CNSNews.com reports that President Obama's plan to close Guantanamo suffered a blow.

"Democrats reversed course and said they would deny the request for $80 million for the Justice and Defense departments to relocate the 240 detainees at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. They would also indefinitely bar the government from transferring of any of the facility's prisoners into the United States, though the ban could be relaxed in subsequent legislation."

"The Senate move matches steps taken by the House and threatens to paralyze the Obama administration's entire plan to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility by January. In recent weeks, Attorney General Eric Holder had sought to reassure skeptical lawmakers, but Congress appears unconvinced and may force the detention facility to remain in operation."

"Guantanamo is the perfect place for these terrorists," said Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.

"We don't want them around," said Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.

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