Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said minutes ago that Democrats already have enough votes to pass the economic stimulus bill.

"Do we have the votes? We believe we do," Reid said in an off-camera briefing with reporters. "We have the votes necessary to pass it. My number one goal is to pass this bill."

That could happen as early as today, according to Reid. "We hope to have a vote today," he said. "This is a piece of legislation that needs to move forward as quickly as possible."

Remarks at the briefing, which also included Democratic Senate leaders Dick Durbin (Ill.), Charles Schumer (N.Y.) and Patty Murray (Wash.), focused on the fact that Democrats had sought Republican input for the bill, and even included a number of GOP amendments.

"Despite the efforts of [President Obama and Harry Reid] to reach out, we've been rebuffed," Schumer said. "This bill is 36 percent tax cuts, and many of us don't think the tax cuts work."