Senate filibuster

• WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) signaled Wednesday that he isnt backing down in his plan to get rid of Senate filibuster rules at the start of the next Congress if Democrats are in charge.
(Huffington Post)
• The Senate filibuster is all but dead come 2013. On Friday, Senate Majority Harry Reid told Ed Schultz that he promises to pass filibuster reform should the Democrats retain the control of the Senate and President Obama wins re-election.
(DAILY KOS)
• Mitch McConnell attacked Harry Reid on the Senate floor over a threat to change Senate filibuster rules, warning that it could allow the GOP to kill Barack Obama's health care law with a simple majority if Republicans win control of the Senate.
(Politico.com)
• the opportunity to force uncomfortable votes and exploded Senate precedent on the amendment process within the last few years.
(Town Hall)
• Reid also promised to amend filibuster rules he says Republicans use to the extreme, according to the Washington Examiner.
(NewsMax.com)
• The Senate is expected to hit the ground running Monday when it takes up the DISCLOSE Act, the kind of campaign finance legislation senators on both sides of the aisle once rallied behind. Rhode Island Democrat Sen.
(US News and World Report)
• and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R The problem, he said, was that Republicans are using the filibuster in an unprecedented way to block even routine, bipartisan bills, making it almost impossible to accomplish anything.
(Wall Street Journal)
• WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans blocked a bill Monday evening to increase transparency in campaign spending by independent groups. In a 51-44 vote, the DISCLOSE Act failed to obtain the 60 votes needed to clear a Republican filibuster.
(Huffington Post)
• The bill died on a strictly partisan 53-45 vote, falling short of the 60 votes needed to overcome a Republican filibuster. Two senators didnt vote.
(Washington Times)