Beginning at 11:00 AM Eastern Time, the Senate will vote on the following:
The motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act of 2010 (S.3992).
The motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 (H.R.847).
Reconsideration of the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (S.3454).
Thus, the vote on the Defense Authorization Act, which includes a repeal of Don't Ask/Don't Tell, will probably come around noon.
In related news, former Senator Sam Nunn of Georgia, who killed President Clinton's attempts to lift the gay ban in 1993, has come around and believes DA/DT should be repealed:
"In an interview this week, Nunn told the Associated Press that the law known as 'don't ask, don't tell' should be overturned as long as there is enough time to prepare the troops for the change. He said the Pentagon should be given at least a year before the repeal takes effect to ensure operations in Afghanistan aren't affected.
'Society has changed, and the military has changed,' the former senator from Georgia said."
The motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act of 2010 (S.3992).
The motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 (H.R.847).
Reconsideration of the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (S.3454).
Thus, the vote on the Defense Authorization Act, which includes a repeal of Don't Ask/Don't Tell, will probably come around noon.
In related news, former Senator Sam Nunn of Georgia, who killed President Clinton's attempts to lift the gay ban in 1993, has come around and believes DA/DT should be repealed:
"In an interview this week, Nunn told the Associated Press that the law known as 'don't ask, don't tell' should be overturned as long as there is enough time to prepare the troops for the change. He said the Pentagon should be given at least a year before the repeal takes effect to ensure operations in Afghanistan aren't affected.
'Society has changed, and the military has changed,' the former senator from Georgia said."
