Senate fails on cloture vote for DADT Sen. Ensign votes no - Las Vegas Democrat | Examiner.com
Earlier today the US Senate held a cloture vote on the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) which in its current form allows lesbians and gays to serve in the Military as long as they don’t tell anyone that they are gay or lesbian. The vote failed to receive the 60 votes needed to end the Republican filibuster, the final vote count was 57-40 with three Senators not voting.
The repeal of DADT has the support of the Secretary of Defense Bill Gates, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, 70 percent of those currently serving in the military, more then 70 percent of the American people, the President of the United States Barack Obama, the US House of Representatives, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), but not Nevada’s junior Senator John Ensign (R-NV) who earlier signaled that he was in favor of repealing DADT, but voted no today.
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