Obama got his wish.

(Floor Action) — In a lively spat on the Senate floor on Tuesday, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) attempted call up President Obama’s hallmark “jobs plan” for an immediate vote in the upper chamber. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who supports the legislation, however, blocked the vote.

“What I am trying to do here today by requesting this vote on the president’s jobs bill. . . is to honor the request of the president of the United States that we vote on it now,” said McConnell. “He has been asking us repeatedly over the last few weeks that we vote on it now.”

“I think the president of the United States whose polices I generally do not support. . . is entitled to know where the Senate stands on his proposal that he has been out talking about. . . and suggesting that we are unwilling to vote on it,” he said.