No surprises dept: “An improbable effort by Senate Democrats to push forward a constitutional amendment that would have granted lawmakers more power to constrain campaign spending failed to move forward Thursday after several days of heated debate.”

A Public Citizen press release inexplicably declares: “We celebrate today’s vote as an unexpected leap forward for the democracy movement. The day is not far off when we will be celebrating the enactment of the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.”