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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHarry Reid tough? PLEASE!
Don't make me fucking laugh!WASHINGTON -- Progressive senators working to dramatically alter Senate rules were defeated on Thursday, with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and his counterpart, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), set to announce a series of compromise reforms on the Senate floor that fall far short of the demands. The language of the deal was obtained by HuffPost and can be read here and here.
The pressure from the liberal senators, led by Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkley and backed by a major coalition of progressive groups, created the political space for Reid to cut the deal with McConnell, which includes changes to how the Senate operates but leaves a fundamental feature, the silent filibuster, in place.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/24/harry-reid-mitch-mcconnell-filibuster_n_2541356.html
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Harry Reid tough? PLEASE! (Original Post)
trumad
Jan 2013
OP
Mconnell looks really happy there... Like he just put something over on someone... n/t
PoliticAverse
Jan 2013
#6
They both look like the cat that swallowed the canary, and that can't be good.
MerryBlooms
Jan 2013
#10
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)1. But he has a nice smile...
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PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)6. Mconnell looks really happy there... Like he just put something over on someone... n/t
Matariki
(18,775 posts)11. I can't tell which one is which.
Terra Alta
(5,158 posts)14. Looks like he just made a deal with the devil.
And isn't that Boner in the far background? You know a man by the company he keeps.
bigtree
(85,998 posts)2. damn that 'major coalition of progressive groups'
. . . frickin' liberal senators!
deutsey
(20,166 posts)3. Can't say I'm surprised
Can say I'm disappointed.
russspeakeasy
(6,539 posts)4. "Harry The Harmless".
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)5. And yesterday he was thanking Boner profusely for something.
I turned the TV off before I threw up.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)7. Nonsense, he's a pitbull...
watch the sky
(129 posts)8. lol, Reid is pretty bland
I don't see it either, but at least he has a chin, unlike Mitchie.
Oilwellian
(12,647 posts)9. I'm reminded of ELP's song Karn Evil 9
MerryBlooms
(11,770 posts)10. They both look like the cat that swallowed the canary, and that can't be good.
Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)12. He was a boxer you know
Took on the mafia.
He's from a town called Searchlight.
He wrote a book about it.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)13. Reid needs to be replaced as Maj. Leader
IMO