to the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell. It couldn't stand on its own...
http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/09/21/senate.defense.bill/index.html?hpt=T1
Washington (CNN) -- In a graphic example of election-year politics at work, a defense bill that would repeal the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy got blocked Tuesday in the U.S. Senate by a Republican-led filibuster.....
...Debate on the defense bill was rancorous in the run-up to the vote. Republicans accused Reid of trying to prevent them from proposing amendments to the bill and criticized his plan to tack on the immigration provision, known as the DREAM Act.