Bob Bennett: “I think we need to see more urgency when it comes to loan modifications.”

I would urge you to have conversations with whatever 'elves' within the administration you deal with, over at OMB, because I think that's where the decision was made.

Yes. Norm, that is why they called it the Nuclear Option.

I do not think that is what the original filibuster rule had in mind, but it has become the norm.

So I think the rule change that said it is a constitutional supermajority of all the Senators duly sworn is a step in the level of accountability for one's position with respect to a piece of legislation.