"This is a political consultant's dream, this war," said Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, referring to the myriad possibilities for 30-second spots to be found in the multiple votes on the war.
In the middle of our polling it seemed as if Penelope Fitzgerald would be the outright winner, with multiple votes for The Coming of Spring and The Blue Flower.
Democrats, who have dug in against anything they see as a short-term extension that would require multiple votes on the debt increase before the end of next year, said they accepted the two-stage plan but wanted the full increase in the debt limit now.
The present US Congress is generally considered the most unfriendly to the environment on record – with multiple votes in the House of Representatives to strike down or weaken environmental regulations, cut back funds for developing clean energy, and discount the existence of climate change.
But the two sides were still split over whether to hold multiple votes over the next eight months to lift the government's debt limit or to have just one vote in the next few days that would extend the Treasury's borrowing authority into 2013.
Sanders has voiced his opposition to Keystone XL as the Senate has faced multiple votes on the pipeline.
Each of the 10 contestants in the 90-second "fast pitch" competition received multiple votes from the audience.
Obama and the Democrats had hoped to avoid multiple votes before the election.
Other proposals will reduce the way in which some party members had multiple votes for the leadership.
