July 29, 2008
WHILE HARRY GETS NAUGHT BUT GUANO:
Coburn gets best of Reid on 'omnibus' package (Martin Kady II, 7/28/08, Politico)
Sen. Tom Coburn is used to being a lonely "no" vote on overwhelming Senate votes, but on Monday afternoon, his GOP colleagues came to his defense.Coburn (R-Okla.) prevailed in blocking a massive package of generally non-controversial bills that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid brought to the floor, angering Democrats and some Republicans while raising Coburn's status as a cult hero to fiscal conservatives. [...]
Coburn is notorious in the Senate for blocking all manner of routine bills that he says include wasteful spending, and has earned the nickname "Dr. No" for his holds on Senate bills.
Republicans stuck together in blocking this bill not because they oppose all of the programs, but because they have decided to block everything small and large this week until they get votes on stalled energy legislation.
The vote sent Reid into one of his trademark tirades on the Senate floor, as he basically accused Republicans of voting against people with strokes, people in wheelchairs and those suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease.
Does anyone take Mr. Reid seriously? Posted by Orrin Judd at July 29, 2008 10:43 AM
Reid -- Worst. Majority Leader. Ever.
Posted by: LC at July 29, 2008 4:18 PMWe take him seriously here in Nevada, where the GOP gave him a free ride in 2004 after defeating him in 98, until the late Union vote count from Vegas. A combination of 2 years of Obama, 4 of a Democrat congress, and the willingness of a GOP to come up with a credible candidate will hopefully send him back to Searchlight in 2010.
Posted by: ed at July 30, 2008 12:01 PM
OJ - Thanks for the Ian Fleming reference....
Posted by: Foos at July 29, 2008 3:55 PM