Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said he plans to bring up the 2011 defense authorization bill for debate as early as Wednesday.
The massive defense policy bill contains the provision to repeal the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” law. Reid’s first attempt to bring up the defense bill earlier this year failed to garner the 60 necessary votes to start debate.
Without passage of the 2011 defense authorization bill this year, the chances for a repeal of the ban on gays serving openly in the military are dimmer next year, when Republicans will have a greater number of seats in the Senate plus hold the majority in the House.
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