Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, will open the floor for debate Monday on a resolution of no confidence in Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, prior to a procedural vote on the matter, a Reid spokesman said today.

The hour of debate, scheduled for 4:30 p.m. on Monday, will be followed by a vote on whether to cut off debate and proceed to a final vote (which is technically called cloture).

One high-ranking GOP aide said the resolution, sponsored by Sen. Chuck Schumer, New York Democrat, has no chance of gaining enough votes to even proceed to a vote.

"They will not get cloture," the aide said. "They don't expect to get cloture. They want the headline."

-- Jon Ward, White House correspondent, The Washington Times