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The House voted around 3 p.m. to reject a plan put forth by Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.). The vote was on Reid’s original plan, not the re-worked version he presented in the Senate on Friday night. But the revised plan was faring no better Saturday, when Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) delivered a letter Reid, signed by 43 Republicans, declaring it unacceptable.
Needing 60 votes to clear a filibuster hurdle, Reid’s current draft is assured of failure in a Senate scheduled for 1 a.m. Sunday. McConnell has demanded that President Obama re-engage in negotiations and, while the rhetoric has become heated on the Senate floor, an aide confirmed that McConnell had made contact with the White House. As of 2 p.m., no formal meetings had been scheduled, but people close to the situation advised reporters to stay tuned.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2011/07/30/gIQAqdfdjI_print.html
Is Senator Reid engaging in grandstanding? Wasting time?
Needing 60 votes to clear a filibuster hurdle, Reid’s current draft is assured of failure in a Senate scheduled for 1 a.m. Sunday. McConnell has demanded that President Obama re-engage in negotiations and, while the rhetoric has become heated on the Senate floor, an aide confirmed that McConnell had made contact with the White House. As of 2 p.m., no formal meetings had been scheduled, but people close to the situation advised reporters to stay tuned.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2011/07/30/gIQAqdfdjI_print.html
Is Senator Reid engaging in grandstanding? Wasting time?