On the 7th Day Reid will rest and take pleasure in what he has crafted.

[kpete]

Reid alters the laws of space and time...

The first day of the Senate will technically last until January 22nd to allow for filibuster reform. You see, Harry Reid has obtained the amulet from an underground Mesopotamian tomb, which can bend the laws of time and space itself. Or not.

WaPo: "The middle ground in this debate has been given the name 'the constitutional option': It argues that on the first day of a new session of Congress, you only need 51 votes to change the Senate rules, as each Congress has a constitutional right to make its own rules. That's the approach various Democratic senators are taking in their effort to reform the filibuster. But Thursday was the first day of the 113th Congress. And it came and went without filibuster reform. So is filibuster reform dead? Nope. Majority Leader Harry Reid is just making the first day of the session last far longer than the typical 24 hours." [WaPo]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/01/03/the-date-for-filibuster-reform-january-22-probably/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/01/05/open-thread-6/#comments

[DJ13]

1. Oh God

[madokie]

2. Talk about hearing the pigs squeal

he should realize they'll use this fact to shoot this down. After a while of the news droning on and on about how a day is 24 hrs and not weeks as crazy harry says they'll block this from even getting close to happening.

thats how I see it anyway

[tritsofme]

3. He successfully used this tactic at the beginning of the 112th Congress as well

IIRC

[madokie]

4. Interesting

and here I thought I paid attention.
thanks