Using procedure to oppose procedure: Don’t ask, don’t tell, don’t vote?

I just want to understand this: Susan Collins plans to vote against sending the Defense Authorization bill — and the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell — to the full Senate because she dislikes the procedural manuevering by Democrats. I’d be more inclined to agree with her criticism were she not as guilty as anyone in the Senate of using procedural manuevers to get what she wants.

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Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet