Apparently Reid is sending a message to Obama, too
After my post yesterday about Sen. Dianne Feinstein sending two different shots across President-elect Barack Obama’s bow in one day (Tuesday), Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), the Senate Majority Leader, made his own statements as well in an interview he gave to The Hill on Tuesday as well:
“Even though we’re one short of 60 [senators in the Democratic Conference], I don’t want to ever have to depend on cloture,” Reid said. “We may have to do that, but it will be with the support of a few Republicans.”
Reid, who lambasted the GOP-led Congress for being a rubber stamp for President Bush, indicated that he will not bow to the Obama administration.
Reid stated, “I don’t believe in the executive power trumping everything… I believe in our Constitution, three separate but equal branches of government.”
“If Obama steps over the bounds, I will tell him. … I do not work for Barack Obama. I work with him,” he said.
We’ll see just how that pans out. ..bruce w..
Category: 2008 Election, Main, Obama Administration, US Politics
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