Senate rejects 'Cut, Cap, Balance'
By SCOTT WONG | 7/22/11 10:52 AM EDT
The Democratic-controlled Senate on Friday narrowly voted to block a Republican measure that would force Congress to pass a stringent balanced budget amendment and cap spending before increasing the debt ceiling.
The legislation, a conservative priority, never had a chance of passing, but the strictly partisan 51-46 vote to table the “Cut, Cap and Balance” bill highlighted the partisan divide in Washington over how to tackle spending and raise the nation’s $14.3 trillion debt limit. Before the vote Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) again called the plan “radical” and “one of the worst pieces of legislation to ever be placed on the floor of the United States Senate.”
The vote handed conservatives a chance to showcase their strategy for restricting future spending in Washington, but it faced a veto from President Barack Obama, so it was more of a symbolic vote for Republicans to put their mark on deficit reduction.
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Lee ADDS: Harry Reid denied any debate of this issue on the Senate floor while deriding the efforts of House politicians. His leadership is just like Tom Dashle's...DO NOTHING, ALLOW NOTHING OF IMPORTANCE AND, LIE LIKE HELL!
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