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Senior Senator Miffed With Reid Over Missed Vote
KRNV ^
| Jan 10, 2007
| Staff
Posted on 01/11/2007 3:16:53 PM PST by wouldntbprudent
New Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's determination to run the chamber more efficiently earned him a rebuke today (Wednesday) from former Majority Leader Robert Byrd.
The 89-year-old Byrd was upset that a vote on an amendment was cut off before he reached the Senate floor. The West Virginia Democrat who often walks with the aid of two canes says it would have been the 17-thousand-780th vote of his career. He says he had not missed a vote since last March, shortly after his wife of 68 years died.
Reid had reminded senators on Monday that he no longer was going to tolerate having votes run far past the usual 15-minutes with a five-minute extension. He says he's noticed over the years how much time is wasted waiting for senators to show up for votes.
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KEYWORDS: hissyfits
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Oh, where do I begin?
To: wouldntbprudent
To: wouldntbprudent
Maybe Sheets can burn a cross on that Mormon's front yard ?
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posted on
01/11/2007 3:19:31 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
(Cheney X -- Destroying the Liberal Democrat Traitors By Any Means Necessary -- Ya Dig ? Sho 'Nuff.)
To: wouldntbprudent
He needs one of those scooters you see on tv all the time.
To: wouldntbprudent
If Byrd is too old to do his job, he should quit.
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posted on
01/11/2007 3:24:02 PM PST
by
LetsRok
To: LetsRok
Byrd is still faster to the voting button than the senator from South Dakota.
To: wouldntbprudent
Well, I'd be.
Reid has done something I can praise him for.
A little discipline will do wonders for the most exclusive club in the world.
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posted on
01/11/2007 3:29:40 PM PST
by
Popman
("What I was doing wasn't living, it was dying. I really think God had better plans for me.")
To: Panzerfaust
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posted on
01/11/2007 3:30:52 PM PST
by
LasVegasMac
(Islam........not fit for human consumption.)
To: wouldntbprudent
We need to install a treadmill in front of his office door .... he would never make it to the floor to vote again!
Help! I'm waking but I can't get up these stairs!
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posted on
01/11/2007 3:30:55 PM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Panzerfaust
Byrd is still faster to the voting button than the senator from South Dakota. That's gonna leave a mark!
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posted on
01/11/2007 3:32:18 PM PST
by
Mr.Unique
("Are you gonna propose? Because if you're not, quit staring at me!")
To: Panzerfaust
"Byrd is still faster to the voting button than the senator from South Dakota." Perhaps, but now that recovering Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) is responding to voice and touch, Johnson is already more coherent than Byrd.
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posted on
01/11/2007 3:33:28 PM PST
by
Unmarked Package
(Amazing surprises await us under cover of a humble exterior.)
To: wouldntbprudent
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posted on
01/11/2007 3:36:22 PM PST
by
bigbob
(2)
To: wouldntbprudent
I have a lot more respect for Byrd than I do for Reid. Reid is a 1 and Byrd is a 10 on a scale of 100.
To: wouldntbprudent
Maybe Byrd will kick Reids ass.......
FMCDH(BITS)
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posted on
01/11/2007 3:38:32 PM PST
by
nothingnew
(I fear for my Republic due to marxist influence in our government. Open eyes/see)
To: wouldntbprudent
He says he's noticed over the years how much time is wasted waiting for senators to show up for votes.
I've noticed over the years how much time is wasted when senators show up at The Senate.
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posted on
01/11/2007 3:39:22 PM PST
by
TomGuy
To: Red_Devil 232
That is so funny - sounds like something my dad would come up with for Sheets, lol! My dad is 81 and Sheets is on his "hit parade" list. He regularly emails Ted Kennedy, Hillary, Murtha and other windbags. Also the UN, ACLU and when the war started the French Embassy in D.C. He forwards those emails to me - they're hilarious.
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posted on
01/11/2007 3:39:54 PM PST
by
fishergirl
(Proud mom of an Iraq war veteran - to all our veterans Thank You and God Bless)
To: wouldntbprudent
Gee, poor Byrd... his voting record is broken.
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posted on
01/11/2007 3:41:43 PM PST
by
onyx
(DONATE NOW! -- It takes DONATIONS to keep FR running!!)
To: wouldntbprudent
"He says he had not missed a vote since last March, shortly after his wife of 68 years died. "
May he join her soon (at the proper time, of course).
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posted on
01/11/2007 3:46:55 PM PST
by
lawdude
(2006: The election"s we will live to die for!)
To: Popman
Reid has done something I can praise him for. And probably something the republicans could not have done. If, and I say if, Senator Byrd was the most waited for, and generally the latest to show up for a vote, imagine the outrage if the eeevil republicans had kept him from voting. Imagine them, running roughshod over an elderly, well-respected senator...
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posted on
01/11/2007 3:48:26 PM PST
by
Kay Ludlow
(Free market, but cautious about what I support with my dollars)
To: fishergirl
Your Dad sounds like a great guy!
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posted on
01/11/2007 3:50:31 PM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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