house passes amendment to repeal dadt

Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed an amendment to the defense authorization bill sponsored by Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA) that repeals the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" statute and implements the compromise White House/Senate/House agreement to repeal the policy at an undetermined point next year. Adam Bink at Open Left predicts that the repeal should be able to overcome the final hurdles of cloture to overcome the promised filibuster by Sen. John "Not Your Friend" McCain (R-AZ), conference committee, and President Obama's signature.

The final House vote was 234-194.