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Sen Tom Harkin on the dream act

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12-16-2010, 12:38 AM
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>> And there's another bill possibly pending, the dream act which would possibly affect people in uniform. Young people who joined our military who are not legally here as citizens you can this would provide them a path toward legalization in this country after military service.

Lawrence: What are the prospects of that? Harry reid made a campaign promise he would try to bring it to a vote in the senate. >> We are going to try to bring the dream act up one more time.

Lawrence :That may be filibustered by the republicans.

If it is, well, then, we'll have to be in here after christmas.But I think it's important. I mean, look, these are people who are here because they were brought here when they were kids. Some as young as months old or five years old. This is the only country they know. They grew up here, they went to school here, they pledge allegiance to our flag.And yet what we say is, look, and the dream act, if you serve in the military and if you go to college, then we can put you on a path to citizenship. We need these people. These are some of our hardest working, and some of our best educated young people. We're going to tell them they have to leave the country they've known since they were children and go to some country they've never lived in? Really? This is not fair. To me, the dream act is all about justice and fairness. And I think america ought to reclaim that, that we're a just and fair country. .
Transcript from the Lawrence O'Donnell show.
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12-16-2010, 12:44 AM
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What do they mean by filibuster ? Isn't DA dead if the senate rejects it this time around. Its not like they can bring it back again before the session is over, right ?
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What do they mean by filibuster ? Isn't DA dead if the senate rejects it this time around. Its not like they can bring it back again before the session is over, right ?
No, they can keep bringing it up as much as they want.
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oh, thats good to know but its not like we have the time to keep doing that.

I always thought that once a bill gets less than 60 votes in a session then its back to square one, introduce the bill, pass it in the house etc
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If Reid can't round up 60 votes, I hope he lets the Republicans filibuster it through Christmas so everyone can see.
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Quick Question: Does a filibuster require that every member of the party that is filibustering , or even, every Senator from either party, be in attendance for the entire duration?

If not, then that would mean the Repubes (ha, I saw someone else here refer to them as repubes and I thought it was the most ingenious thing ever) could just take turns so that the majority could go home and spend a comfy Christmas break with there families, and only a handful would have to stay on during Christmas day.
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Well hopefully filibustering is out of the question for Republicans now that they got what they wanted from the tax deal.
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No filibuster = 51 votes needed.
Filibuster = 60 votes needed.
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Quick Question: Does a filibuster require that every member of the party that is filibustering , or even, every Senator from either party, be in attendance for the entire duration?

If not, then that would mean the Repubes (ha, I saw someone else here refer to them as repubes and I thought it was the most ingenious thing ever) could just take turns so that the majority could go home and spend a comfy Christmas break with there families, and only a handful would have to stay on during Christmas day.
Yes I mentioned that once. They could technically send 10 senators in to filibuster, and send the rest home because you still need 60 votes
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