In that picture, he looks like Tim Gunn.
Posted on 02/07/2014 10:38:01 AM PST by cotton1706
Harry Reid effectively owns the U.S. Senate.
Democrats and Republicans have long debated how Reid managed to get such a tight grip on the upper chamber. But there is no debating this much: Nothing happens on the floor, or in committee, without the Nevada Democrat's approval.
Most important Senate legislation is written in Reid’s office and sent directly to the floor for a vote on final passage, sidelining committee chairmen who historically have functioned as an influential and quasi-independent force. In the past, a bill would not go to the floor before a series of votes and amendments in whatever committee, or committees, had jurisdiction over the policy it affected.
Reid has sent bills directly to the floor 74 times, according to statistics provided by the office of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. That's 10 times more than his predecessors during a decade-long span.
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In November, Reid took the unusual step of breaking the Senate's own rules to change them, resorting to the "nuclear option" to limit the minority party's use of the filibuster. The controversial move strengthened the Democrats' power to defeat Republican procedural blockades of President Obama's executive branch and judicial appointees. The administration is now virtually guaranteed that any nominee it sends to the Senate will be confirmed.
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Same here. My heart leapt! But then, oh damn.
In that picture, he looks like Tim Gunn.
their is that offhand sexual allure i suppose
I think it’s the tight clothes and ability to fly.
bazinga
He wanted to be Lord Of The Rings, but his Hobbit name is Dildo Baggins, so everyone laughs at him.
Yep. LOTS of wishful thinking on this thread.
We had the majority and this grinning cheerleader fool gave it away.
“You forget about the Trent (Chester) Lott power sharing agreement with his good buddy Tom Dasshole.
We had the majority and this grinning cheerleader fool gave it away.”
Oh, yeah. Another one. There’s too many treacherous acts to remember.
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