Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., center, joined by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, waits for the arrival of King Abdullah of Jordan at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, …

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., center, joined by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, waits for the arrival of King Abdullah of Jordan at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, as they focus on finding a political solution in Syria and providing humanitarian assistance to refugees from the conflicts in Iraq and Syria. Reid, whose party was devastated in the midterm elections, will lose control of the Senate in January at the start of the new Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)