Reid Hits Fast Forward on Finance Reform
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Tonight Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed a motion for cloture (a motion to end debate) on the Senate finance reform bill, which as we noted in The Weekly Crib Sheet on Sunday would set up a debate ending vote come this Wednesday. That necessitates the release of the manager’s amendment as well on Wednesday, followed by a vote for final passage come Thursday.
In other words, it looks like things are going exactly as we’ve laid them out in The Weekly Crib Sheet below.
Could there be a curve ball? Yes! If Sen. Blanche Lincoln doesn’t get 50% in her Tuesday night primary it will mean a June 8th runoff. Should that happen the Democrats may find a way to get finance reform done in the Senate before June 8th, but we bet not before the end of this week.
Guess we’ll be watching returns come Tuesday evening in Arkansas – the fate of the reform bill is at hand.
