Reid Goes Nuclear On Obama's Jobs Bill
Written by Brian Garst, Posted in Economics & the Economy
Reid launches the nukes at Senate Republicans:
In a shocking development Thursday evening, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) triggered a rarely used procedural option informally called the “nuclear option” to change the Senate rules.
Reid and 50 members of his caucus voted to change Senate rules unilaterally to prevent Republicans from forcing votes on uncomfortable amendments…
And what were these uncomfortable amendments, exactly? Oh, it was the jobs bill Obama has been petulantly demanding be passed right away:
McConnell had threatened … to force a vote on the original version of President Obama’s jobs package, which many Democrats don’t like because it would limit tax deductions for families earning over $250,000.
When will Obama declare, “pass this jobs bill, Mr. Reid”?
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