Skip to content

Is GOP Behind Missing Chart?

In his opening remarks Friday afternoon, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) talked about the growing number of GOP filibusters that have either slowed down or altogether scrapped pieces of legislation. However, the Velcro chart that Democrats use to update how many filibusters the Republicans have went missing. Reid loosely knew where to place the blame. “We now have a situation. I’m looking for a chart here. I don’t know what happened to it. I say that there is a hunt going on in the cloakroom for a chart. We have a few stacked back there. Maybe one of the Republican staff stole it,” Reid joked. A Democratic staffer assisted the Majority Leader with placing the numbers on a makeshift easel, as he complained about the movement, or lack thereof, of bills moving out of the legislative body. According to Reid, the Republicans are up to 82 filibusters.

Recent Stories

UN agencies in dire straits amid threatened US funding cuts

Lawmakers applaud resumption of US military aid to Ukraine

Supreme Court allows Trump mass layoffs to move forward

Trump slams Putin, touts self-made tariff deals and muses on gold leaf

Nebraska independent Dan Osborn makes another bid for Senate

Capitol Ink | Gilding the Congress