What happened to the 30 hours of debate BEFORE the cloture vote?

[live2011]

[grantcart]

1. After cloture, before final vote

Technically cloture doesn't stop debate but limits it to 30 hours.

[donkeypoofed]

2. Maybe McTurtle just meant 30 hours and no debate? Yeah,Yeah, that's it!

[sprinkleeninow]

5. Cloture? What cloture.

We don't need no stinkin' cloture.

Yeah, that's the ticket....

[Fred Sanders]

3. That is post-cloture time before full Senate final vote.

So Friday morning cloture, Saturday afternoon vote.

Since Trutle went nuclear on SCOTUS nominees since Gorsuch, cloture is also only 51...not really even cloture.

"When the Senate majority leader wants the Senate to move to a vote on a legislative matter or nomination, he generally has two options. He can seek the unanimous consent of his colleagues to bring the Senate to a vote. By definition, even a single senator’s objection (or a threat to do so) blocks the Senate from proceeding to a vote. In that case, the leader’s only option in most cases involves filing a cloture motion, a move that starts a timetable for bringing the Senate to a vote on cutting off debate (aka voting on cloture). If 60 senators vote aye, cloture is invoked on the underlying matter and the Senate proceeds to a vote (after 30 hours). Those are the leaders’ formal options. (Sounds byzantine? It is. No such parliamentary theatrics bind House party leaders: When the majority party is ready to vote, it moves the “previous question” motion and a simple majority voting “aye” cuts off debate and brings the chamber to a vote.)"

[triron]

4. 30 hours would be almost midnight Saturday.

[Fred Sanders]

6. Yes, you are correct. I was off 6 hours.

[Judil]

7. 30 hours

If they vote in the morning of Friday they are predicting 10:30 with vote completed at 11:00 am, 24 hours later is 11am Sat plus 6 sets the vote beginning nlt 5:00 pm with expected results about 5:30pm. This is what is being reported.

[LandOfHopeAndDreams]

8. Here Is What I Heard

I heard that those 30 Hours are split between the parties, and that the repubs were going to forfeit their time. Meaning the Democrats will have their 15 Hours, and the vote can go ahead on Saturday if they wanted.