Hot Debate in the Senate Right Now
Tune into C-SPAN right now. The Democrats are refusing to allow a vote on an amendment offered by Senator Judd Gregg that would give the President rescission authority, which is similar to the line-item veto.
Reid has been preaching about ethics reform and his strong desire to reduce wasteful spending, but his talk is cheap. He blocked strong earmark reform last week until he was forced to retreat and now he's blocking a vote on another important measure that would help break the big-spending habits of Congress.
UPDATE (4:26pm): Dick Durbin is now speaking out against the amendment as well.
UPDATE (4:34pm): Dianne Feinstein just said that Gregg's rather simple amendment is "impossible to understand". Priceless.
UPDATE (4:37pm): Andrew Moylan at NTU has more coverage here. Here's a blog post by Mark Tapscott as well.
