On Filibuster Reform, Advocates Claim Momentum Need only two more Senators

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2. I got this email from Daily Kos

From: Chris Bowers, Daily Kos
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 1:10 PM
Subject: Filibuster reform: Dramatic Update

Chris, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has sent an ultimatum to Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, giving McConnell until Thursday to agree to a watered down filibuster reform package. The idea is that Reid and McConnell would jointly pass a few small-bore reforms with overwhelming bipartisan support.However, if McConnell does not agree to the watered down package of reforms, then Sen. Reid has threatened to pass a much stronger filibuster reform package, and to do so with only 51 Democratic votes. Further, according to the Washington Post, this stronger package would include one of our two primary demands—flipping the burden on filibusters to the minority party.