“I have worked hard to rise above partisanship, to find common ground in the Senate.”
Sept. 13, 2013
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Monday that there is an “anarchy movement underfoot.”
“But we’re not going to bow to Tea Party anarchists,” Reid said on the Senate floor.
Reid said “radicals” and “extremists” within the Republican Party are threatening a government shutdown if they insist on defunding ObamaCare in a resolution to fund the government.
“I have worked hard to rise above partisanship, to find common ground in the Senate.”
Monday, April 15, 2013
Reid warns of ‘unreasonable extremists’ in gun debate
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, kicked off Monday’s session by saying the victims of December’s Connecticut shooting rampage deserve a vote on gun legislation and warning of “unreasonable extremists” who may try to derail or delay the process.
Mr. Reid said protecting citizens’ Second Amendment rights and working to prevent gun violence are “both worthy goals, and they should not be mutually exclusive goals.”
“This compromise legislation shouldn’t be controversial,” Mr. Reid said, adding that he hopes “there aren’t going to be a few unreasonable extremists” that will try to prevent a vote.
“Newtown deserves a vote,” Mr. Reid said.