The Hill reports:
The vote to end a GOP filibuster failed 50 to 49. Only Sen. Scott Brown, a centrist Republican from Massachusetts, defied the GOP leadership.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) voted against Reid's plan, as did Reid himself in a procedural move that will allow him to bring it back to the floor.
Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) was the only senator to miss the vote.
Yeah, you read that right. Former teabagger darling Sen. Scott Brown is a "centrist Republican."
Lawmakers say they have been told the president and GOP leaders are closing in on a deal and expect one as soon as this afternoon. [...]
Senators will wait for a bipartisan deal to be finalized and then will begin work on advancing it to the House. [...]
A Democratic aide said if conservatives filibuster the deal, the soonest it could pass the Senate would be a Wednesday.
A short-term stopgap measure may be necessary to allow the government to pay its bills after Aug. 2. But such a Band Aid would need to receive unanimous consent to pass by Tuesday.
So both chambers of Congress, like the rest of the country, are now in wait-and-see mode, while the White House and GOP leaders try to hammer out a deal that could come as soon as today.
Additionally:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (R-Nev.) instructed senators to stay close to the Capitol Sunday afternoon as a deal was being furiously negotiated among congressional leaders and President Obama.
Stay tuned ...