Here we go....

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It's probobly been posted, but when can we expect the senate to vote on this issue?

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From the posts of the people that seem to know, it looks like this is the big question. One of the bigger hopes for the bills' opponents is to "kill the clock", and hope the Senate doesn't have time to vote. There's rumors that Senator Kyl is attempting to expedite the Senate process though.

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what do you mean doesn't have time to vote?

i know nothing of the political process, so please deal with my ignorance.

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Chris or Berge are the authorities on this, all my knowledge only comes from watching "Meet the Press". [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

The Senate has to start from scratch, their bill has nothing to do with the House bill. That bill has to pass a committee and then go for a general vote. The committee is run by some committee chair who will have to balance this bill's priority against all of the other bills. If the bill has opposition, the opponents can do procedural things (call for lengthy debate, etc) to stall the process, and the committee chair knows this, he may consider it not worth the effort.

Then it has a general vote. I think the Senate only has a few more days in session this year, and next year both houses would have to start over from scratch. So if they can't get through the process quick, the bill's supporters are out of luck.

I hope that's correct.