The New York Times is reporting that the Dems in Congress are scrambling to post more legislative victories in the next few days to avoid a “Do Nothing” label.
As Democrats celebrated their minimum wage increase, which went into effect on Tuesday, Reid accused Republicans of having sour grapes.
“They resent what happened last November, they’re jealous of what happened last November, and they’re mad as hell at what happened last November,” Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, said Tuesday. “What they don’t want to acknowledge is what we’ve been able to accomplish.” (emphasis mine).
Do grown men really talk like this?
Democrats accuse Mr. McConnell and Congressional Republicans of deliberately trying to block the majority’s initiatives so they can then pin the blame on the Democratic leadership that was put in place in the 2006 elections.
They may have a point about that crafty Mitch McConnell who has been out foxing them at every turn.
“The way that they have proceeded, I am not sure that you can count on anything getting done, even those things that look like a fairly certain bet,” said Senator Jon Kyl of Arizona, a member of the Republican leadership.
Mr. Kyl did offer an apology for calling this a do-nothing Congress, saying that because Democrats had sent Mr. Bush legislation naming 20 postal facilities, it should be called the post-office Congress.
July, 25, 2007 at 10:41 am
They’re just not getting it. When you have such a slim majority, your only hope of getting anything passed is to compromise. More than you’d like to. The idea that namecalling is going to be anything but counterproductive here is just stupid.
July, 25, 2007 at 10:53 am
Hmmmm, stupid….Harry Reid….stupid….Harry Reid…
two great tastes that go great together!
July, 25, 2007 at 5:08 pm
What they’ve accomplished?
Lowest rated congress — ever.
Yup, must be jealousy.
July, 25, 2007 at 5:27 pm
Do grown men really talk like this?
What do you know about grown men and how they act deb? how dare you challenge his manliness? You are just jealous that you have to ask a man for use of his penis, since you don’t have one yourself.
Though odds are that your hubby doesn’t leave you penis deprived.
(sorry for the offcolor joke doll)