Harry Reid dumps the bill! He pulled it!

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Harry Reid dumps the bill! He pulled it!

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:11:25 PM EDT

Coming up with linkage

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9K5BA5O0&show_article=1

WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats controlling the Senate have abandoned a 1,924-page catchall spending measure that's laced with homestate pet projects known as earmarks and that would have provided another $158 billion for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Nevada Democrat Harry Reid gave up on the nearly $1.3 trillion bill after several Republicans who had been thinking of voting for the bill pulled back their support.

GOP leader Mitch McConnell threw his weight against the bill in recent days, saying it was in his words "unbelievable" that Democrats would try to muscle through in just a few days legislation that usually takes months to debate.

Reid said he would work with McConnell to produce a short-term funding bill to keep the government running into early next year.

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:29:21 PM EDT

[#1]

Sweet.

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:31:32 PM EDT

[#2]

Tagalagadingdong

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:31:50 PM EDT

[#3]

This was not because Republicans pulled support. When have Reid, Pelosi or any recent politician cared about the other party. People in the Dem's own house had to have said doing this now in a lameduck session would just cement the 2012 blowout.

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:32:45 PM EDT

[#4]

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:33:49 PM EDT

[#5]

double tap

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:34:14 PM EDT

[#6]

That spending bill is minuscule compared to the dream act. If they pass that it's game over.

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:34:18 PM EDT

[#7]

Wow.

Amazing.

Most of the crap the Senate does is crap. They have no shame. One of the Fox news guys mentioned about four or five of the bullshit projects, crap each and every one of them.

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:36:04 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:

This was not because Republicans pulled support. When have Reid, Pelosi or any recent politician cared about the other party. People in the Dem's own house had to have said doing this now in a lameduck session would just cement the 2012 blowout.

the democrats realize that the internet doesn't let people forget what they did. It keeps the debate alive all the way to the next election. scares the crap out of many of the ones who are not already fired..

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:37:24 PM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
That spending bill is minuscule compared to the dream act. If they pass that it's game over.

Does it have enough (R) support?

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:38:04 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
That spending bill is minuscule compared to the dream act. If they pass that it's game over.

Now it gives em time to pass dream, START, who knows what other BS!

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:45:18 PM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:

That spending bill is minuscule compared to the dream act. If they pass that it's game over.

I've gotta go with '+1'.

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:55:26 PM EDT

[#12]

Well, its a start at least.

Posted: 12/16/2010 7:56:54 PM EDT

[#13]

Great

Posted: 12/16/2010 8:07:39 PM EDT

[#14]

good stuff. i heard they're going to now pass a couple page bill to fund the gov't, which is better.

now we just need the federal gov't to get rid of a bunch of departments

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