Aides said there would be no second effort to cut off debate before Monday.

"This is the first time I've ever heard of anyone cutting off debate," he said.

We all decided to cut off debate and let me decide.

By a vote of 60 to 40, the minimum necessary, the Senate cut off debate on the bill.

Democrats said they would push for a vote to cut off debate on Wednesday.

Once again, they failed to get a single Republican to vote to cut off debate.

The vote was 53 to 47, but 60 votes are required to cut off debate.

That would have left the Democrats presumably just one vote short of the 60 needed to cut off debate.

The energy bill is likely to be taken up first, with a vote to cut off debate scheduled for Thursday.

That would have given supporters of the bill the 60 votes they needed to cut off debate.