You know the news by now that Sen Chris Dodd is putting a hold on the FISA bill.
You've gotten some of the ins and outs about the process from here on in thanks to Kagro. This is the part of Kagro's post that is important here:
So what it comes down to is that the "hold" is simply a matter of "professional courtesy." I want a bill held, so I notify my party leader of my intention to object to any unanimous consent request to bring the bill to the floor. Implied in that is the hint that I will make everyone sorry they brought it up if they don't just give me what I want, and they know by now that any Senator can do that, so they might as well just go ahead and hold it, for the sake of everyone's sanity.
Well the insanity may commence (via TPMMuckraker):
Tim Starks of Congressional Quarterly reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) plans to bring the Senate's surveillance bill up for floor debate in mid-November. That's despite the hold that Sen. Chris Dodd (D-CT) plans to place on the measure....
Perhaps a call to Sen. Reid's office is in order:
202-224-3542