Tell Your Senators: Either Vote Against Cloture Or ABSTAIN

[KittyWampus]

this could be a way out for Democrats like Biden and Moderate Republicans like Chafee.

Ask those Democrats who said they'd vote Yes for Cloture to just ABSTAIN!

As Beetwasher pointed out, the GOP needs to get to 60 to get to Cloture. It's up to THEM to get those sixty votes.

[Coexist]

1. k&r

[KittyWampus]

2. Biden, Akaka, Dorgan, Byrd, Johnson, Nelson

these are the Senators to call and ask to abstain from voting for cloture.

[KittyWampus]

5. Add Conrad To List Of Senators We Must Ask To ABSTAIN

[KittyWampus]

11. Add Byrne to the list of senators to tell to ABSTAIN

[KittyWampus]

15. Add Pryor To List Of Senators Who Can ABSTAIN

[Beetwasher]

16. Also Akaka, Dorgan and Salazar

n/t

[Beetwasher]

3. Hey! You Beat Me to It!

Cool! K&R!!

[sundancekid]

4. brilliant counter move ... let's K&R to get to Greatest Page QUICK

[bmcatt]

6. K&R

If the senators would just find something else to do when the cloture vote comes up, that's good enough for me.

[Beetwasher]

7. !

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[never cry wolf]

8. Is an abstain the same as a no show?

Or what is they vote present? Do they need 60 votes for cloture or 60% of those voting? Say only 95 Sens voted, 57 would be 60%, 38 40%, so 39 to maintain a filibuster.

You are absolutely correct however, if those dems vots for cloture, they are actively assisting the pukes. Tell em to just take the day off instead.

K & R

[tritsofme]

9. It takes 60 votes to invoke cloture, in every case.

Abstaining is essentially the same as voting no on cloture.

[KittyWampus]

10. Totally, They could miss their flight to Washington, for instance

[European Socialist]

12. I think the Senators could be talked into a delay until after NSA hearings

[johnaries]

13. K & R!

[KittyWampus]

14. kick, this is what's important right now, not skewering Hillary

[newyawker99]

17. kick

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