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And yet it didn't stop the House and Senate from passing other key pieces of legislation during the "lame duck" session.

Posted by Stephen (aka Sceire) Jul 29 '11, 20:35

Many of which did not have the support from the right (Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal).

But no, Harry Reid didn't have a crystal ball. No, he's not responsible for what the Tea Party is doing with the debt ceiling debate right now. But he did play politics with it back when his party had control just as the Tea Party is now.

I didn't realize my post, which was ultimately about how I hoped someone credible challenged him, and beat him (right there in my post), would find so many Reid apologists who suddenly jump up and defend that hack.

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Sure they did....they had 41 votes in the Senate. - Will Hunting Jul 29, 20:45 4
- If i'm reading this right, Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal only had 5 Republicans vote in favor. - Stephen Jul 29, 20:49 2
  - Yep...which kept it in play. If the GOP was united as they had been so many times in the past 2 years, it wouldn't have passed. -- nm - Will Hunting Jul 29, 21:07
  - If you're seriously suggesting that any of them would have bucked their party supported a Democratic effort to raise the debt ceiling in the aftermath - znufrii Jul 29, 20:52
- 42, actually. -- (link) - znufrii Jul 29, 20:48

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And yet it didn't stop the House and Senate from passing other key pieces of legislation during the "lame duck" session.

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