Michael Tomasky: Feingold, get it together

Russ Feingold, Democratic senator of Wisconsin, is, as I mentioned, threatening to wreck finreg reform.

The rules: a bill that comes back to the Senate after the House-Senate conference does not have to pass the hurdle of a cloture vote, a vote to cut off debate and proceed to final passage, which is the one that requires 60. Doesn't have to. However, the minority may request a cloture vote after the conference bill returns, and obviously in this case the GOP will.

Here's where things stand...