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The Creative Stubbornness of Harry Reid
The Senate Democratic leader keeps the GOP in check
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One by one, members of the U.S. senate, Republican and Democrat
alike, took to the floor last Thursday demanding that the Federal
Government spend more money. It was a stirring spectacle, but not for
Senator Judd Gregg of New Hampshire, chairman of the Budget
Committee, who opposed each measure with the wry frustration of a man
attempting to juggle Jell-O. Norm Coleman, Republican of Minnesota,
wanted to restore block grants for cities. "I could tell you story
after
story," he said about the glorious effects of federal dough. "If we
start funding...