Harry Reid wants end to Tea Party/GOP's 'obstruction on steroids'

[Dave]

Its silliness like this sort of stuff that just gives me a general dislike of politics. The democrats are hardly innocent of doing the same thing themselves, for Harry to sound like he and the rest of the democrats are perfect little angels is disingenious to say the least. Little Harry boys record back home in Nevada isn't exactly the best as it is with the record unemployment being the worst of it.

By Lisa Mascaro

January 15, 2012, 10:02 a.m.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid hopes Republicans will return to Congress having learned a lesson from last year’s "obstruction on steroids" style of governing and will work toward compromise.

Congress's approval rating remains dismal as lawmakers return to Washington this week. Repeated rounds of political brinkmanship bruised both parties, but especially hurt Republicans during the year-end showdown over the payroll tax cut. The GOP has been divided all year by its "tea party" faction, which staked out conservative positions.

"I hope with what happened the last week of this last year in Congress that the Republicans have learned they can't be guided by the 'tea party,' because the 'tea party' is putting them right over the cliff," Reid said Sunday on NBC’s "Meet the Press."

The tea party movement as a political force is "dying out" as the economy improves, the Nevada Democrat said.

Congress picks up where it left off, resuming debate over a payroll tax cut that puts about $20 in the pockets of working Americans. A temporary extension of the tax break until the end of February was approved in a holiday compromise over the objection of some rank-and-file Republicans.

House Speaker John A. Boehner wants to keep the tax cut through 2012, as do Democrats. But talks broke down over how to pay for it, and some conservatives in the GOP oppose the tax break. Republicans return to the negotiating table with a weakened hand after the GOP took heat last month for appearing to hold up a working-class tax break.

"The No. 1 goal, and I hope they have learned a lesson, is extending the payroll tax," Reid said. "That was a disaster for them."

Congress is expected to consider other bills this year, including those to spark the economy with transportation investments, but the session will be dominated by the November election as Republicans work to retain control of the House and seek the majority in the Senate.

Reid said Democrats were not in danger of losing control of his chamber, even though strategists are closely watching the battle for the Senate where four seats separate the GOP from the majority -- or three if a Republican becomes president.

"Were going to do just fine come November," Reid said. "I think we’re looking pretty good."

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[Willy]

Whoever this reporter is she does not print the truth and the real problem is that people believe the lies her type of journalist spread in the name of the Democrat Party. If she were writing the truth, the article would have said that the Republicans wanted the tax cut but they wanted it for at least a year not for a couple of months like the Democrats proposed. So what does she do. She writes a biased, slanted article full of lies just like most of the media does and this is what we Americans use to decide what is taking place in Washington. The fact is that the Tea Party is nothing like what is described in the media and the media knows that and they know most brain dead Americans will accept what they are told. So it's up to all of us to do some digging to find the truth and that should begin with finding a reliable and unbiased news source.

[Dave]

Well, the source was the LA Times so like the NY Times, there is going to be some bias... I remember the good old days when newspapers for the most part just printed stories that were stories, not opinion pieces. I mean sure, a paper here and there might have had a little touch of bias here and there but its not anything like it is now.