Update (Ed Morrissey, Hot Air): Duane Patterson of the Hugh Hewitt Show tells me that the Democrats have to get 60 votes by rule for cloture, not just 3/5ths of the quorum. Ted Kennedy is too ill to attend, which means Reid needs three Republican votes — and it looks like he might not get them.
31 posted on 02/06/2009 1:52:53 PM PST by MaestroLC
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