With neither side certain of the outcome, the Senate will hold a cloture vote (basically, on whether to proceed to a vote) on an expanded version of the fiscal stimulus package approved last week by the Finance Committee. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is betting that he can pick up enough GOP votes to stop a filibuster of the package, believing that with about 20 incumbent GOP senators seeking re-election this year, a nearly $200 billion stimulus plan that will provide cash relief to over 20 million seniors and disabled vets, extend unemployment insurance, and include low-income home heating assistance may well be too popular to oppose (see Sen. Sununu (R-NH), for example). At the same time, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell knows that Reid needs to find a total of nine GOP votes to invoke cloture and move to a vote on the package. He also knows that the Senate-passed package will not be the final word, as it will then move into conference with the more streamlined $146 billion House-administration stimulus plan.