The details of a filibuster “reform” deal negotiated by Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell leaked out ahead of a formal announcement. Ed Morrissey writes that Harry Reid got less than he promised to the Left, and that may have something to do with the possibility that a future Republican-controlled Senate could turn around and use the new rules against Reid and the Democrats. John Fund writes that the changes will empower the Senate’s party leaders at the expense of individual Senators, which will have an especially negative effect on conservatives like Rand Paul, Mike Lee, and Ted Cruz who buck the party leadership. Daniel Horowitz describes how the filibuster changes will be presented to the Senate and argues that conservatives should vote against them.

Joel Pollak on Hillary Clinton’s Benghazi testimony: “When even the toughest inquisitor bends over backwards to offer the Secretary of State a way out, it is a sign that our constitutional system of checks and balances is broken. It is the Senate’s job to hold the Secretary of State accountable, not the other way around. Yet she went on the attack, implying that Congress was to blame for Benghazi because of its failure to fund more diplomatic security – a claim her own department has denied.”

The head of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, Lanny Breuer, is resigning. Breuer was heavily involved in Operation Fast and Furious and provided false information to Congress about the program.

Congressman Louis Gohmert says it’s “insane” for the U.S. to send 16 F–16s and 200 tanks to Egypt’s new government.

The people who run the week-long Eastern Sports and Outdoor Show decided that AR–15-type weapons could not be displayed at the show, prompting a boycott by the NRA and other groups that worked – the show was cancelled.

Senator Dianne Feinstein released her gun control bill, and it bans 157 rifles, pistols, and shotguns by name, as well many other weapons based on their appearance.

Democrats are launching another effort to turn Texas blue. Organizing for Action (formerly known as Obama’s re-election campaign) is reportedly involved. Rick Perry is not impressed.

For the first time in its history, the Sierra Club authorized civil disobedience – to stop the Keystone pipeline.