Senate Leadership

: Why Thorp says that even IF the Senate passes something Sunday night, the House is not in session to consider it until Monday afternoon – when the programs will then have already be shut down, according to MSNBC. Thorp reminds of us of the stalemate here: Last week, the Senate failed to move either a House-passed bill or any short-term extension to stop the programs from expiring on June 1. But as NBC Frank Thorp notes, Senate leadership aides all but admit they won’t be able to get anything done before the program sunsets at 12:01 am ET on June 1. The House bill, which would take the bulk collection of data out of the hands of the government and instead rely on the telecom companies to hold it, needed 60 votes to move forward – but got only got 57. **** The rare case when Obama White House and Boehner House are one side, and McConnell Senate is on the other*: The reason why that Senate bill fell short of 60 votes was because Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell whipped against it. It usually been the other way around. And here a fascinating – and rare – development: You have the White House and Republican-led House on the same side , but the part that holding things up is the Senate. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.