Reid gives GOP ultimatum: Relent on nominees or I will go 'nuclear'

The Hill ^ | July 15, 2013

[SMGFan]

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Monday said unless Republicans allow votes on seven of President Obama's pending nominees, he will trigger the "nuclear option" this week.

The Senate is scheduled to begin voting Tuesday on the nominees. The first up for consideration will be Richard Cordray, Obama's pick to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. After that, Democrats will proceed to three nominees to the National Labor Relations Board.

[SMGFan]

What are you going to do Mitch? Hmmm?

[cripplecreek]

Relent on nominees or I will go 'nuclear'

Pull the trigger boy.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Tell Dingy to just do it.

[Truth2012]

Pft. Let him go. He can blow himself up, and disappear. Who cares?

[Sirius Lee]

Go ahead Reid, and you’ll be f***ed in 2014 when the GOP takes control of the Senate.

[YHAOS]

"Relent on nominees or I will go 'nuclear'"

Go ahead, Harry. The senate stopped being a constitutional body a hundred years ago.

[Truth29]

So Reid has said submit or he will go nuclear and roll over the GOP. Sounds like the GOP would gain further humiliation by submitting so Mitch might find that attractive...

[JCBreckenridge]

Hasn’t he already gone Nuclear on Obamacare?

Yawn. Go nuclear Reid.

[Tench_Coxe]

The response should be: “Go nuclear to push through people who who unconstitutionally appointed? Go for it, Harry.”

[MHGinTN]

Harry Reid is a filthy thug in grandfatherly Mormon apparel. He is a fraud, a criminal from the word go. I wish the Utah mob would excommunicate the lying thief.

[Hotlanta Mike]

What are you waiting for Harry?

[Da Coyote]

I vote “go”.

And I still get to run the guillotine after CW-II.

Whorehouse Harry first.

[PATRIOT1876]

Is Harry going to wish the “very bad men” into the cornfield?

[ColdOne]

Do it Reid!

[Hotlanta Mike]

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Harry reminds me of a small town funeral director who would encourage the widow Smith to opt for the gold casket handles because old Joe would want it that way...

[so_real]

Let him go nuclear. Do it. I think he sees the writing on the wall. The 2014 election will swing the Senate to the Republicans. He won't like being the minority party at that point after a "simple majority" rules change ... so I feel he's only bluffing right now. He's good at bluffing, but he's bluffing nonetheless. Call him on it. Go nuclear, Reid. I dare ya.

[pallis]

Why don’t we hear McCain complaining about this. He did when Republicans brought it up. Have I missed something?

[napscoordinator]

I think this is great. They will regret this when we take over the Senate in 2014. It will just make it easier for the Republicans to pass things.

[MHGinTN]

we’re to ‘guillotines from orbit; it’s the only way to be sure’ level. I’m afraid to post what comes after that alert level. The NSA/FBI connection wants some fodder for testing ...