Reid presses senators on cybersecurity

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has urged key senators to reach an agreement quickly on a comprehensive cybersecurity bill that he could take to the floor as early as September, according to some congressional aides.

Sen Reid met privately July 14 with the leaders of Senate panels with jurisdiction over cybersecurity, including Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Commerce Chairman John (Jay) Rockefeller (D-WV), and Intelligence Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-CA). The message from the meeting was to meld competing cybersecurity bills together by September, if not earlier, two congressional aides said. Reid's office would not confirm or deny the timeline, saying only that he conveyed to senators the urgency of reaching a consensus on a bill.