2:11 p.m. OK, we should be about ready to get going here. We’ve been told there will only be about 15 minutes of debate on this before a vote takes place to prevent a filibuster — as you all know by now, we need 60 for the bill to move forward. I’ll be posting updates as things get going, and Martin may pop in with his two cents if he can, so stay with us…

We here at DCist wonder why they schedule Restaurant Week immediately after the Thanksgiving-Hanukah- Christmas-Kwanzaa season of fat-assedness. It’s like D.C.’s restaurant community is our collective grandma: “Washington! My God, you look so gaunt! What in the world are they feeding you? It’s high time you started having three course dinners after three course lunches. I mean you’re rail thin! Look, your pants are hanging off of you.” No Grandma, the pants are saggy because…