UPDATE (4:59): Senate Republicans blocked the nomination of Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense on Thursday, something Majority Leader Harry Reid called "unprecedented." The Senate's vote to send Hagel's nomination to an up-or-down vote failed to get the 60 votes necessary. The measure failed, as 58 Senators voted yes, 40 voted no, and one voted present. Harry Reid blasted Republicans on the Senate floor and in a statement, called it an "unprecedented filibuster." "I'm going to go call Chuck Hagel when I finish here and say I'm sorry, I'm sorry this has happened," Reid said on the floor. He ... Read More