Harry Reid: “I say to my friend, I heard on Friday and I heard today that the leader would like to complete this legislation by…”

“I say to my friend, I heard on Friday and I heard today that the leader would like to complete this legislation by Wednesday, the day after tomorrow. Friday was a day we didn't accomplish much. We should have. Amendments could have been offered. Today I hope people will take advantage of this afternoon to offer amendments. I do say, however, it will be extremely difficult to finish by midweek, which is Wednesday. I hope we can finish this week. I was part of the conversation between the two leaders and they indicated they wanted to finish this bill by the end of this week. I think we can do it. We have pending over 100 amendments now. But some of those can be accepted. I understand, talking to some of the staff on Friday, they believe 15 or 20 can be accepted by the two managers, and some amendments, of course, won't be offered. I do hope, though, people take advantage of this afternoon and this evening to offer amendments. Otherwise we simply will not be able to do that, and the leader has indicated he will file cloture. That would be too bad because I think we can work our way through this bill.”