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November 29, 2006
It's About Time Someone Decided To Work In Washington
WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader-elect Harry Reid said Tuesday he's doing away with the "do-nothing Congress" that Democrats campaigned against and plans to keep senators working long hours _ focusing first on ethics, the minimum wage and stem cell research.The Nevada Democrat said he would tackle those priorities after cleaning up the "financial mess" the outgoing Republican Congress is leaving behind, a reference to nine long-overdue spending bills covering 13 Cabinet departments for the budget year that began Oct. 1.
"They're just leaving town, it appears," Reid said during an interview with The Associated Press in his Capitol office. "And so we're going to have to find a way to fund the government for the next year."
The must-pass legislation totals more than $460 billion and could divert time from other items on the Democratic agenda. "It's certainly not going to help it," Reid said.
He is wrapping up his final days as Senate minority leader. He will assume control of the Senate's agenda on Jan. 4, when the next Congress convenes with 10 new senators, at least 52 new House members and Democrats holding majorities in both houses for the first time since 1994.
"We're going to put in some hours here that haven't been put in in a long time," Reid said. That means "being here more days in the week, and we start off this year with seven weeks without a break. That hasn't been done in many, many years here."
We have a hard road ahead of us, especially with the lack of effort put forth by Republicans, but make no mistake we will persevere. It may take a year or two, but slowly but surely we are going to fix our country. Of course the Republicans will have to be drug kicking and screaming and that will slow down the process a bit, but the tide has turned against them and their backward ways. The time to heal our country is now, so either get on board or go ahead and lay down in front of the train and just put yourself out of your misery now. Progress is the only way forward and that's what the Democrats intend to do.
Found via the Washington Post.
Posted by Dianne at November 29, 2006 9:45 AM
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