It is about goddamn time.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) accused House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) of deliberately sabotaging the economy for partisan gain.
“You have heard, as I’ve heard, that there’s a battle going on between Cantor and [House Speaker John] Boehner as to whether or not there should be a [highway] bill,” Reid told reporters. “Cantor, of course — I’m told by others that he wants to not do a bill to make the economy worse, because he feels that’s better for them. I hope that’s not true.”
Since Republicans have admitted to this, I think the only controversial item here is that it has taken Harry Reid so long to utter this out loud.
Reid’s remarks were nominally about the highway bill that passed the Senate in March on an unusually bipartisan vote of 77-24, seeking to keep alive major transportation projects. But House Republicans have refused to accept it, and forced a short-term, scaled back measure that expires at the end of June. Disputes have since lingered on how to proceed.
Reid reminded reporters Tuesday that “millions of jobs” are at stake.