"Grand bargain" goes back to bed--for now. Notice the seeming avoidance of the blame game after this cloture vote failed. What could that mean? Or will this game merely be played later?
Proponents of cloture gained only 1 more vote than they did on the cloture vote of 6/7/07; on June 7, 45 senators voted in favor of cloture, and, this time, 46 senators voted in favor of cloture. Still, are there plans to bring this bill back? UPDATE: On the Senate floor now, there certainly seems to be a lot of talk about bringing the bill back...