Liveblog II- Senate Slumber Party/ Defense Authorization Bill

To repeat:
The Senate will be debating H.R. 1585 - The Defense Authorization Bill.

Open thread commentator said cots had been brought it.

Harry Reid vows to go 30 hours for this session.

This is on the fly so we'll be looking for volunteers.  Sorry for the brevity but this was very short notice. - donnamarie

UPDATE: Please Recommend this Diary to get it up on the Rec list. Then Unrec when oreo puts #3 up. And please let us know if you want to join the list of folks sacrificing a diary for today.

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List of Volunteers:

1-Liveblog
2-aggressiveprogressive
3-oreo
4-caharris

(Sometime between 6pm and midnight)-GirlZero

Listen in on C-Span2. Let those who can't listen know what it is you are hearing.