So nothing until 1am Sunday morning because of the "filibuster"?

[gateley]

(We should have made them do it!)

And then do they have to debate?

This is torture.

[Tx4obama]

1. See below

Here's a link that explains the cloture procedure:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloture#Procedure

[gateley]

2. Thanks! nt

[Telly Savalas]

3. This is good.

The only tolerable result from this trainwreck is a clean bill for raising the debt ceiling, and we probably won't see that until the 11th hour. So anything that indicates that none of these bullshit austerity packages will succeed is good news.

[surrealAmerican]

4. I hope you're right.

It's very hard for me to tell at this stage what is a good sign and what is a bad one.