woo-hoo! the repeal of the discriminatory, 17 year old policy of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" just passed the Senate, by a vote of 65-31. it's now headed to the President's desk!
awesome. it's truly a civil rights victory too. in sad news, the Dream Act failed, again by a MAJORITY vote of 55-41. the worst thing about that one is that 5 conservative Democrats killed it, joining a Republican filibuster. had the dems been able to hold together on this, Dream would have passed too. i think that pretty much halts any action on immigration reform for the next two years, with an incoming Republican House. that sucks.
but overall, the lame duck session of Congress has turned into a VERY productive one, maybe the most productive ever. the tax cuts compromise sailed through (which i didn't hate as much as some other liberals, mainly because it has in there as much of a second stimulus as we're ever going to get, and that makes it badly needed- the price for it was not raising on taxes on the rich, at least not for another two years), and now the DADT repeal. i think the last thing they'll get done is to ratify obama's START treaty, which is the nuclear arms deal with Russia.
but this was definitely a good day.
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