Harry Reid: “Through the Chair, I direct this to the Senator from Illinois. From today's Congressional Daily, p.m. edition, it says…”

“Through the Chair, I direct this to the Senator from Illinois. From today's Congressional Daily, p.m. edition, it says: Senator Gordon Smith, Republican from Oregon, today denied that he has insisted the Senate vote on his alternative constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, telling reporters he favors Minority Leader Daschle's proposal to vote up or down on the underlying amendment sponsored by Wayne Allard, Republican from Colorado. Is the Senator from Illinois aware that Senator Daschle has requested on more than one occasion that we have an up-or-down vote on the resolution that is now before this Senate, that we have all been studying and doing our best to understand, that we should vote up or down on this? Does the Senator agree that is what we should do?”