This just in from Forbes.com–“US Senate’s Daschle won’t block pension bill vote“:
The leader of U.S. Senate Democrats said on Wednesday he would not try to stop a vote on a massive pension relief bill this week, although he opposed the measure. . .
Also, from Quicken.com–“Pension Bill Filibuster Threat Dropped In US Senate“:
The chief opponent of the measure, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., had said last week he could stop the bill from passing the Senate. But a lopsided 336-to-69 vote for the bill in the House and mounting pressure from businesses has made that assertion hard to sustain.