Today in Congress

The House is not in session today.

In the Senate, courtesy of the Office of the Majority Leader:

1:00pm Sunday, December 20. Following the prayer and pledge, the time until 1:30pm will be equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders or their designees. Beginning at 1:30pm and until 11:30pm, there will be alternating blocks of time, with the Republicans controlling the first hour and the Majority controlling the next hour.

At 11:30pm (Sunday), the Senate will recess until 12:01am Monday, December 21. Following the prayer and pledge, the time until 1:00am will be equally divided and controlled between the two leaders or their designees, with the Majority Leader controlling the final 10 minutes and the Republican Leader controlling the 10 minutes immediately prior.

At 1:00AM Monday, December 21, the Senate will proceed to a cloture vote on the Reid-Baucus-Dodd-Harkin amendment #2376.

That Reid-Baucus-Dodd-Harkin amendment is the so-called "manager's amendment" that rolls up all the agreements hashed out on the side up to this point, and that's supposed to be the package that gets us to 60.

We'll find out at 1:00 AM on Monday. So stay up late tonight.