Update Friday, September 29th

[TheMetetron]

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I am not watching CSPAN right now, so I don't know.

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Senator Byrd thanked other Senators for 40 minutes.
Senator ENZI is bashing Senator Clinton's bill and talking about HIV.

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Clearly, these people have busy schedules.

[Silent1]

“They're using it as a dumping ground” for bills that couldn't pass on their own, said Jim Manley, spokesman for Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/n...ssecurity.html

[Bigwig]

I've been working and golfing all day. Could somebody provide me with a brief summary of what's been going on? Thanks!

[bmetz]

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I've been working and golfing all day. Could somebody provide me with a brief summary of what's been going on? Thanks!

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summary

[GDadsForever]

Seems like only way IG will pass this session is onto Port Security Bill, but that the draft MAY include this at this time. Liebermann is especially opposed to this, as democrats support Port Security, but do not like non-germane add-ons.

[Dunkman]

The bill that Frist has been trying to put IG on all week was passed out of conference today without IG. Now, Frist is trying to put it in the Port Security bill, and there doesn't seem to be anyone to really object this time. However, they're running out of time, so there's a decent chance that the Port Bill won't receive a vote right now. Thus, we're all drinking and watching C-SPAN.

[Bigwig]

So, this is bad? I mean, if Liebermann's objecting, somebody's fighting it, right? Or no? Is it simply a matter of time running out?

Will they meet tomorrow, or is this it?

[GDadsForever]

CSPAN 2 is Senate Hearings, I'd probably watch that if I were you (I can't, student body chose it as one of 5 cable channels to elminate :-()

[Mr.K]

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Will they meet tomorrow, or is this it?

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Unclear at this point.

[Wynton]

Is this typical activity at the end of the session? Do legislators invariably try to tack on as much non-germane stuff to every last-minute bill, or are we just fortunate to see something we're interested in subject to all this maneuvering?