Skip to content

Reid Telegraphs Busy Summer

Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Thursday once again laid out an ambitious summer schedule for his chamber, saying Senators will spend next month debating health care reform, a Supreme Court nomination and a handful of appropriations bills.“The month of July, we’re going to work real hard,— Reid warned.The House is poised to pass its climate change bill Friday. Reid said he would wait until the House acts before laying out a timetable for the Senate to take up a similar measure.Still, Reid declared that by “this fall, we’re going to have a bill in the Senate, and we’re going to vote on it.—The Majority Leader, in a session with reporters, hailed the Senate’s legislative accomplishments so far this year and decried Republican-led opposition to a host of executive nominations. He noted that because Democrats do not have a filibuster-proof, 60-seat majority, his Conference will need a handful of Republicans to move legislation.“Each of these bills [we hope to pass] , we need Republicans, and that applies to health care,— Reid said, adding that “four of five— GOP members of the Finance Committee are currently engaged in bipartisan negotiations to craft a reform bill that will pass muster.

Recent Stories

Justice Department expands where it will monitor on Election Day

GOP centers election concerns on noncitizen voting, but it’s rare

Boozman, Klobuchar lined up to follow Stabenow on Agriculture

Awkward abound: Joe Biden and the lame-duck countdown

Ratings changes: What we do and don’t know about the fight for Congress

Trump advocates ‘nine barrels shooting at’ Liz Cheney