A long shot, last ditch effort to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell could still succeed.
At a press conference today, after the Defense Authorization bill — and with it the DADT repeal — went down to defeat in a cloture vote, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) explained. “Senator Collins and I, Senator Udall and others will be, perhaps by the end of this day, introducing a free-standing bill — a separate piece of legislation — to repeal the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy,” he said.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=117185