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Terrible cot. but what happened today does not mean that wall street reform has passed. what this means is that debate on wall street reform can go forward. but eventually theres going to have to be an end of that debate, and theres going to have to be a proceeding to a final vote on the bill. dollars to doughnuts, republicans are still going to fill bust thaer too. if doughnuts win and miraculously republicans do drop that filibuster, heres how youll know. it will only take 51 votes to pass wal...

To filibuster it, the american people are going to see that theyre filibustering this issue. >> all night votes. you know what that means, roll in the cots, were going to stay all night. and then sure enough, just like clock work, just like magic, the cot threat worked again. just by threatening to roll out the cots, republicans caved. they lifted their filibuster on wall street reform. this time without even a vote. after filibustering for three straight days, republicans tonight allowed wall s...

Cot, but now we can put the cots away. then today it happened again. democrats threatened to hold all-night votes on wall street reform. we had some initial indications of this strategy last night when we spoke to sherrod brown of ohio, then senator claire mccaskill confirmed it here on msnbc with andrea mitchell. >> were probably tomorrow night going to stay all night and continue to do this until we break some of them free. >> i think were going to go all night. i think weve made the decision ...

And do this work. wall street reform is that important. so were going to stay here. and if the republicans are going to filibuster it, the american people are going to see that theyre filibustering this issue. >> all night votes. you know what that means, roll in the cots, were going to stay all night. and then sure enough, just like clock work, just like magic, the cot threat worked again. just by threatening to roll out the cots, republicans caved. they lifted their filibuster on wall street r...

Republicans bluff during the amendments fight on health reform by saying theyd pull an all-nighter in the senate. so that was the threat. roll out the cots. were going to stay youll night. roll them out. and votes did start happening late into the night. republicans tried to go all night with that one, but they did not have the stamina. they ended up throwing in the towel around 3:00 a.m. they gave up. so again, mission accomplished, magical cot. now, put the cots away. then earlier this month, ...

They had to stay at work all night. this, it turns out, the cot thing, this is the one sure fire way to get stuff done in washington. threaten to roll out the cots. democrats have threatened to roll out the cots a lot lately. back in march when jim bunning was filibustering unemployment benefits, it was roll out the cots. well stay all night. bunning said he would keep filibustering and nothing could stop him unless three amendments he wanted would get votes. after democrats threatened to roll o...

All-nighter in the senate. so that was the threat. roll out the cots. were going to stay youll night. roll them out. and votes did start happening late into the night. republicans tried to go all night with that one, but they did not have the stamina. they ended up throwing in the towel around 3:00 a.m. they gave up. so again, mission accomplished, magical cot. now, pult the cots away. then earlier this month, harry reid threatened more all-nighters in the senate, this time over republicans fili...

In that case, mission was partially accomplished, magical cot, but now we can put the cots away. then today it happened again. democrats threatened to hold all-night votes on wall street reform. we had some initial indications of this strategy last night when we spoke to democratic senator sherrod brown of ohio then senator claire mccaskill confirmed it here on msnbc with andrea mitchell. >> were probably tomorrow night going to stay all night and continue to do this until we break some of them ...

They had to stay at work all night. this, it turns out, the cot thing, this is the one sure fire way to get stuff done in washington. threaten to roll out the cots. democrats have threatened to roll out the cots a lot lately. back in march when jim bunning was filibustering unemployment benefits, it was roll out the cots. well stay all night. bunning said he would keep filibustering and nothing could stop him unless three amendments he wanted would get votes. after democrats threatened to roll o...