Health Care Vote May Take Place Prior To Christmas Eve

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) stated Tuesday that the Senate may not hold it’s landmark vote on health care reform Christmas eve. Instead, the body could put the legislation up for its final vote Wednesday.

“Certainly with the ice storms coming ... we hope we can finish tomorrow and not have to do Christmas eve,” Reid said during a late morning press conference.

“But we’ll do whatever is necessary,” the Majority Leader added.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) suggested on the floor Tuesday that his party may back holding the vote sooner than initially planned.

“[Reid and I] are working on an agreement that will give certainty to the way to end this session,” said McConnell. “Hopefully, the two of us together can be recommending something that makes sense for both sides in the not too distant future."