Speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid gave no indication that a compromise is in the works over extending the Bush tax rates.

Reid said his priority would be to seek an extension of the Bush tax rates for people earning $250,000 or less, and was prepared to hold a vote, or series of votes, following the Thanksgiving holiday. “We have to make sure we do everything in our power to fixate on protecting the tax cuts for the middle class,” Reid said.

“We have to be very, very careful about extending things indefinitely,” he said.