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Cloture was agreed to: 67 - 30. A vote on final passage is expected tomorrow. Lieberman voted YES on cloture; Graham voted NO.
Lieberman and Graham added their amendment — which would bar for three years the disclosure of images of mistreated prisoners taken from Sept. 11, 2001, to Jan. 22, 2009 — to the tobacco regulation bill (HR 1256) now on the Senate floor. Lieberman said he and Graham would vote against cloture on the tobacco measure if it fails and would could continue to “slow up the process” by attaching their amendment to other legislation.
http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003138363
I believe the amendment failed; if so, why did Lieberman vote YES on cloture and not carry out his threat to filibuster?
Roll Call: http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&session=1&vote=00206
