Hardball: Reid to force repeated votes to end financial reform filibuster

A senior Democratic aide said Reid would schedule votes to end a Republican filibuster of the reform bill on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week.

“We need to keep the pressure up to get a deal,” said the Democratic aide.

Reid held a live quorum call on Monday evening to bring senators to the floor, interrupting their schedules and sending a message to lawmakers who voted to block debate of Wall Street reform…

Republicans, however, said the maneuver could backfire if centrists believe that Democrats are sacrificing bipartisan negotiations to play politics on the Senate floor.