Although the unanimous consent request said that Reid had proceeded “after consultation with the Republican leader,” Democrats did not appear to have struck a deal with Republicans on an AMT bill by press time.

There were discussions between leaders of both parties on Friday about moving the legislation, but the talks did not progress to the point where Republicans were likely to support the unanimous consent request. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told reporters that he hadn’t seen any Democratic proposal on AMT.

According to a GOP Senate tax aide, Democratic members of the Finance Committee unanimously agreed to the proposal described in the amendment triggered by Reid’s maneuver — a one-year AMT patch not offset by tax increases and a two-year fully offset extension of the expiring tax breaks.

However, when they were briefed on the Democratic proposal, staffers for several panel Republicans said their bosses prefer attaching no offsets at all to the legislation, the aide said.