re: The all-nighter on Iraq: why would rpigs not just go home to sleep?

[AlinPA]

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. The Dems will be watching

If enough Repugs leave the scene, they can call for a floor vote on cloture (stopping the filibuster). If the Repugs are gone, the Dems have the cloture votes to stop the filibuster.

[tritsofme]

4. Democrats need 60 votes to proceed, the minority doesn't need 41

All they need is one senator to object to a unanimous consent motion that would bring the bill up for a vote.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

6. Ok, then there's the reason the repukes can't all go home and go to bed

There would be no one left to object.

[tritsofme]

8. They need one senator on the floor.

Democrats need to find 60.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

9. but that is why the repukes can't ALL go home

they have to have at least one senator on the floor-awake.

[tritsofme]

13. So what?

Are we gonna keep two senators there for this "all night session" one to call for cloture, the other to object?

[tritsofme]

12. dupe

[Purveyor]

2. What happened to the "all -nighter"? I switched to CSPAN-2 and no sign of the Senate in session....

[Stinky The Clown]

5. Its tomorrow, not tonight

[ChairmanAgnostic]

3. silly Alin. They come out at night to feast.

how else can their iron rich diet of blood be maintained?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

7. Why won't they just vote to bring troops home?

Are they so out of touch with their own constituents that they think it would still be an issue with them?

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

10. and why are they so loyal to Bush?

It's not like he can be elected President again--usually congresscritters abandon a lame duck with low poll numbers.

[MonkeyFunk]

11. "I suggest the absence of a quorum"

allows the Sergeant-at-Arms to corral errant senators.