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http://www.washingtonblade.com/2010/...ons-from-reid/

GOP moderates seeking concessions from Reid
Chris Johnson | Sep 20, 2010 | Comments 0

GOP moderates in the U.S. Senate are seeking concessions from Democratic leadership in exchange for breaking with the Republican caucus and voting for cloture on Tuesday on major defense legislation containing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal, according to Capitol Hill sources.

One Republican source said among those seeking concessions from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) are Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine, Scott Brown (R-Mass.), George Voinovoich (R-Ohio) and Richard Lugar (R-Ind.).

“There are several Republicans who are going to [Reid] saying, ‘Look, Mr. Majority Leader, work with us here because we have votes for cloture,’” the Republican source said.

It’s unclear what specific concessions the moderate Republicans are seeking, but they likely involve allowing GOP amendments to come to the floor on the fiscal year 2011 defense authorization bill, which contains language that would lead to “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal.

“What was chaffing those members, as well as [Senate Minority Leader Mitch] McConnell (R-Ky.), was that … there was no consultation when Reid just said, ‘OK, boom! We’re going to have a cloture vote, and, oh, by the way, I’ve already put in my amendments and there’s no room for anything else,’” the Republican source said.

The three amendments that Reid has said he would allow on the floor are measures to strip the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal language from the bill; a measure to attach the DREAM Act, an immigration-related bill, to the legislation; and a measure addressing the “secret holds” senators can place on presidential nominees.

Another Republican source said Democratic leadership intends to attach the DREAM Act to the defense authorization bill as part of a manager’s amendment that also has language related to other defense items.

Reid’s office declined to comment on the concessions sought by GOP moderates or whether the majority leader would accept them.

The vote for cloture on the defense authorization is set for Tuesday at 2:15 p.m. A “yes” vote from 60 senators is required to move forward.

The Republican caucus has reportedly been telling GOP senators not to vote for cloture on the defense authorization bill because Sen. Reid is allowing limited amendments on the legislation.

The votes of Collins and Snowe are seen among repeal advocates as key to breaking a filibuster and moving forward with the defense authorization bill.

In conjunction with Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, pop singer Lady Gaga was set to appear at a rally in Portland, Maine, on Monday to urge the Maine senators to vote for cloture on the defense authorization bill.

SLDN Executive Director Aubrey Sarvis said in a statement promoting the event on Sunday that there aren’t yet sufficient votes to break a filibuster.

“We need Sens. Snowe and Collins on board; they’re key to us breaking the filibuster,” Sarvis said. “With the vote less than 48 hours away, we need everyone supporting repeal to call the Senate.”
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Read it. Not quite sure I understood. Can somebody translate? What exactly is this saying?
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"Another Republican source said Democratic leadership intends to attach the DREAM Act to the defense authorization bill as part of a manager’s amendment that also has language related to other defense items."

Very clever by Reid. Hard to vote no
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Read it. Not quite sure I understood. Can somebody translate? What exactly is this saying?
This clearly says: Keep Calling!!!!!
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Simply, it means that some of the moderate Republicans in the Senate are willing to vote in favor of the cloture, which would allow the debate on the defense bill to begin. For that, they want something in exchange, but it is not clear what they want.

We still do not know that these moderate Republicans would vote for or against the DREAM Act, but it is likely that the language of the DREAM Act will be crucial for these moderate Republicans and some reluctant Democrats.
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Debate begins this afternoon, should be interesting.
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yeah. kind of confusing. I gathered that the following senators:

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) are Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine, Scott Brown (R-Mass.), George Voinovoich (R-Ohio) and Richard Lugar (R-Ind.).

Are on the fence and willing to give a yea on tuesday IF the GOP is allowed to change things in the Defence bill without much opposition form the Dems. It's not clear what they want to change about it once it's passed but if they are willing to vote yea, then it's worth a shot.

A few things they might change are age requirements, residency requirements, proofs of such requirements, who knows really?
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It seems they named a few RINOs that are on the fence.
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"Another Republican source said Democratic leadership intends to attach the DREAM Act to the defense authorization bill as part of a manager’s amendment that also has language related to other defense items."

Very clever by Reid. Hard to vote no
I agree. The manager's amendment is a boon to the Dream Act since all sorts of defense related items will also come with the vote. The Republicans who will vote against can be accused of voting against defense measures such as I would guess troop readiness or weapons systems.
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"Another Republican source said Democratic leadership intends to attach the DREAM Act to the defense authorization bill as part of a manager’s amendment that also has language related to other defense items."
Genius !!! A manager's amendment is like the final "bill". When a manager's amendment passes, it'll replace the whole current defense bill. Only the majority leader could bring up the manager's amendment.

Voting no for the manager's amendment is like voting no for the whole defense bill. Trust me, for patriotic reason, Republicans won't vote against the manager's amendment. I have a strong hope that it'll pass, but not by a large margin though.
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