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11-06-2010, 09:39 PM #1
Reid on the hook for election promises in lame-duck session
Reid on the hook for election promises in lame-duck session
By Alexander Bolton - 11/06/10 08:32 PM ET
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) won a tough re-election fight by making promises to his constituents and now he has the tough job of delivering in the lame-duck session.
Shortly before Election Day, Reid promised during an interview with Univision, a Spanish-language television network, that he would bring the DREAM Act up for a vote before the end of the year.
Reid has also given assurances to labor officials that he will bring the Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act, according to a senior labor official. The bill would set minimum standards for state collective bargaining laws for firefighters and police officers.
Hispanic and union voters were critical to Reid’s re-election to a fifth term last week.
But Reid will have a difficult time delivering on these promises because of staunch GOP opposition to any legislation considered controversial.
“In a lame duck, typically we pass only things that expire at the end of the year,â€
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11-07-2010, 01:35 PM #2
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11-07-2010, 08:15 PM #3
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He won because of illegal immigrants being allowed and encouraged to vote. why isn't something being done about this?
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