Harry Reid's version of Compromise

[Kosh]

WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats’ plan to extend long-term jobless benefits ran into political turbulence on Thursday as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pushed a reworked version but blocked Republicans from offering any changes.

US unemployment benefits extension hits snag in Senate | Fox News

 

[Politico]

Hairy has never compromised on anything.

 

[zeke]

WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats’ plan to extend long-term jobless benefits ran into political turbulence on Thursday as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pushed a reworked version but blocked Republicans from offering any changes.

US unemployment benefits extension hits snag in Senate | Fox News

Hey, a far right propagandist.

 

[Kosh]

WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats’ plan to extend long-term jobless benefits ran into political turbulence on Thursday as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pushed a reworked version but blocked Republicans from offering any changes.

US unemployment benefits extension hits snag in Senate | Fox News

Hey, a far right propagandist.

Says the far left Obama drone posting nothing but far left propaganda.

 

[deltex1]

"Additional funding would come from limiting or eliminating the ability of people on Social Security disability from also receiving unemployment benefits, which the Senate source told Fox would save another $1 billion."

How cruel. I thought people who are disabled are unable to work...otherwise why do we give them money?

 

[JakeStarkey]

from the link The cost, which Republicans had issue with, would be offset in part by extending a previously-approved reduction in Medicare payments to providers. It would also be paid for by extending the sequester cuts to mandatory spending by another year, which would save around $17 billion.

Additional funding would come from limiting or eliminating the ability of people on Social Security disability from also receiving unemployment benefits, which the Senate source told Fox would save another $1 billion.

 

[Duped]

Reid should be hung for treason!

 

[Wildman]

Reid should be hung for treason!

along with 255 other useless dimowit democrats in congress ...

 

[Seawytch]

Yes, god forbid we can just pass a bill without holding something hostage for it first.

 

[Kosh]

Yes, god forbid we can just pass a bill without holding something hostage for it first.

And the far left propaganda continues...

 

[Seawytch]

Yes, god forbid we can just pass a bill without holding something hostage for it first.

And the far left propaganda continues...

And Kosh's odd Tourette syndrome continues...

 

[freedombecki]

Hairy has never compromised on anything.

Oh, Harry Reid is compromised all right.

Judicial Watch Most Corrupt Politicians of 2013

Senator Harry Reid (D-NV):
Last year, Harry Reid made the Judicial Watch Ten Worst list for his influence-peddling scandal involving ENN Energy Group, a Chinese “green energy” company for which Reid “applied his political muscle” – and which just happened to be a major client of the Nevada law firm in which Reid’s son, Rory, is a principal.
This year Reid makes the Ten Worst list again. His “friends” list is examined by Frontpage.com:
On Monday, Harry Reid’s close friend and donor, Harvey Whittemore was sentenced to two years in prison for funneling more than $130,000 in illegal campaign funds to Sen. Harry Reid’s re-election committee in 2007 …
According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, Reid and Whittemore go way back; four of Reid’s sons were hired by the law firm in which Harvey Whittemore was a senior partner. Sen. Reid and Whittemore were involved in very big land deals, including federal legislation to help the development of Coyote Springs.
None of which is surprising, since Reid has long-since made funneling money to his family’s enterprises his stock-in-trade. According to Peter Schweizer, writing for Fox News, “Sen. Reid has sponsored at least $47 million in earmarks that directly benefitted organizations that one of his sons, Key Reid, [RW1] either lobbies for or is affiliated with.”
While not teaming up with family members to fleece taxpayers, Reid was teaming up with President Obama to use executive authority to skirt the law. Obama and Reid have long opposed a proposed nuclear waste dump in Yucca Mountain, Nevada, which has already cost U.S. taxpayers an astounding $15 billion, according to various federal audits. So, Obama simply instructed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission(NRC) to decline to conduct the statutorily mandated Yucca Mountain licensing process, essentially destroying the project.
In mid-August, a federal appellate court ruled that Obama “is simply flouting the law.” According to the court, “It is no overstatement to say that our constitutional system of separation of powers would be significantly altered if we were to allow executive and independent agencies to disregard federal law in the manner asserted in this case by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.”
Topping off the year, on November 21, 2013, – a day which should live in congressional infamy – Reid gutted the long-standing filibuster rules of the U.S. Senate in order to grease the path for Barack Obama’s court appointees. The new Reid rule prevents the minority party from filibustering any nominations other than nods to the Supreme Court. And to effect the change, Reid first triggered the “nuclear option,” which allows a change to Senate rules by majority vote (and which he had adamantly opposed in 2005, calling it “illegal” and “unAmerican”). Minority Leader Mitch McConnell accused Reid of attempting “break the rules of the Senate … in order to change the rules of the Senate.” Not surprisingly, as the Wall Street Journaleditorialized, an ancillary benefit of the rule change is that it will get judges on the DC Court of Appeals who are more friendly to Reid’s agenda.

But I know what you mean. He's a divisive, corrupt man who's inducted his family into nefarious deals at taxpayer expense for their financial enrichment, and nobody is stopping him from his schemes to empty what he believes is his entitlement to the people's money for his effort.

He's a filtching liar who manipulates people to his own financial advantage and to the people's fiduciary losses through the U. S. Treasury Department.

Life in prison wouldn't recompense the American people from the trust and money he's helped himself to.

Harry Reid is bad to the bone. It's just that simple.

 

[freedombecki]

Yes, god forbid we can just pass a bill without holding something hostage for it first.

The American people are being held hostage by viper spendthrifts like Harry Reid and you're okay with it?

 

[peach174]

Yes, god forbid we can just pass a bill without holding something hostage for it first.

Yes, let's just keep passing bills that are not paid for and adding to the 127 trillion that isn't paid for and hold our future generations hostage.

 

[RandomVariable]

The "amendments" that are being offered are all chaff. The bill is straight forward, either vote for it or don't. If changes to veteran benefits, or healthcare or helping people across the street is so important than take it up in another bill. Don't try to attach it to the unemployment bill just to derail the process.

 

[RoadVirus]

WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats’ plan to extend long-term jobless benefits ran into political turbulence on Thursday as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pushed a reworked version but blocked Republicans from offering any changes.

US unemployment benefits extension hits snag in Senate | Fox News

Reid subscribes to Odumbo's idea of "compromise": It's either my way or nothing!