the House and a handful in the Senate, today’s vote represented the best chance for DADT-repeal advocates and DREAM Act supporters to see their legislation enacted any time soon. It is likely that the Defense bill, and the DADT repeal, will be brought up again in the post-midterm lame-duck session. But lame-duck sessions are traditionally unpredictable and with the enormous amount of legislation started but still pending in both chambers, and the possible coming sea change in the congressional demographic, what happens in this upcoming lame-duck session seems especially up in the air.