Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, I-Conn.,...

a floor vote. Lieberman said a floor vote on the bill “may not be this work period but maybe in June. I spoke to [Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.,] this morning and he said he'd like to get the cybersecurity bill up this month but there’s a queue. I'm pushing him on it because we have enough votes and the only way … the coalition can get together is if [the bill] gets to the floor. We'll have this argument and maybe we will work it out about whether [the Department of Homeland Security] can mandate requirements. I'm confident that once this bill gets to the floor it will get more than 60 votes. It may be different -- I hope it’s not too different but there is a very broad feeling that we've got to do something to raise our cyberdefenses.” Lieberman said he is continuing to work with Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member John McCain, R-Ariz., to reach a compromise on the need to protect critical infrastructure from cybersecurity attacks. “I can’t say that rascal [McCain] has changed very much. But I'm willing to work on it. It’s like water on a rock. People get set and stubborn and the only way to get legislation passed is to compromise and this legislation has to pass for our national defense,” he said. Separately, McCain told us that at the moment there is no middle ground from which to negotiate a deal. “I haven’t heard a thing. Everybody wants to lead on the compromise. We have our bill … it’s up to them. Ask Harry Reid.”