Republican Senators to block defense bill in bid to delay health-care vote
source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/17/AR2009121703585_pf.html
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Senate Republicans said Thursday that they would try to filibuster a massive Pentagon bill that funds the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, an unusual move that several acknowledged was an effort to delay President Obama's health-care legislation.
Late into the night, Democrats emerged from a huddle confident that they would muster the 60 votes needed to thwart the GOP effort at blocking the military spending bill as an antiwar liberal said he would set aside his reservations and support choking off the filibuster in order to keep the chamber on a timeline of holding a final health-care vote before Christmas. The vote on the defense spending bill was to occur after 1 a.m. Friday, too late for this edition.
Late into the night, Democrats emerged from a huddle confident that they would muster the 60 votes needed to thwart the GOP effort at blocking the military spending bill as an antiwar liberal said he would set aside his reservations and support choking off the filibuster in order to keep the chamber on a timeline of holding a final health-care vote before Christmas. The vote on the defense spending bill was to occur after 1 a.m. Friday, too late for this edition.
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THE REPUBLICANS HATE THE TROOPS!!! Oh, my Gawd! Their gionna send our boys into battle without any bullets or laser beams! Cowards!! Only turrorists filleebuster!!!! Wait a minute..... Re-Pub-Lick-Can rhymes with Ta-Lee-ban.......Oh no. Their here already. I thought we were fightin them over thare so we wouldn't have to fight them over heere?
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