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Tom Curry of MSNBC has written a very informative article on the whole filibuster situation. In general, it seems like a detailed and accurate report. Here's a snippet:

There is precedent for such a rule change: on Feb. 20, 1975, by a vote of 51 to 42, the Senate lowered the threshold for ending a filibuster from two-thirds of those senators present (67 if all 100 were in the chamber) to 60 senators.

So, the Senate GOP is not plotting something as radical and diabolical as Harry Reid might want you to believe.