Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid, plans on keeping the senate in session all night long, because he wants a simple majority vote on the Levin/Reed amendment to the Defense Authorization bill which says the U.S. troop withdrawal must be completed by April 30, 2008.

With Reid making the senate work all night long, it reminds me of the AC/DC song that sounds something like this:

“Harry was a fast machine, he kept his senators mean, he was the best damned Senator Nevada has ever seen. Working double time, on the taxpayer’s dime, he was one of a kind, my oh my.
Har-ry shook the senate ALL NIGHT LONG, yes Har-ry, you shook the senate all night long…Yeah!”

Well, maybe not.

If I remember correctly, it was just a few years ago that the senate Republicans wanted a simple majority vote instead of getting 60 votes to end debate about their federal judicial nominations. They did not get it. It’s payback time.

So now the Democrats want it. It’s funny how one’s tune changes when you are in the majority!

This action by Reid, and the one by the Republicans a few years ago, could both be termed as a “stupid pet tricks.”

I don’t remember the Republicans bringing in roll-a-way beds, though. Harry must be serious. This could be a YouTube moment.

At least we’re getting a full day’s work out of them for a change.

Probably the lower ranking you are in the senate, like #99 as Jon Tester is or #100 as John Barrasso is, means you’ll get your butt kicked off the cot somewhere between 1:00 a.m and 4:00 a.m. when someone nudges them and says, “Hey, get up, it’s your turn.”

The problem with most senators, is their speeches normally put most of us to sleep, so I am looking forward to watching some of it around bedtime. I can hear Sen. Robert Byrd in my dreams speaking about the Constitution…