Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. , center, during a news conference on hate crime legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 15, 2009. Reid is joined by Wade Henderson, President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, left, and Joe Solmonese, President of the Human Rights Campaign. AP Photo logo AP Photo 13 months ago

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. , center, during a news conference on hate crime legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, June 15, 2009. Reid is joined by Wade Henderson, President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, left, and Joe Solmonese, President of the Human Rights Campaign.