Deadlock in the Senate Continues: Reid & McConnell Argue It Out on The Senate Floor

[steve2470]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2011/07/deadlock-in-the-senate-continues-reid-mcconnell-argue-it-out-on-the-senate-floor.html

Fireworks lit up the Senate floor again today between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY., again highlighting the large space and tension between them, as the clock ticks frightening close to Aug. 2.

Reid’s bottom line: he is accusing Republicans of filibustering his bill, which there will be a cloture vote on Sunday morning at 1 am and accusing McConnell of not compromising. (Republicans are making this a 60 vote threshold to end debate on this bill– which Reid doesn’t have the votes for, Reid wants it to be a simple majority thus why he accusing the Republicans of filibustering, even though it’s a standard Reid too has called for before).

McConnell’s bottom line: he trotted out a letter with 43 of the 47 Republicans in the Senate united in opposition to the Reid plan, meaning that Reid’s plan won’t pass as it stands now in the Senate. And he is accusing Reid of filibustering his own bill, by not wanting a cloture vote right now on the Reid bill. Today McConnell put pressure on President Obama to be more involved in the final days of negotiations.

These arguments – starting at the start of the Senate’s session today – played out rather theatrically on the Senate floor today, as each of the leaders went back and forth, quipping at the other.

[Skink]

1. So Monday the Senate has to vote again on the Boehner Bill.

As the plunge protection team readies to let the market slide till the dems cave.

[chill_wind]

2. K & R

Throughout the day backroom wrangling will be going on as Reid tries to bring more GOP Senators on board. It's anticipated that the real action will go down on the Senate floor around 1am Sunday morning.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/wires/live_wire/live_wire.html?ref=fpblg#1301

Senate live:

http://www.c-span.org/Live-Video/C-SPAN2/

[still_one]

3. Fuck you McConnel, it is the job of Congress to do this. It was your criminal party which decided

to tag a deficit cutting in the bill along side raising the cap

Just vote a clean bill to raise the cap

Up or down vote

It doesn't pass, the Obama had better exercise the 14th amendment, and let the chips fall where they may

The fucking media has conveniently white washed the two wars, and bush tax cuts that they helped accelerate this mess

The republicans started the fire, and the media blames the fire on Obama

[Rex]

4. Well if we default, I am SURE the Pukes will be the FIRST people

to give up their benefits and paycheck - in the name of healing the economy! Fer shure, dude!