Harry Reid: “We renew our request on this issue which people feel so strongly about relating to marriage, that we move forward and…”

“We renew our request on this issue which people feel so strongly about relating to marriage, that we move forward and vote on Resolution 40 that is now before the Senate. We have indicated, through our leader, Senator Daschle, and again yesterday, that we would be willing to move to that resolution posthaste. We would be willing to cooperate with the majority, have whatever debate time they wanted on the resolution itself. But we on this side are disappointed. Yesterday morning we were told the majority had another constitutional amendment they wanted to vote on relating to marriage, making it two. Then later in the day, we were told they still had a third one, which is certainly a recipe for having no vote on anything. If there is no vote on the substance of this marriage amendment, it will lie at the feet of the majority. They have the ability to have an up-or-down vote on this resolution as soon as they want it. It is not good for the process to have an open season on amendments.”