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Reid Says Senate May Vote Saturday on Tax Cuts

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) warned Thursday that the chamber could vote Saturday on President Barack Obama’s two-year extension of the Bush-era tax cuts, but he said the schedule remains in flux.

Addressing his colleagues following a series of failed cloture votes, Reid said he would huddle with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and other Members to discuss the schedule. He said Senators should assume he would file cloture on the tax cut package sometime on Thursday, which would set up a Saturday vote.

But with the defense authorization measure containing a “don’t ask, don’t tell” repeal still up in the air and the tax bill still facing Democratic resistance, Reid acknowledged “we’re in a state of flux.”

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