Senate Filibuster of MOHELA

I'm at Jefferson City this morning where the Senate Democrats are in the middle of a filibuster. Tim Green, Jolie Justus and Maida Coleman are on the floor now. They are periodically requesting quorum calls that rouse some Republican senators from their offices (and perhaps a nap).

The Democrats are taking the floor in twos and threes. Next up for them is Jeff Smith and Victor Callahan.

Word from the Republican side is that Floor Leader Charles Shields promised Governor Blunt that he'd push MOHELA through before the body breaks for spring. Toward that end Capitol sources say that the senate will stay in session through until the filibuster is broken.

Meanwhile the coffee flows, staffers play wiffle-ball in the hall and both sides wonder if the other will yield before dawn.