Sahil Kapur has the rundown on the deal Harry Reid has struck to avoid a showdown over the filibuster rules of the Senate.

Harry Reid was just on the Senate floor and credited John McCain with helping to arrange a deal on the pending presidential nominations that have had Senate Democrats on the verge of changing the filibuster rules. Not clear what the parameters of that deal are yet.

The key line from Reid: “It is a compromise. I think we get what we want, they get what they want.”

The first of the votes on the seven pending nominations at issue is scheduled for 11 a.m. ET, so we should know more soon.

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As of 6:40 p.m. ET:

~ Senators are currently in a rare, closed-door, all-senators meeting in the Old Senate Chamber to try to hammer out an agreement that gets nominees to the CPRB and NLRB through the Senate and avoids changing the filibuster rules.

~ Sens. Reid and McConnell met a short time ago, before the all-senator meeting. No clear picture on whether they made any headway on a deal.

~ White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough was reportedly in the meeting with Reid and McConnell, but the White House tells TPM that McDonough was not there for the meeting, that the White House is not negotiating with senators, and that this is all in Reid’s hands.

Sahil Kapur has more from the Hill.

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