Online gambling to be attached to defense bill???- article Uh oh!!!

[Nate tha\\\' Great]

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How about a more constructive question. Assuming Frist's current tactic fails does he have any other possible fallbacks for getting this thing through this session that we might need to prepare for? Just trying to do some positive, pro-active thinking.

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Yes, he could still try and get it passed by unanimous consent, assuming that he and Kyl can overcome the holds on the original piece of legislation. But at that point it will be so late in the session that this seems unlikely. The fact that Frist is going with this DoD tactic perhaps also suggest that the holds were solid, and the unanimous consent route wasn't going to work.

From my POV, by this time next week there will either be a >=90% chance of passage or <=5%. It's going to be a stressful week.