Harry Reid rejects bipartisan jobs bill endorsed by Obama

idiot_harry_reidMaybe the originally planned “Jobs” bill, aka Porkulus 2.0 didn’t have enough “Negro Dialect” for Harry Reid. Why else then would Harry Reid scrap a bipartisan jobs bill that had been unveiled hours earlier and had been endorsed by the White House? According to The Daily Caller, Reid said that he would not introduce a bill made public Thursday morning by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, Montana Democrat, and ranking committee member Sen. Charles Grassley, Iowa Republican.

The Democratic leader of the Senate abandoned the bill after hearing complaints from within his own caucus, but only after the White House had already endorsed the Baucus and Grassley bill in the early afternoon.

Before Reid’s about-face, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs released a statement saying the president was “gratified” by the release of the bipartisan legislation, saying the bill “includes several of the president’s top priorities for job creation.”

“The president looks forward to working with members from both parties on this bill,” said Gibbs in the statement.

But Reid said he was going with a “slim-downed” jobs bill, one costing about $15 billion over 10 years as opposed to the $85 billion price tag attached to the Baucus and Grassley bill.

A Reid spokesman said the mixed signals were not the result of any disagreement between the leader and the White House. The White House did not reply when asked if they supported Reid’s change.

The Baucus and Grassley bill had come under some criticism immediately upon its release for including $66 billion in “extenders”: the extension of unemployment benefits, expiring tax provisions, and payments to medical providers under Medicare.

Much of the opposition came from within the Democratic caucus.

“I would prefer a jobs bill that simply focused on job-creating initiatives. This bill has become something more than that,” said Sen. Byron Dorgan, North Dakota Democrat, according to The Hill.


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February 12, 2010 · Filed Under Harry Reid, Porkulus

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