{"id":11120,"date":"2013-09-14T00:27:56","date_gmt":"2013-09-14T07:27:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=11120"},"modified":"2013-09-14T00:38:22","modified_gmt":"2013-09-14T07:38:22","slug":"nice-talk-leg-hound-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/14\/nice-talk-leg-hound-but\/","title":{"rendered":"Nice Talk, Leg Hound, but…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I refer to Harry Reid (D-NV) as the Nevada Leg Hound, because, whenever it really matters, he humps a few Republican legs, begging for votes, whines, rolls over, and plays dead.  Here is an opportunity to see the Nevada Leg hound in full whine mode.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"Reid-LegHound\"Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) on Thursday said that efforts by tea party-backed Republicans in the Senate to use an energy efficiency bill to defund Obamacare was evidence that "anarchist have taken over" Congress.<\/p>\n

In a speech on the Senate floor, Reid said that some senators had attempted to derail the Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act with unrelated amendments.<\/p>\n

"The anarchist have taken have taken over," the Nevada Democrat observed, throwing up his hands. "They've taken over the House, now they're here in the Senate."<\/p>\n

"We're in a position here where people who don’t believe in government — and that’s what the tea party is all about — are winning, and that’s a shame."<\/p>\n

Reid pointed out that Republicans had not allowed a single amendment to be offered that had anything to do with energy. In fact, Sen. David Vitter (R-LA) had vowed to block every amendment<\/a> until his measure to exempt lawmakers from the health care reform law came up for a vote…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Here’s that video:<\/font><\/p>\n