Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has canceled a fund-raiser scheduled for this Saturday in New Orleans.
An aide to Reid’s re-election campaign confirms to TPMDC that the fund-raiser, said to start at $1,000 a plate, has been canceled in order to keep the Senate working through the weekend.
Republicans took to the Senate floor this morning to demand that Reid keep the Senate in session over the weekend.
“The majority leader said we’d be working every weekend. We take him at his word. We expect to be here this weekend — and we look forward to it,” said Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Sens. John McCain and Mike Enzi joined the call.
The fund-raiser, hosted by Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and James Carville, was to be held at the home of David Voelker, chairman of the Louisiana Recovery Authority. Tickets went from $1,000 up to $4,800.
At the news, the National Republican Senatorial Committee blasted out an email saying, “After his huffing and puffing about working weekends to ram his massive health care bill through Congress, we’re glad to hear that Harry Reid has decided to stay in Washington instead of jetting off to the Big Easy.”
