Senate Passes Budget | Harry Reid To Retire

Sen. Harry Reid to Retire End of 2016

Today in Washington, D. C - March 27, 2015:
The House is not in session today. They have headed to their home states for "District Work" until and unless recalled earlier will return on April 13 with votes postponed until 6:30 PM. On Wednesday the House passed their budget plan.

Yesterday the House passed H.R. 2 (392-37) — "To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to repeal the Medicare sustainable growth rate and strengthen Medicare access by improving physician payments and making other improvements, to reauthorize the Children's Health Insurance Program, and for other purposes."

The Senate is now adjourned for Easter Recess. They worked in an all-night session and at 3:28 AM today passed a Senate budget plan that would repeal the Affordable Care Act, fundamentally remake federal health care for the poor and elderly, and push the federal deficit toward zero over the next decade. The vote was 52-46 along party lines. The Senate considered hundreds of amendments and voted on dozens of amendments. Republicans cheered and Democrats cursed.

The House and Senate will have to reconcile their passed plans. Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) said, "Fortunately for the country, the Republican budget will not become law." He was referring to a expected future veto by the President of any Republican budget. Both Sen. Harry Reid and former Rep nancy Pelosi (D-CA) as leaders continued to support continuing resolutions verses the requirement to pass a balanced budget.

The good news today is that Sen. Harry Reid, age 75 and minority leader in the U.S. Senate, has announced he will not run re-election at the end of his term. He has been in the Senate since 1986. He vowed to work to regain the Democrat's majority and control of the Senate in the 2016 elections. Prior to being elected to the Senate, he served two terms in the House. he is a former former trial lawyer and head of the Nevada gaming commission.

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