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Harry Reid’s Graveyard
WSJ
Even if Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan win on November 6, his agenda will be stymied if Republicans can’t pick up at least three more seats than their current 47 and control the Senate. That’s clear from the last two years, when Harry Reid’s not-so-deliberative body became the graveyard for fiscal and other reform.
House Republicans won an historic midterm election in 2010, picking up 63 seats. They also gained six Senate seats, but a handful of weak GOP candidates (Sharron Angle, Ken Buck, Christine O’Donnell) cost them control of the upper body. Back in charge in 2011, Mr. Reid proceeded to stop nearly everything that House Republicans passed. President Obama hasn’t even had to sweat a veto fight because nothing escapes Mr. Reid’s lost world.
Consider the record. In 2011 and 2012 the House passed more than three-dozen economic or jobs-related bills and with only a few exceptions they died in the Senate without a vote. The bills dealt with regulatory relief, tax reduction, domestic drilling for energy, offshore drilling, a jobs bill for veterans, repeal of ObamaCare and many more. Many passed the House with significant Democratic support, as the nearby list shows.
Then there is the Democratic failure on their constitutional obligation of passing a budget. House Republicans passed their budgets in each of the past two years in the spring. The latest one, crafted by Vice Presidential nominee Paul Ryan, contained $4.5 trillion in deficit reduction—at least twice as much as Mr. Obama’s budget proposal.
MM
October 30th, 2012
Ken Buck WAS NOT a weak opponent. That’s complete bullshit and I’m sick of hearing it.
The Republican party in Colorado nominated Dan Maes to run for governor based on information he supplied which turned out to be false.
The Denver Post reveled is slowly dripping out the truth. Finally, some one with balls told the scum bag Maes to either drop out or he would run as a 3rd party candidate. That someone was the awesome Tom Tancredo.
Maes refused being the lying piece of shit that he is. He dragged the whole ticket down including Ken, who would have been a fantastic senator.
BTW, he netted 5% of the vote with the dem, fucking John Hickenlooper, a far far leftie barely eking out a win over Tancredo by that same 5%. Thanks Dan who BTW has dropped off the face of the earth since. ASSHOLE.
You think Scott Walker is good, my Lord, Tom Tancredo would have shaken my state up like you’ve never seen.
Instead of Ken Buck we have Michael Bennet in the Senate. If there’s any more worthless senator, please tell me who that is.
Also the Republican National Senatorial Committee all but abandoned Sharon Angle in Nevada-so fuck them too.
This BS about the Tea Party burns my ass-as you can see.
grayscape
October 30th, 2012
Time for Harry to visit the graveyard permanently. RIP in advance asshole.
Unruly Refugee
October 30th, 2012
“..thus inspiring a House bill to dock the pay of Senate Budget Committee Members for not doing their job.”
Dock their pay, hell, they should lose their cushy jobs forever. I ain’t paying for this shit!
even steven
October 30th, 2012
Harry Reid is a fecal impaction in America’s bowel.
Bad Brad
October 30th, 2012
Hopefully they bury him butt up so he can be used as a bicycle rack.
Chuck U Farley
October 30th, 2012
“… the Democratic failure on their constitutional obligation of passing a budget.”
This next term, come hell or high water, Reid should be impeached for his blatant disregard for the Constitution.
A document he swore to uphold.
Rick
October 31st, 2012
If, when R&R are elected and the R’s don’t regain control of the Senate, what point would there be to Reid being the gaping asshole he is?
He would not have Teh iWon to cover for, and would be at Ground Zero for any controversy.
Got a feeling Mitt knows how to deal with such and leave Harry’s ancient bony ass twisting slowly in the wind. You know, “for the encouragement of others.”
Billy Fuster
October 31st, 2012
Romney must appoint regulatory czars with unlimited non-constitutional powers. Let’s see–Sarah Palin, John Sununu, John Bolton, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter…
Jerry Manderin
October 31st, 2012
Only a week left and we’re FREE.
jus sayin yo
October 31st, 2012
“Dock their pay, hell, they should lose their cushy jobs forever. I ain’t paying for this shit!”
STRIP their PENSIONS as well, am i right??
czekmark
October 31st, 2012
If Romney wins and the dems still control the senate there are still executive orders. Obama sure hasn’t had a problem using them.