ONE VOTE SHORT - AT 7:45 A.M. ET:  From The Politico:

Short by one vote, Senate Democrats abruptly pulled back Thursday night from completing action on a giant omnibus spending bill—forcing leaders to scramble to pass a stopgap measure to keep the government funded into next week..

Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) had been confident earlier in the evening that he had the 60 votes needed to cut off debate. But a half-hour after the roll call was to begin, Reid admitted he was still short and agreed to allow debate to continue for a few more days.

COMMENT:  One vote?  It should be 100 votes short.  The bill, lined with pork, is a disgrace and should be defeated.

March 6, 2009