Harry Reid Gets His Ass Handed To Him
After rolling out a public lands, water and wildlife omnibus Friday afternoon, Harry Reid yesterday abandoned his effort to pass the massive package this year. He will instead work with committee leaders to see which provisions could still advance this session if bundled into smaller packages, a spokeswoman said yesterday.
Reid pitched his omnibus – a bundle of 70-plus measures that would expand conservation measures on federal lands and waterways – as a non-controversial batch of bipartisan bills. But Jim Inhofe and other Senate Republicans demanded the package get more time for review, and House Natural Resources Chairman-elect Doc Hastings vowed to battle the bill in the House.
posted by Michael at
8:23 AM
2 Comments:
You sure about that:
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/with-major-bills-passed-and-a-fifth-term-ahead-reid-takes-a-victory-lap/?scp=2&sq=harry%20reid&st=cse
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/22/world/europe/22start.html?_r=1&hp
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/19/us/politics/19cong.html?scp=1&sq=dadt&st=cse
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/16/us/politics/16cong.html?scp=1&sq=senate%20passes%20tax%20cut%20package&st=cse
Quote from Lindsay Graham "When it's all going to be said and done, Harry Reid has eaten our lunch," Graham said on Fox News radio.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/134719-graham-gop-to-blame-for-capitulationof-dramatic-proportions-in-lame-duck
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