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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid gestures while speaking to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009, after the weekly policy luncheons.
Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2009 | 10:55 a.m.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid takes part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009.
WASHINGTON -- Facing backlash from Senate Republicans over the Medicaid deal Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid struck for Nevada, Reid said today he makes no apologies for getting better treatment for his state.
“I make no apologies, none, for helping people in my state and our nation who are hurting the most,” Reid said this afternoon on the Senate floor.
Last week, Reid secured a deal in the health reform legislation to give Nevada and three other states hard hit by the recession 100 percent funding for the proposed Medicaid expansion in the bill.
Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona and other Republicans complained today during a debate on the Senate floor that Reid had cut a sweetheart deal.
“They got a special deal for four states, one of them being the state of Nevada,” McCain said. “Who pays? Who pays? The other states."
Reid pratically dared his opponents to complain about the aid he had secured for the struggling states -- especially in Nevada, which has been hard hit with the nation's highest foreclosure rate for 31 months in a row.
"Let people come and complain about trying to help Medicaid recipients in Nevada," Reid said.
“Let me repeat,” Reid said, I make absolutely no apologies for helping Michigan, Rhode Island, Oregon and my state of Nevada.”
Harry you failed us on the Public Option ..so long been nice knowing you.
Harry's going to win in 2010, Rednecks. Better you focus on your Senator Itchypants, who seems oblivious to his situation. 2012 ain't that far away, but it's a long time for John to keep Mr. Johnson out of trouble...
Reid you are a lunatic and being voted out of office in 2010. Nevada nor the USA can afford your worthless policies.
Mr. Reid "dared" opponents? WOW that's tough talk from someone who signed off on the "no meetings in Vegas" policy, then when he gets caught...tries to back off that policy. This is nothing more than a typical political stunt from the Dems. That's right, try to make up for the billions you have cost our Vegas economy. Reid is lucky the election is a year away, it will give time for the morons who vote for this guy to forget what damage he has done to our state.
The sun will set on the Reid political empire in 2010.
What if one of the flock of hate-talk radio freak side show candidates were in DC? What could they have done for Nevada? baby-tark, loudung, and the unknowns would be worthless geeks with no seniority.
The opposition to Harry Reid is contrived by the hate talk radio crowd. Most of the show hosts work for the Republican party or the NVPI and other neo-Nazi groups.
MCInsane kept Luke AFB open in AZ, even though it is a waste. It should be shut down and the remaining operations should be moved to Nevada.
How come Sandopeval won't post his birth certificate on his website?
red: be careful, your desperation is showing.
Harry,
Why all the concern and advocacy for Nevadans now?
Why does it take an impending election for you to suddenly "make absolutely no apologies for helping Michigan, Rhode Island, Oregon and my state of Nevada".
What about apologizing for putting the democratic party ahead of your constituency for the past 10 year?
This recent posturing seems about as sincere as deathbed repentence.
Medicaid, sounds great, of course becuae the special interest don't care about medicaid. What about the public option? Insurance companies care about the public option. Therefore, public option, no campaign cash, simple. Vote Mr. Reid out of office
JSilver
While the "public option" was going down in flames by Dem votes no less, Reid increased his already lavish Senate expense account by $4 million at TAXPAYER EXPENSE.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/090...
This is, of course, on top of the tens of millions he gets from his PACs.
Excuse me while I fetch my barf bag....
You think Reid is worried concerning how he spends OUR money. Read below...
Congress is on the verge of giving itself a bump in its annual budget -- even as local governments, families and businesses across the country are tightening their belts in the worst recession in decades.
Under a House-Senate conference measure, approved by the House last week and poised for passage in the Senate on Wednesday, spending for the legislative branch will increase 5.8 percent this year, boosting Capitol Hill's annual budget to $4.7 billion.
The measure includes a hodgepodge of new funding for lawmakers: a $500,000 pilot program for senators to send out postcards about their town hall meetings, $30,000 for receptions for foreign dignitaries and $4 million for consultants -- with Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) getting up to nine each and Senate President Pro Tempore Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.) getting up to three more.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/090...
"Pinkie" came through with federal aid for Nevada's poor, but then again, what has he done to attract business that create employment for employees that pay taxes to the US treasury?
Harry's gonna win in 2010? I guess all the polls that show him behind to everything including a paper bag are wrong? Just like Obamacare, Reid's run in the senate is dead. nah nah nah nah....nah nah nah nah....hey hey hey...goodbye!!! and good riddance!
Wonder what Mr. Reid would say if it was the Senators of California,New York,Texas and Ohio stepping up for their states? Probably raise a big stink. Putting it nicely.
Just what Nevada needs, more dependence on the feds. Reid - you havent a clue. I have offered before and I'll offer again:
I'll be more than happy to explain why a mandate laden health care bill will never save the tax payers money. Because there will be no chioce, except for plans that have to cover everything - the cost will be unsustainable.
See ya later Reid - my father-in-law will be buying me steak dinner when you are voted out - hello Hank's!
"I make no apologies, none"
That is what Too Big Too Fail Senator Harry Reid'um and Weep alway has done for year.
Harry needs to apologze for the Stimulus package, the public Option and for not appearing at any townhalls.
Senator Reid is correct in his position. Certainly it opens him up for taking arrows; however, consider that the federal government owns most of the land mass in Nevada, some of which is for things like Area 51, munitions storage, Yucca Canyon, to name a few.
Certainly much of the land is beautiful, rough, remote terrain, but if Nevada were able to develope this land mass with diversified jobs, perhaps there would be a larger state and local tax base to support non-federal funding.
So, more federal help seems fair.
So I suppose an apology for giving Bush a blank check to invade Iraq is also out of the question.
Figures that the usual suspects and out of state haters would go nuts about this. But really, why should Reid apologize? What's wrong about making sure more Nevadans get health care? And that our state government doesn't go broke for doing it?
This is how ridiculous the anti-Reid crowd has become. He does our state yet another favor, and they attack him for it. This is why he'll win next year and the haters can move onto worrying about their poor beloved Johnny Casino who does absolutely nothing for Nevada.
What you're conveniently overlooking here is that this is money taken from our kids because it increases the defecit. You do remember the defecit, don't you?
This charity, er..."favor" for NevaDUH is on the backs of every American taxpayer. Same as the $4 million he just gave himself for more campaign expenses. DUH!
Thank Harry - now go away!
"The House Ways and Means Committee estimated that Medicare would cost only about $12 billion by 1990 (a figure that included an allowance for inflation). This was supposedly a 'conservative' estimate. But in 1990 Medicare actually cost $107 billion."
According to the Medicare Board of Trustees, Medicare has a $70 trillion unfunded liability.
Gov Guinn promised that no taxes will ever be used to pay for the Millenium Scholarship program.
I lived in a different state where the governor promised that the sales tax increase was only "temproray". It is still in effect to this day 30 years later.
In the early years of Social Security the tax was only 2% (both employer and employee) of income. It is now 15% (both employer and employee) of income.
Naw......Ensign is just full of it.
Government programs growing out-of-control????? It ain't going to happen.
You gotta love those 6 fire-fighters suing the city of Las Vegas. They have a $120,000 a year pension and they are suing to get more.
Gotta love government.
Ensign.....he needs to get a grip.
Government spending never gets out-of-control.
Whorehouse Harry Reid is the scum of Nevada. A despicable, corrupt little nothing of a man. Good bye Harry, you will be gone and no one will miss you except your crooked friends who grease your palms.
Harry and his million dollar hand shakes will soon be history.
Buh bye hairy