Big vote of Senate today on the DREAM Act, don't Ask Don't Tell, and much more

The Senate has an afternoon occupied ahead of them. After the end of your trial tomorrow a federal judge dismissed, can move to a closure of the series votes in some bills of internal politics quite significant that they have been kicked in the Senate during the last years. As a reminder, closure is a procedural motion to defeat opposition to debate a draft law, and takes 60 votes to pass. It is basically a type vote defeating a threatened filibuster.
Feedback today is the last chance for Democrats to move these bills last Republicans rather than lose a handful of seats for them at the next session and find 60 votes on this becomes virtually impossible. Let's look at what is on the agenda:

At 3: 30 pm, the Senate will resume consideration of the proposal to S.3991. Then there is another 30 minutes debate equally divided between the leaders or their representatives. After the use or performance of time, the Senate will proceed to a series of up to 4 nominal votes.
S.3991 empleadores-empleados public security 2009 (commonly known as collective bargaining fire) Cooperation Act S.3985, the emergency relief third age 2010S.3992 Act, development, help and education for the 2010 foreign minors Act (DREAM Act) H.R.847, health James Zadroga 9/11 and 2010 Compensation Act.
If you invoke the closure on a motion to continue, then it would be up to 30 hours of debate.
If an error occurs in all 4 motions closure, the possibility of Senator Reid could reconsider the vote failed closing on the motion to proceed to S.3454, authorization of the Defence Department.

The shape of the four first vows are aligned back-to-back leads me to believe that Majority Leader Senator Harry Reid [D, NV] have little hope that you will get 60 votes in any of them.
To move defence, including a repeal "Don't Ask, don't Tell," authorization bill backup plan is a little brighter. Due to a recent study by the Department of Defense, showing that you repealing the DADT wouldn't ham the military capacity to combat, has begun managing Obama of flip votes from no to Yes. The last time the Senate voted on this Bill, in September, could not with three Democrats vote no. one of them, that is has to a Yes flipped to Senator Mark Pryor [D, AR]. Another Senator Blanche Lincoln [D, AR] sounds gettable if there is time for her to offer amendments. And the third vote wasn't Reid, who only voted no on reserve their right under the rules of the Senate to Bill for another attempt at closing call majority leader.
With these three voting yes, the Dems still need at least two Republicans to vote with them. It seems perfectly possible that at least three Republicans have said that you voting in favour of the repeal of DADT once the report is published. But, as reports of political, Democratic aides are worried that the promise of the Republicans to vote not especially until it has secured a short Bush for all levels of income tax extension might encounter this:

However, an Assistant Senate working in effort to repeal and rights defender prominent gay expressed great concern Wednesday morning that "don't ask" repeal will die if you call until Wednesday because Republicans support repeal publicly pledged that they will insist that the Senate Act first on taxes.
"The bottom line: premature review will have the net kill the repeal effect." This might happen today, "said Deputy of the Senate, who asked not be named due to sensitive internal discussions on the calendar of Defense Bill." "We are very concerned at the time that if today is considered is simply an error and will be the end of the derogation".
"It is a little [got] until the way this is being raised and can be a recipe for failure." Reid Office is to rationalize that have rubber hit the road will oblige moderate Republicans to make a decision, "said the gay rights advocate who also asked not to be identified further." It is a high stakes bet.
Asked about what Reid, a supporter of the repeal, move Bill so that could lead to failure, an Assistant to the Senate said: "wants to clear the decks". It has a lot of bills and my feeling is that wants to get rid of them, the clock is ticking, and he has to keep in mind that both the tax cuts a CR and Bill.

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