Reid Delays Debate on Veterans Bill to Accommodate Clinton, Obama

• By John Stanton
• Roll Call Staff
• April 22, 2008, 9:23 p.m.

After days of castigating Republicans for allegedly stalling a veterans benefits package, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) himself decided to postpone the start of the debate — and, indeed the start of Wednesday's session — until 5 p.m. in order to accommodate the schedules of his party's presidential hopefuls, Democratic sources said.