So much for Sen. Reid’s (D,NV) threat
of holding Senators for a vote on S 3254, the National Defense
Authorization Act, before Thanksgiving. Yesterday the Senate voted to start
their Thanksgiving Recess today. Okay, it wasn’t even a vote; S. Con Res 60 {co-sponsored
by Reid and Minority Leader McConnell (R,KY)} was adopted
by unanimous consent; I’ll bet that there weren’t but a handful of Senators
present.
To be fair, the important stuff that will be dealt with by
this post-election session is mainly being done behind the scenes and will not
really be debated in public. There will be a couple of short speeches on both
sides and the votes will take place. They may be able to get this done before
Christmas.
The House is meeting today and will, among other things,
vote on S. Con Res 60; probably the last vote of the day. Even if the House
doesn’t agree the Senate will just meet in pro forma sessions like they are
today.
Oh, yes, S 3254? The Senate started debate today, officially
any way, no actual talking about the bill took place. As predicted a number of amendments
were offered, fewer than I expected, but none of them dealt with
cybersecurity or cyber-warfare issues.
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