Update: Sit in with the Senator
The last I heard from my buddy hanging out in Cantwell’s office, about a half an hour ago, the powers that be had decided against ejecting them at 5:30, instead going the, “Ok, fine, hang out here. See if we care” route. They had a conference call earlier with a few folks in D.C. who never actually gave them an answer–a “long, boring” conference call full of equivocation and bullshit, apparently.
When I talked to him the first time earlier this afternoon, whatever room he was in was noisy and full of other people on the phone. This time it was quieter, and it sounds like they’ve settled in to wait until they get what they want to hear.
They ended up getting a meeting with Cantwell.