10:02pm | McConnell-Biden talking today.
They have spoken at least four times today — and are rumored to be trying to work out a deal based off the Boehner plan.
The New York Times reports that it may include mandatory cuts to entitlement spending if Congress can’t agree to lower the deficit in a second vote later this year.
10:14pm | The Senate adjourned for the night.
Will return at noon on Sunday, with a vote on the Reid bill at 1pm.
Boehner plan ain’t great... but nuthin’ is.
I like that they’ll have to deal w/ more cuts before the election. I like that a lot. It’s one of the characteristics of CCB that I did not like - CCB gave the whole increase at once ... thereby eliminating the spending discussions until after the election.
Boehner plan isn’t bad in that regard.