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Scott Brown may support Reid plan
Politico ^ | July 29, 2011 | Politico

Posted on 07/29/2011 12:19:47 PM PDT by ejdrapes

Scott Brown may support Reid plan

Republican Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts told a radio station Friday that he may vote for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's plan to raise the debt ceiling.

"Sen. Brown tells WBUR parties need to work across the aisle to resolve debt-ceiling impasse; he'd vote for Reid's plan," the Boston public radio station posted on its Twitter account.

The moderate Republican, who is up for re-election next year, is in the minority of his party, which overwhelmingly opposes the measure. But increasingly, senators from both parties are saying that there is ample room for compromise between Reid's measure and the one proposed by House Speaker John Boehner.

A Brown spokesman could not be reached for comment immediately.

Maine Sen. Olympia Snowe said she couldn't vote to proceed to the Reid plan, but she said "that's not meant to say there aren't issues between the Reid and Boehner plan that couldn't be worked out."

Even West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a moderate Democrat up for reelection next year, said he could support a revised Reid plan depending on how it looks at the end of the day. He announced his opposition to the current draft in a floor speech Thursday afternoon.


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We need to get rid of Brown. He's terrible.
1 posted on 07/29/2011 12:19:49 PM PDT by ejdrapes
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To: ejdrapes

He is. He has dissappointed me at everyturn. And please dont give me the “he is a Massachusetts Rep...” blah blah blah


2 posted on 07/29/2011 12:21:42 PM PDT by GoCards (I am a Hobbit)
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To: ejdrapes

Scotty is one of Stinky Harry’s boys now.


3 posted on 07/29/2011 12:21:50 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Hey Barry! Compromise this!!!)
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To: ejdrapes

A RINO is a RINO is a RINO.


4 posted on 07/29/2011 12:22:10 PM PDT by YHAOS (you betcha!)
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To: ejdrapes
Brown for President!!!

Oh wait....

5 posted on 07/29/2011 12:22:24 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: ejdrapes
Well, Duh.
6 posted on 07/29/2011 12:22:39 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." - Bertrand de Jouvenel des Ursins)
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To: ejdrapes

Of course he will. He’s has a smell about him now.


7 posted on 07/29/2011 12:23:15 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.. VOTE out the RATS!)
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To: GoCards

Now I know why he won. He’s somebody’s b*otch


8 posted on 07/29/2011 12:25:14 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America.. VOTE out the RATS!)
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This still doesn't say under what circumstances he'd vote for Reid's plan...no direct quote.

If the Boehner plan passes, he might not.

9 posted on 07/29/2011 12:25:23 PM PDT by Justice
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To: ejdrapes

Surprised? No. Disgusted? Most definitely!


10 posted on 07/29/2011 12:27:21 PM PDT by Mr. Jazzy (The United States Marine Corps, your greatest friend or your worst enemy. YOU choose.)
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To: ejdrapes

Has a primary opponent appeared yet to take on this turncoat?


11 posted on 07/29/2011 12:28:18 PM PDT by Scanian
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Is it me, or are these politicians just not getting it?? We (the US government) has a SPENDING problem. When I call my representatives I feel like I am trying to make Amy Winehouse to go to rehab.


12 posted on 07/29/2011 12:29:40 PM PDT by BobinIL
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To: Mr. Jazzy

After winning the election, when he decided to advertise the “availability” of his daughters, I knew he was not our kind of folks.


13 posted on 07/29/2011 12:30:17 PM PDT by Scanian
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To: Scanian

I’m not aware of one.


14 posted on 07/29/2011 12:31:35 PM PDT by ejdrapes (Can we keep our attacks focused on the real enemy: Obama)
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To: BobinIL

Nah they’re all buying in to the doom and gloom from the corporatists on Wall Street. Most of those firms are in the pocket of the Democrats anyway.


15 posted on 07/29/2011 12:33:21 PM PDT by ejdrapes (Can we keep our attacks focused on the real enemy: Obama)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Only marginally better that Edward Brooke was...


16 posted on 07/29/2011 12:35:19 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (JMO but I reserve the right to be wrong...)
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To: ejdrapes

I guess that headline and its article would be NEWS to SOME people, but the thought that Sen. Scott Brown would have his nose up Harry Reid’s backside is such a foregone conclusion with me that I am actually surprised anyone would consider it newsworthy! To me, that’s right up there with; WATER IS WET!.....or.....CRAP STINKS!


17 posted on 07/29/2011 12:35:41 PM PDT by Tucker39
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To: ejdrapes

No surprise from this RINO....


18 posted on 07/29/2011 12:36:21 PM PDT by Gator113 (Palin 2012, period.....)
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To: ejdrapes

Is there any way we can vote Massachusetts OUT of the union?


19 posted on 07/29/2011 12:36:43 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: ejdrapes
"Scott Brown may support Reid plan"


20 posted on 07/29/2011 12:38:35 PM PDT by Baynative (If the government was in charge of the desert , we'd soon have a shortage of sand.)
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