Posted by Jed Lewison @ Daily Kos on Tue Mar 2, 2010 at 5:20 PM Pacific

Bunning relents, agrees to deal

Roll Call reports that it's over:

In the end Bunning agreed to a deal allowing him one vote on an amendment to pay for the bill’s $10 billion cost. That proposal was offered by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) last Thursday at the start of his filibuster, but Bunning rejected it because he feared his amendment would not pass.

Reid has also agreed to give Bunning two votes on amendments to a larger, one-year extension bill that is currently under consideration in the Senate.

So the news is that unemployment benefits will continue flowing, but we don't get to see Democrats force Bunning to filibuster all night.

Bunning relents, agrees to deal

Roll Call reports that it's over:

In the end Bunning agreed to a deal allowing him one vote on an amendment to pay for the bill’s $10 billion cost. That proposal was offered by Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) last Thursday at the start of his filibuster, but Bunning rejected it because he feared his amendment would not pass.

Reid has also agreed to give Bunning two votes on amendments to a larger, one-year extension bill that is currently under consideration in the Senate.

So the news is that unemployment benefits will continue flowing, but we don't get to see Democrats force Bunning to filibuster all night.

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