(The Hill) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) attacked House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) on Tuesday for his demand that Senate leaders drop a pending amendment to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im).

“I’m sorry to say that, true to form, the Republican leader [is] once again spoiling for a fight where there shouldn’t be a fight,” said Reid. “Yesterday House Majority Leader Cantor called this bill that we’re dealing with here to reauthorize the Ex-Im Bank a ‘partisan amendment.’  […]

But Reid, on Tuesday, countered that the amendment enjoys bipartisan support from members like Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who called it a “good idea” and said Cantor was simply “picking a fight” with his comments.

“We can engage in yet another unnecessary, unproductive battle as Cantor is picking a fight,” said Reid. “We’re not — he’s challenged a fight. We’re not going to fight.”

A vote on two amendments that would extend the borrowing limit of the Ex-Im Bank and a vote on the underlying legislation are set to begin in the Senate after 4 p.m. on Tuesday.