Reid said McConnell could not be trusted The GOP’s blocking tactics in recent years have escalated, including brief filibusters of nominations for defense secretary and CIA director that usually are not subject to party politics. In those cases, McConnell bowed to pressure from junior Republicans who have never tasted the majority. Reid said he reversed course because Republicans had reached new levels of obstructing nominations, violating the spirit of a deal the two leaders hatched in January to avert a similar showdown. Reid said McConnell could not be trusted to keep his word... “I refuse to unilaterally surrender my right to respond to this breach of faith,” Reid said of McConnell. “I wait, I wait, but I’m not going to wait another month, another few weeks, another year for Congress to take action on the things that we have been doing for 200 and almost 40 years.” washingtonpost/politics/amid-acrimony-senate-moves-toward-historic-vote-to-change-its-rules/2013/07/11/e3e06e2c-ea45-11e2-a301-ea5a8116d211_story.html?wpisrc=nl_politics
Posted on: Sat, 13 Jul 2013 02:01:13 +0000