UPDATED: Snowe and Collins will decide whether to fire Maine teachers, police and fire fighters today

UPDATE @ 11:05 A.M.: The Senate just voted by a margin of 61 - 38 to end the filibuster of the underlying bill. Snowe and Collins voted with all 59 Democrats to end the filibuster.
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At around 11:00 a.m this morning, the U.S. Senate will vote to end the GOP filibuster of the bill to provide funding Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) aid to states and teacher funding. The Democrats are voting as a bloc so need one vote to get to 60.

This one falls squarely on the shoulders of Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe. Maine will be severely impacted if this legislation doesn't pass. And, from what I'm told, all of Snowe's demands have been met. Americans United is on the air in Maine:

This is as good as it gets for Snowe and Collins. Unless the Democrats come back in 2011 with 59 Senators, these two are never going to be the center of the political universe again. They could have wielded enormous power over the past year and a half. They could have done so much for Maine. Instead, the duo has been mostly under the thumb of Mitch McConnell. They've chosen fealty to the obstructionist GOP over their constituents.

Today, we'll see whose side their on. It's a choice between Maine teachers and Mitch McConnell. And, it's a choice between Maine students and Mitch McConnell.

My money is on McConnell. They're too weak to stand by their constituents.