The Senate Terrorized by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

 

Last week, Senator Harry Reid (D-Nevada) unilaterally changed the rules in the Senate.

It's really sorta complicated, but basically the Republican minority was going to force an amendment which would then force a vote on Obama's Jobs Bill.

This is fairly common parliamentary maneuver to see how the wind is blowing on a bill.

In this case, the amendment would have failed (to have a vote on Obama's bill)---but it would have indirectly shown which Democrats opposed Obama's Jobs Bill and who supported it.

Reid, of course, was mortified about having a vote on Obama's bill--BECAUSE IT WAS GOING TO FAIL.

So he just changed the rules.