Real Clear Politics: “Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) may have made United States Senate history today when he beat his filibustered his own bill on allowing the president to increase the debt ceiling on his own.”

TPM reports.

AP: ” A federal appeals court heard arguments Wednesday in a case that considers whether President Barack Obama violated the Constitution earlier this year when he bypassed the Senate to fill vacancies in his administration.”

TPM reports.

Pete Williams: “A federal appeals court on Wednesday takes up the issue of a president’s power to make appointments when the Senate is out of town, one that has divided Congress and the White House for decades.”

Roll Call: “Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., blamed Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., for holding up on amendments to the defense authorization bill, crippling the ability of senators to offer amendments in advance of a Monday evening test vote.”

Ari Melber has written this oped for Reuters.

A new NYT Room for Debate, including the thoughts of the incomparable Barbara Sinclair.

NPR reports.