More proof reid is killing bipartisanship Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rejected a House plan to halt the fiscal impasse, as he tried to build support for an emerging bipartisan Senate agreement to end the government shutdown and prevent a U.S. default. The House proposal, which Republican leaders detailed to their members just hours earlier today, “can’t pass the Senate and won’t pass the Senate,” said Reid, a Nevada Democrat. It is “an extreme piece of legislation and it’s nothing more than a blatant attack on bipartisanship.” The House proposal goes beyond the Senate with two smaller changes to the health care law. It would delay for two years a medical-device tax and prevent the government from contributing to the health insurance of members of Congress, the president, the vice president and the Cabinet. With 70, 70 senators in favor of repealing the medical device tax, you have to ask what reid and the dems oppose here. All thats left is the special deal to have us pick up the bulk of their healthcare costs. Whats good for the goose is good for the gander.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 17:14:25 +0000