Tuesday, February 23, 2010

TUESDAY: Mass-ter maverick.

Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) voted with four other Republicans yesterday to pass a cloture motion and move forward with debate on a jobs bill, thwarting an attempted filibuster by the GOP. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid issued a statement heraldidng the bipartisan effort, and former vice president Dick Cheney was rushed to the hospital with chest pains.