After the Senate passed a highway bill 74-22, Majority Leader Harry Reid called on House Republicans to take up the chamber’s strongly bipartisan measure and not kowtow to their conservative members.
“The job-creating programs funded by this bill will expire in just a few weeks, and I urge my colleagues in the House to pass this bipartisan bill without delay,” Reid said in a statement Wednesday. “If there was ever a piece of legislation that should not turn into a partisan fight, this is it. I hope my Republican colleagues in the House will choose to join us in this bipartisan, job-creating effort instead of trying to appease the Tea Party by manufacturing another fight.”
