The Raw Story | Congress Daily: Frist keeps finger on 'nuclear' trigger

Senate Majority Leader Frist will file for cloture on President Bush's nomination of William Myers to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals later this week, according to sources on and off Capitol Hill, wasting no time in testing the resolve of 14 Republican and Democratic senators who forced at least a temporary halt to the battle over Democratic filibusters of President Bush's judicial picks.

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At the same time, Senate Minority Leader Reid is looking to parlay the political momentum he believes he won as a result of the filibuster deal into a broader attack on the Bush administration and GOP congressional leaders. According to Democratic aides, Reid will roll out a broad government reform agenda Wednesday and Thursday that Democrats will promote as a way to combat alleged Republican abuse of power.

Although the political fallout from the deal on Frist is still to be determined, Republicans quickly moved to defend him from charges -- largely from his right flank -- that the deal represents a failure in leadership.

And it continues!

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