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I keep confusing these two: Motion to Invoke Cloture on Motion to Proceed v. Motion to Invoke Cloture.
You quoted:
Reid Wednesday morning:
I am disappointed that we are again wasting time on a heavily bipartisan bill, the Travel Promotion Act, which has wide support by both the Democrats and Republicans. But the Republicans forced us to have a vote on cloture to allow us to get on the bill. All the Republicans voted for it. They are filibustering things they even agree with just to stall for time. This is 30 hours we could use to do a lot of good. I don't know what would be the rationale for wasting this time. Maybe they don't want President Obama to complete more legislation through us. It is beyond my ability to comprehend why we would waste this time.
It seems that the Republicans are holding all legislation hostage until the detainee photo bill becomes law. I don't see any other explanation for this.
