Reid Sets Another Quorum Call For 12 To 12:30 Am

Aides to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said he has scheduled another quorum call for between 12-12:30 a.m., meaning senators will be required to come to the floor to show they are present. The Senate will then vote at that time on a motion to instruct the Sergeant at Arms "to request, and, when necessary, to compel" any absent senators to attend.

Reid made a similar motion earlier this evening, which failed by a 44-47 margin. Nine senators did not vote on that motion: Sens. Joe Biden (D-Del.), Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii), Tim Johnson (D-S.D.), Trent Lott (R-Miss.), Barack Obama (D-Ill.), and Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.). Johnson has been on medical leave from the Senate since the start of the session.

Democratic leadership aides said they believe Reid will then schedule another quorum call for roughly 3 a.m. After that, one Democratic leadership aide said, "It gets a little fuzzy."

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