Wednesday: Hurdle for cyber bill

by Jordain Carney - 08/05/15 9:32 AM ET

Senators will take a procedural vote on taking up a long-stalled cyber bill as they try to wrap up their work ahead of a five-week break.

The Senate is currently scheduled to take a vote at 10:30 a.m. in an effort to end debate on how to proceed with the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA).

{mosads}Senators are hoping to reach a deal that could speed up the process and allow each side to get votes on a certain number of amendments.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) offered a deal to Democrats on Tuesday, that would have allowed both parties to offer 10 amendments, but Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) rejected it.

“Having a robust amendment process has nothing to do with having amendments pending,” Reid said at the time. “We want to have a reasonable number of amendments, and there will be votes on those amendments.”

Senators are expected to keep working to reach an agreement ahead of the vote.

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