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Restoring Habeas Vote This Morning

By Big Tent Democrat, Section Civil Liberties
Posted on Wed Sep 19, 2007 at 09:09:40 AM EST
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Matt Browner Hamlin informs us:

The cloture vote on the Leahy-Specter-Dodd amendment to restore habeas corpus will take place this morning at 10:30 AM Eastern. We need 60 votes to overcome the Republican filibuster of this crucial legislation. As you can see, we're closing in on the votes we need to take this first critical step towards restoring America's moral authority in the world. With almost 700 calls logged through our Citizen-Generated Whip Count tool at Restore-Habeas.org, we've watched the number of "Yes" votes steadily rise. This is going to be a close vote. Almost every Republican office is punting on telling their constituents how they will vote. It seems most will announce whether or not they think America should continue to stand by the Great Writ of habeas corpus with their vote alone.

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    56-43 (none / 0) (#1)
    by tnthorpe on Wed Sep 19, 2007 at 10:27:08 AM EST
    Disappointing. What are the 43 so terribly afraid of?

    Senator Webb is introducing his amendment now, and Senator Warner is introducing his own in response.

    6 Republicans: (none / 0) (#2)
    by tnthorpe on Wed Sep 19, 2007 at 10:59:21 AM EST
    Specter, Lugar, Hagel, Sununu, Smith, Snowe vote for cloture. Lieberman votes with the anti-habeas, permanent war crowd.

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    senator Dodd's speech this morning was (none / 0) (#3)
    by oculus on Wed Sep 19, 2007 at 11:45:30 AM EST
    very powerful and persuasive, and, no, I don't think he talks too fast.

    Faux-filibusters (none / 0) (#4)
    by Demi Moaned on Wed Sep 19, 2007 at 10:17:16 PM EST
    Why doesn't the leadership just say they are determined to bring this bill to a vote however long it takes?

    If the Republicans want to filibuster, make them get up there and debate endlessly. I can't see how this is a losing strategy for our side.

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