After several false st arts, the Boehner Bill finally passed the house without a single Democratic vote, not even from the most cowardly blue dog. But the Boehner Bill could not stand up to the first motion in the Senate to table it. Every Democrat and six Republicans voted it down. Based on the way he was talking earlier in the week, I had hoped in vain that Mitch McConnell (R-KY) might be reasonable in the eleventh hour. He announced that he will filibuster the Reid plan, and he refused to negotiate with Reid. Here’s more.

The Senate voted Friday evening to reject Speaker John A. Boehner’s debt-ceiling plan just hours after it moved through the House, setting up a dramatic weekend of negotiations as Congress works to stave off a potential federal default. The Senate tally was 59-41 on the motion to table the House plan, including some Republican votes. Even as leaders from both parties engage in frenetic talks on the way forward, the House will hold yet another symbolic vote. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor announced the chamber plans to hold a vote on legislation that closely mirrors Reid’s plan, planning to kill it even before the Senate can adopt it… [emphasis added]

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As of the time I collected ,my sources, which six Republicans broke ranks was not yet posted.

Lawrence O’Donnell provides more detail in two segments, the first with Kent Conrad (D-SD).

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Now Conrad is a terrible DINO, but in this instance he’s right. Lawrence continues with Ezra Klein and Jay Newton-Small.

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