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GetEQUAL I have to be honest — I just vomited a little in my mouth. The Senate just voted on whether to bring the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) up for conversation. Not for passage — just for conversation. It failed. We all laid everything we could on the line for this bill — a piece of legislation that would …

Sen. Susan Collins did vote YES. Sen. Scott Brown voted NO. I’ll have the full roll call shortly.

AmericaBlog reports that the cloture vote on the Defense Authorization Act is now scheduled for noon today. As we know, that could change. [Obviously, it did.] Right now the Senate is voting on the DREAM Act, which passed in the House yesterday. Watch live on C-SPAN. UPDATE: The Senate has voted to table the DREAM Act until next week by …

Via press release: “The folks who made the delivery on behalf of the 582k proponents of DADT repeal were Saif Khan, an Iraq War veteran; Colonel William Cline, a retired Army physician; and Brad Reichard, the spouse of a West Point graduate.”

Nobody seems to be sure it will happen, but the Family Research Council is claiming on Twitter that a cloture vote on the Defense Authorization Act is scheduled for around 5:30PM. The FRC has spent the day marshaling their followers to deluge Senate offices with protesting calls, so this could be a panicked push to generate more calls while folks …

Metro Weekly’s Chris Geidner reports that President Obama today contacted members of the Senate asking for their support of the Defense Authorization Act, which includes the repeal of DADT. White House spokesman Shin Inouye tells Metro Weekly, “The President has been reaching out to Senators from both sides of the aisle to reiterate his desire to see Congress pass the …

Servicemembers Legal Defense Network has issued an “all hands on deck” alert, asking you to call your Senators and demand their support of the repeal of DADT. If you live in the following states, call the Capitol switchboard number below: Maine, Indiana, Massachusetts, Ohio, Missouri, West Virginia, Arkansas and Illinois. 202-224-3121 KEY SENATORS WHO NEED TO HEAR FROM REPEAL SUPPORTERS …

Several Washington sources including the usually reliable Roll Call are saying that Sen. Harry Reid may actually propose a Senate cloture vote on the Defense Authorization Bill today. Proposing the cloture vote and making it happen are two different things, of course. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has scheduled cloture votes for Wednesday on a host of bills opposed …

The interviewer was trying to make a comparison between presumably tough soldiers and high school athletes who may be showering with gay students, but it’s not clear that Sessions really got the point. (Via – Matt Comer)

Following today’s conclusion of the Joint Chiefs’ testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, the White House hosted an off-the-record meeting with members of various DADT pro-repeal groups. Chris Geidner reports at Metro Weekly that today’s was the largest of several such recent meetings. Two people who attended the meeting but asked to remain anonymous because of the off-the-record nature …

Over at the Wonk Room, Igor Volsky reports on a tactic taken today by Sen. Mark Udall. Several of the top military brass testifying today indicated that they were hesitant to institute the repeal in a time of war. Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO) — a strong proponent of repeal — said that the amendment included in the National Defense Authorization …

The Human Rights Campaign recaps today’s hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, where all of the Joint Chiefs of Staff spoke at length about the repeal of DADT. Speaking today before a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, the Chiefs of the military services all expressed that they would successfully implement “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” repeal should Congress …

UPDATE: Today’s hearing has concluded.