LIVEBLOGGING THE ALL-NIGHTER….Just tuned in to the Senate all-nighter to see what’s going on. It’s 12:22 am and they’re doing a quorum call. Basically, a bunch of people in suits are milling around and the clerk is calling names ver-r-r-r-r-y slowly. Exciting stuff.

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