WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Economic stimulus legislation aimed at helping avert a U.S. recession might not be passed by the Senate until as late as Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on Thursday.
On Wednesday, Senate Republicans blocked a $158 billion stimulus measure, largely over objections to providing jobless benefits to long-term unemployed people, a measure backed by Democrats and opposed by President George W. Bush.
"We don't have a way forward yet," Reid said after holding private talks with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. Reid said those conversations will continue.
(Reporting by Donna Smith and Richard Cowan, Editing by Jonathan Oatis)
