Dems Playing Games With American People For Political Points

Why the Senate keeps holding votes on bills everyone knows will not pass
By Chris Moody - The Daily Caller   Published: 2:32 PM 12/09/2010  Updated: 2:48 PM 12/09/2010

Refusing to give into the Republicans’ terms for the lame-duck session, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is working to score a few last minute political points against the GOP before holding a vote on the Bush-era tax rate extension, and he’s doing a very good job of it.

Reid brought a bill to the floor Thursday that would provide $7.4 in medical services to first responders who suffer ailments from their rescue efforts after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Republicans, keeping with their vow to filibuster any legislation until the tax cut deal is in place and the government is securely funded into the next year, blocked it.

It’s just the latest example of the majority leadership’s decision to hold cloture votes they know will not pass, which gives Democrats fuel to blast the GOP for seemingly standing in the way of perfectly uncontroversial bills.

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