“I’m not going to file cloture this evening on the motion to proceed to the Syria resolution,” he said on the Senate floor.
Reid had announced Monday morning that he plans on filing a motion to proceed to the Syria resolution. His evening move came as questions continued to swirl about whether such a resolution could pass. It also comes as discussions escalate about a possible diplomatic solution to the Syrian regime’s alleged use of chemical weapons.
“Tomorrow the president is going to brief the Democratic caucus and the Republican caucus separately,” Reid said. “He’s going to address the nation tomorrow night. As we all know, the international discussions continue relative to the matter in Syria. Normally, what I would do in a situation like this is file cloture today. But I don’t think that’s to our benefit. I don’t think we need to see how fast we can do this. We have to see how well we can do this matter.”
“I’ll continue to discuss this with Senator McConnell, and we’ll see if we can reach some kind of agreement to move forward on this without cloture. If that doesn’t work out, I will file cloture when appropriate.”
