Senate will consider 'don't ask, don’t tell' tonight

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., will offer a motion to reconsider a Defense Authorization bill that includes a repeal of "don't ask, don't tell" this evening, Reid said Wednesday morning.

That bill appears likely to be successfully filibustered by Senate Republicans, however, several congressional aides said. GOP moderates have insisted on an open amendment process, which Reid appears unlikely to grant.

Defeat of the bill could open the door to move a "stripped down," version of the measure without the repeal of the law on gays in the military, said one source familiar with talks on the bill.