In response to Dems On Defense: Carney Disavows, Reid Apologizes – Are They Sure They’re Winning?: Speaker Boehner responded to that “we’re winning” crack by snarling, “This isn’t some damn game,” which is politically the right thing to say, and
On Friday, in a surprising sign that public pressure has impacted the Democrats’ government shutdown intransigence, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) apologized for the level of rhetoric used over the shutdown. On Thursday, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) blasted Reid
It’s not hard to imagine Jon Stewart and his crack Daily Show writing team hearing about Sen. Harry Reid’s latest gaffe or news that the government is blocking U.S. veterans from entering national memorials and quickly covering their ears. How
In response to The President Learned the Wrong Lesson from 2011: These crises always seem to go through an initial stage of general annoyance – the man on the street growls, “Why can’t these guys just get together and make
While House and Senate Republicans attempt to reopen specific federal agencies, Senate Democrats have formed a united block against what they call a “piecemeal” approach. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has slammed Republicans for trying to “cherry-pick” which parts of
In response to Service Academy Football Games Cancelled For The ‘Optics’: The “optics” of this little donnybrook have been astonishing. The Democrats will stoop to any depth to make people hurt, and they’re not doing a very good job of
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) thinks his colleague Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is actually leading the House of Representatives in mounting the opposition to Democrats on the budget and other fiscal matters. Reid slammed what he said was a
To explain the partial shutdown of the federal government, the Associated Press is characterizing the issue as one between the noble Obama and the partisan Republicans. Further, as if they have no role here, the AP doesn’t mention Harry Reid
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi came out to the waiting press after meeting with the President and Republicans…
What the House Should Do The House should keep passing bills that fund the government (with the exception of ObamaCare). Let Harry Reid refuse them. At the same time, get on TV all day and night articulating what you’ve been
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid used his Senate floor time to discuss the dictionary definition of the term “villain.”
During a Wednesday afternoon press briefing, CNN’s Dana Bash asked Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid about agreeing to fund the National Institutes of Health, as the GOP is proposing to do with no strings attached. Bash mentioned the fact that
The nation once again owes the heroes of World War II a debt of gratitude. The veterans who stormed the barricades that the federal government tried to erect around the WWII memorial on the Mall in Washington, D.C. reminded us that
In response to Harry Reid Blames GOP For WWII Memorial Shutdown: Harry Reid can try to blame the GOP for this public relations disaster all he wants – but the National Parks Service has now confirmed that the memorial shutdowns
In response to WH Deputy Press Secretary Tweets WWII Memorial ‘Ransom Notes’: The Senate Majority Leader demonstrated on Twitter why he has earned the nickname, “Dingy Harry.” Via Twitchy: Thanks to the Republican government shutdown, a group of World War
I’m increasingly encouraged by this “government shutdown.” If we can just make it permanent, it’ll be the greatest reform measure ever implemented. It looks like we finally learned what it takes to make Democrats admit that at least 60 percent
Confident that the mainstream media will help place the blame for the looming government shutdown on the Republicans, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV) refusal to negotiate with GOP leaders to avert that possibility may well be seen, in retrospect,
The WWII Memorial is an open space that is funded almost entirely by private donations with almost no oversight from Park Police personnel, who as Mike Flynn notes, are exempted from the government shutdown, anyway. There is no reason to block veterans from
On Tuesday, the House GOP proposed legislation to restore funding for the National Park Service, the Veterans Administration and DC local government, but a united block of Democrats, with the White House’s blessing, blocked the funding. The GOP was trying
These are the words of Republican House Speaker John Boehner on Monday. “Why don’t we make sure that every American is treated just like we are?” Boehner asked, seeking to prohibit members of Congress and Capitol Hill aides from getting
(AP) House to vote on reopening national parksBy ANDREW TAYLORAssociated PressWASHINGTONHouse and Senate Democrats say they’ll reject a bid by Republicans to reopen portions of the government, including national parks and processing of claims at the Department of Veterans Affairs.They
In response to The Community Organizer In Chief Appalls Again: They say there’s no crying in baseball, but there’s nothing except crying in “community organizing.” It’s just an endless series of complaints, Americans pitted against each other savage combat, with
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Senator Patty Murray and Senator Charles Schumer all use the same GOP has a gun to our head line on the Senate floor…
The House first tried to defund ObamaCare. Then, it tried to delay the whole law and then just the individual mandate. In the final hours before the midnight deadline, the House ended with a simple proposal. It would agree to
Late Monday, as the government neared a midnight deadline triggering a shutdown, the House voted to appoint conferees to negotiate a solution to the funding crisis. These conferees would form the House contingent of a “conference committee” of Reps and
