Now that Syria has agreed to turn over their chemical weapon stockpile to the U.N., Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that there's no guarantee the Senate will vote on a resolution to authorize military force against the Syrian regime.
"I'm not guaranteeing anything," Reid told reporters, according to CBS News. He continued stating that a vote on a Syrian resolution will be "driven by developments taking place, not by some artificial timeline. The last 24 hours has had some remarkable changes in what people are talking about. Let's see what else happens."
Sen. Reid also offered no timeline on when a vote may happen.
"It's important we do this well, not quickly," Reid told reporters after a meeting with President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats, according to the Huffington Post.
A Senate Democratic leadership aide stated that the timing of such a vote is murky: "Nothing planned at this point."
The Senate was originally supposed to vote Wednesday on a resolution to back Obama's call for limited military strikes against Syria; however, Reid pulled it from the Senate calendar and explained that it was better to wait as U.S. officials are now in negotiations with Russia and the international community on a possible diplomatic solution to Syria's reported use of chemical weapons.
Also on Tuesday, Syria's foreign minister said in an interview with Lebanon-based Al-Maydeen TV that Syria is ready to sign the international Chemical Weapons Convention and open its chemical weapons storage sites.
Still, members of the administration on Tuesday continued to call on Congress to authorize military action, alleging that Assad used his chemical weapons against his own people and must be deterred from doing so again. On the other hand, most lawmakers have stood against military action in Syria.
The administration has been in talks with members of Congress for weeks over the issue of a potential military strike.
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