Updated: 2:05 P.M.
The filibuster reform endgame is coming into focus.
Reformers are closing ranks behind a more modest proposal by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) that they believe could pass with a 51-vote threshold when the Senate returns next week and chip away at the minority party’s power to obstruct. It represents a concession that the full “talking filibuster” they want may not happen. But accepting the emerging Reid proposal would ward off a competing plan that they consider weaker than Reid’s.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=92683