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5:20 PM ET, December 18, 2010

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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Advances  —  WASHINGTON — After a 17-year struggle, the Senate on Saturday cleared the way for repealing the Pentagon's ban on gay men and lesbians serving openly in the military.  —  By a bipartisan vote of 63 to 33, the Senate acted to cut off debate …
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David M. Herszenhorn / New York Times:
Senate Blocks Bill for Illegal Immigrant Students  —  The Senate on Saturday blocked a bill that would create a path to citizenship for certain illegal immigrant students who came to the United States as children, completed two years of college or military service and met other requirements including passing a criminal background check.
The Politico:
DREAM Act dies in Senate  —  The weeks of rallies, hunger strikes and sit-ins and the thousands of phone calls placed to Senate offices didn't pay off for immigration activists.  —  The decade-old DREAM Act once again failed to break a filibuster in the Senate on Saturday morning …
Andrea Nill / ThinkProgress:
As DREAM Act Fails, Graham Tells Undocumented Youth They Wasted Their Time  —  Today, the Senate failed to invoke cloture on the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act.  Fourty-one mostly Republican senators voted against a bill which would have provided young undocumented immigrants …
Discussion: Left Coast Rebel
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
DREAM Act cloture fails, 55-41
Bridget Johnson / The Hill:   Pro-immigration groups decry ‘shameful’ vote; enforcement groups vow new push
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
SENATE KILLS ‘DREAM ACT’.... It should have been an easy one.
Discussion: Bold Faith Type
Patricia Murphy / Politics Daily:   Immigration End Game: DREAM Act Defeated in the Senate
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Senate votes to repeal 'don't ask, don't tell'  —  The Senate voted 65 to 31 Saturday to repeal the “don't ask, don't tell” law, beginning the process of ending a 17-year ban on gays serving openly in the military and reversing decades of official military policy.
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CNN:
Senate passes 'don't ask, don't tell' repeal  —  Washington (CNN) — The military's prohibition of openly gay people serving within its ranks is one step closer to ending, after the Senate voted Saturday to repeal the armed forces' “don't ask, don't tell” policy.
Evan McMorris-Santoro / TPMDC:
Senate Repeals Don't Ask, Don't Tell  —  With just a signature from President Obama, a ban on openly gay servicemembers will no longer be the law of the land.  —  By a vote of 65 to 31 this afternoon, the Senate voted to repeal the military's Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy.
The Hill:
Senate breaks GOP filibuster, advances 'Don't ask' repeal  —  A proposal to repeal the military's “Don't ask, don't tell” policy cleared a major hurdle in Congress on Saturday when the Senate voted to end a GOP-led filibuster.  —  The Senate voted 63 to 33 to advance a stand-alone bill …
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
DADT Breaks Filibuster
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and TPMDC
Shira Toeplitz / The Politico:
Eight Republicans buck party on 'don't ask' repeal
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Anne Flaherty / The Huffington Post:
'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Faces Senate Vote Today
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
USA Today:
Senate passes 'don't ask,' sends repeal to Obama
Patricia Murphy / Politics Daily:
'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Passes Senate, But Change Will Take Time
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Anne Flaherty / Associated Press:
Senate advances bill to lift military gay ban
Discussion: GayPatriot and The Other McCain
CNN:
Senate to hold final vote on 'don't ask, don't tell,' DREAM Act fails
Discussion: Washington Post and Jezebel
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Manchin's whereabouts  —  Today's minor mystery was the location of newly-minted West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, who missed key votes on the DREAM Act and the repeal of “Don't Ask, Don't Tell.”  (He says he would have voted “no” on both.)  —  The Gazette reports:
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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Alison Knezevich / Squawk Box:
Manchin skips votes on DADT, DREAM Act  —  Today is a big day in the U.S. Senate, and Sen. Joe Manchin isn't there.  —  Manchin missed key votes today on the repeal of “don't ask, don't tell” — which advanced and is headed for a final vote this afternoon — and the DREAM Act …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
START treaty survives threat from McCain amendment on missile defense  —  The Senate voted 37 to 59 on Saturday to reject an amendment to the preamble of the New START nuclear treaty that Democrats say would have gutted it.  —  The amendment sponsored by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) …
Discussion: National Review
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The White House:
Weekly Address: START is About the Safety and Security of America …
Discussion: Politics Daily
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
‘MCWEASEL’ BLASTS 9/11 HEALTH BILL.... It's not enough …
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Whose Party Is It?  —  The far left is foaming at the mouth.  —  The near-apoplectic level of agita within the liberal screeching class over President Obama's tax-cut compromise has exposed a seismic crack in the Democratic monolith — outspoken liberal Democrats on one side and barely audible moderate Democrats on the other.
Discussion: Daily Kos and INSTAPUTZ
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Conservatives Continue to Outnumber Moderates in 2010
Michael Moore / The Huffington Post:
¡Viva WikiLeaks!  Sicko Was Not Banned in Cuba  —  What's Your Reaction:  —  Yesterday WikiLeaks did an amazing thing and released a classified State Department cable that dealt, in part, with me and my film, Sicko.  —  It is a stunning look at the Orwellian nature of how bureaucrats …
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Lame-duck sessions supposed to be a thing of the past, historians say  —  Here's the funny thing about this month's lame-duck session of Congress, in which frantic lawmakers have pinballed from tax cuts to “don't ask, don't tell” to a nuclear weapons treaty:  —  It's not supposed to exist.
 
 
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