With the threat of a possible default that would send shockwaves through the global economy rapidly approaching, Majority Leader Harry Reid is condemning the House of Representatives for taking the weekend off to await the Senate’s expected vote on the GOP’s “Cut, Cap, and Balance” plan.
“I think it’s just untoward – that’s the kindest word I can say – to have the House of Representatives out this weekend. Time is of the essence. We are running out of time,” he said in a Senate floor speech on Thursday.
The “Cut, Cap, and Balance” bill, which passed 234-190 in the House earlier this week, is considered dead on arrival in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
“The House has passed the ‘Cut, Cap, and Balance’ plan with bipartisan support,” Michael Steel, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, wrote in an email response. “We’re waiting for the Senate, which is run by Senator Reid, to act on it.”
The National Journal reports that Democrats hope House conservatives will become motivated to pursue a compromise that includes shared sacrifices because of the increasing amount of blame being placed on them by business groups and independents.
“More [Democrats] will be highlighting the intransigence and unreasonableness of a small minority of Tea Party Republicans in the House who are putting their extreme ideology ahead of the good of the country,” Adam Jentleson, a spokesman for Reid, said in a statement.
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