Report: Democrats File For Cloture On Harold Koh

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Well, that didn’t take two weeks at all, did it! Dave Weigel of The Washington Independent reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has just filed cloture on the nomination of Harold Koh to be legal adviser to the State Department.

Koh has raised howls on the right and Reid has been waiting until he’s certain Koh could overcome a filibuster.

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