WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said he hopes to hold another vote on Thursday on wrapping up debate on a Wall Street reform bill.
'We hope to be able to have another vote tomorrow,' Reid told reporters immediately after Democrats failed to muster enough votes on Wednesday to pass a 'cloture' vote on the bill, the biggest overhaul of financial regulation since the 1930s.
Fellow Democrat Christopher Dodd, manager and chief author of the bill, said he was confident there would be sufficient votes on the next attempt to limit debate and move the Senate toward a decision on final passage of the measure.
(Reporting by Andy Sullivan, Kevin Drawbaugh and Rachelle Younglai; Editing by Leslie Adler) Keywords: FINANCIAL REGULATION/DODD VOTE (kevin.drawbaugh@thomsonreuters.com, +1 202 898 8390, +1 202 488 3459 (fax)) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
'We hope to be able to have another vote tomorrow,' Reid told reporters immediately after Democrats failed to muster enough votes on Wednesday to pass a 'cloture' vote on the bill, the biggest overhaul of financial regulation since the 1930s.
Fellow Democrat Christopher Dodd, manager and chief author of the bill, said he was confident there would be sufficient votes on the next attempt to limit debate and move the Senate toward a decision on final passage of the measure.
(Reporting by Andy Sullivan, Kevin Drawbaugh and Rachelle Younglai; Editing by Leslie Adler) Keywords: FINANCIAL REGULATION/DODD VOTE (kevin.drawbaugh@thomsonreuters.com, +1 202 898 8390, +1 202 488 3459 (fax)) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.