From the AP:
"But after the extraordinary House vote, which GOP leaders held open for nearly three hours while they pursued Republican holdouts, Massachusetts Democratic Sens. Edward M. Kennedy and John Kerry promised a filibuster.
Kennedy compared the House vote to the disputed 2000 presidential election in Florida. "It was a rigged vote," he told reporters in his Capitol hideaway office. "Give this bill a fair vote in the House of Representatives and I'll drop my filibuster."
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., was prepared to seek a vote Monday to end a filibuster, his spokesman said."