Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Tuesday he intends to push for a vote by this weekend on job creation legislation, though another winter storm bearing down on Washington made the Senate schedule increasingly tenuous.

Following a meeting of Democratic and Republican leaders at the White House, Reid said he hopes the jobs package will be introduced later Tuesday. A portion centered on a tax credit for new hiring had bipartisan support, at least as of Monday night, he added.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told reporters after the White House meeting that there is "a chance" that his party could get behind the tax-related provisions, but he called it "kind of a work in progress" and said most Republicans hadn’t seen it yet.

"Frankly, it's not ready yet . . . We're certainly open to it. There's a chance we can move this forward on a bipartisan basis," McConnell said.

House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer, D-Md., was more circumspect, saying not much progress had been made in the White House talks. He also indicated House Democrats wanted to study the effectiveness of a tax credit for hiring.

A version of this story first appeared in CQ Today.