Harry might get another visit from the rubber band man. Update to this story.
Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said lawmakers have “spoken” on whether Guantanamo Bay detainees should be brought to the United States by passing two bills Tuesday that prohibit the move.
But the Nevada Democrat declined to say whether he would endorse an executive action by Obama to close the prison and transfer the terror suspects to the United States.
“Congress has done their job,” Reid told reporters who asked him about Obama’s possible decision this week to use executive authority to close the prison. “They have spoken on Guantanamo, and so, the president will do what he has to do. He has been sent a bill. He’ll determine whether he has any administrative authority to do anything different.”
The Senate voted 91-3 to pass the National Defense Authorization Act, which sets military policy and spending levels. The policy bill included a clause that prohibits the transfer of Guantanamo prisoners to the United States.