Cloture on FY 2009 Ominbus Appropriations Bill Invoked; Approval of Bill Itself Now Certain.

The Senate has invoked cloture on H.R.1105, the 2009 Omnibus appropriations measure. The vote was 62 to 35.

This means that the vote on the bill itself can now proceed, where passage (which requires only a majority vote) is certain.