Hmm. Sen. Judd Gregg had earlier indicated he would vote to proceed. I don’t want to get anybody’s hopes up too high, but Gregg sounded more than a little irritated with the Senate leadership when he spoke on the floor a few minutes ago. He wants an amendment on H-1B visas, and he suggested that deal organizers will strip out his changes with another amendment by Durbin.

Jeff Sessions is currently speaking on the floor.