After failing to push through their motion to proceed on financial reform, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called an open quorum on the Senate floor tonight, forcing Republicans to return, briefly, to the Capitol–a move designed to draw attention to their filibuster.Reid is expected to force a revote as early as tomorrow, and perhaps again, using different procedural rules, on Wednesday.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=127363