Showdown Over Port vs. Pork Averted: Graham and Reid Reach Deal

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http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/04/port-showdown-averted-graham-and-reid-reach-deal.php?ref=fpi

Another shutdown showdown averted -- this time the shutdown of the Senate over the paltry sum of $50,000.

Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) have reached an accommodation to provide $50,000 for a study on deepening the Port of Charleston, and now Graham is standing down and is no longer threatening to "tie the Senate in knots" and block Obama's nominations from winning Senate approval.

"Now, it's not often that I'm a cheerleader for pieces of legislation that are suggested
and moved forward by Republicans, but I was on this one," Reid told Graham in a remarks on the Senate floor.

"This is something that is merit-based and is fair, and I'm going to continue to do everything I can, my friend from South Carolina, to see if before the end of this fiscal year we can get something done," he said.