An 8 hour quorum call! This shit is even testing my patience!

[jefferson_dem]

You know you're a c-span junkie if you get excited at the sight of more than four lawmakers milling about...

http://www.c-span.org/watch/cspan2_wm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS2

[ddeclue]

1. 8 Hour quorum calll???

What's up is Frist in the middle of a heart transplant or something... what takes so long? The Veep is back in town to break ties and throw orphans into the street...


Doug D.
Orlando, FL

[jefferson_dem]

2. I'm guessing there is some serious backroom dealings going on.

On The Patriot Act in particular.

And this delay can not bode well for the majority repukes plan. It's like holding a 15 minute vote open for 1 hour in the House. Desperation.

[ddeclue]

4. Let's have a late night DU call-in to let them know we're watching!

[asjr]

17. The Repukes have gotten by with an awful lot. They

may just be practicing how they will screw the people even more.

[LittleClarkie]

3. You know you're a CSPAN junkie when you sit through a vote

staring at your favorite Senator to see who he is talking to and how he will react at the end of the vote because you know that vote is important to him.

Or is that a Kerry junkie...

And I sat there this morning counting the votes as they came in, losing count after a while, only to hear Frist change his vote, which after the Bolton incident let me know we'd won, as he had to change his vote so that he could bring the issue up again.

And then my favorite Senator, who'd been just standing there in the well looking like an expectant father, bolted out of the room.

(rubs arm) I can stop any time I want, though.

[rodeodance]

5. Kent Conrad on cspan now talking of Senate Repugs violating the rules

[rodeodance]

7. He said they did this in the middle of the night with NO minority members

present.

[rodeodance]

9. he was referring to the Budget bill that just passed.

[rodeodance]

10. Conrad did a good job of talking of values (lack of )--related to budget

bill just passed.

[Earth_First]

8. I don't think thats exclusively a "Kerry" junkie problem...

but I know where you're comming from, that was a long 45 minutes this afternoon of breathlessness...

[me b zola]

14. That is a democracy junkie

I cheer, I yell, I occasionally change the channel to keep from blowing an artery while one of most obnoxious are stepping all over the Constitution.


We could use a "fix" of Ben Franklin, Tom Jefferson, or Tom Paine.

[hwmnbn]

16. We're real close to "intervention" territory here......

now change the channel and watch some mindless sit-com. It's for your own good!!

[Cleita]

6. Watching paint dry is really getting more exciting these days

isn't it? I'm actually pumped.

[AlCzervik]

11. "Listen, i have pictures of you and that steer so you better step up"

thats whats really going on.

[shenmue]

12. Who here gets the urge to just run down onto the floor and say stuff?

While the other legislators are all futzing around doing procedural stuff...Grab the microphone and just let 'em have it...

:7

Or is it just me?

[Just Me]

13. Wouldn't that be FUN!!!!

:rofl:

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

15. LMFAO!!!!!!!!! THANK GOD I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO'S KEPT IT ON!!!

:rofl: :rofl:

I've had it on for the 8 hours too! Now I feel more sane that it wasn't just me!!!!!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

18. Frist speaking now....

wants to proceed to an immediate motion to reconsider a vote on the patriot act. i think

on edit..
CSPAN GEEKS - Blank Roll Call List for Senate
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=5662313&mesg_id=5662313

Ohhhhh Stevens is getting cranky again!

[ticapnews]

19. What's really fun, if you have TiVo, is to pause the program

for 15 minutes or so and then speed it up and watch at 2X speed. Looks like little ants crawling around the Senate floor :P

Soccer is also fun to watch that way...

[Old Vet]

20. Ted is pissed, 30 minute debate