Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid mistakenly called out “no” Thursday when asked for his vote on the health care reconciliation bill, setting the chamber howling with laughter.
Reid voted the wrong way when the clerk called for his vote, realized his error and quickly changed his vote to “yes.”
“He did it again,” someone said amid laughter.
Reid, who spent months persuading fellow senators to vote “yes” on President Obama’s top domestic priority, made the same mistake December 24 when voting on the original health care bill.
His office said Reid made the gaffe because he was so focused on getting health care passed.
The reconciliation measure, also known as the “fixes” bill, makes changes in the broader health care overhaul measure that Obama enacted Tuesday.
The Senate had to vote again on health care after Republicans forced two minor provisions involving student loan funding to be stripped from the bill. The final vote was 56-43 for approval, after which it was sent to the House, which also passed the measure.
The “fixes” bill now goes to Obama to be signed into law.
(Source: http://www.cnn.com/)
7 Responses
Maybe he’s seen the light!
Most people wish it wasn’t an error
Doesn’t it make you feel warm and fuzzy that the people passing laws and running our govt are as intelligent as most yeshivah janitors?
Wait, I thought Joe Biden was the village idiot!
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No offense to yeshivah janitors of course…
now that the garbage has passed some on the left are finally admitting that this is all part of the socialist democrat party of spreading the wealth.
yemach sh’mom, all of them that voted for this thing.
#4 – This is the government we’re talking about. There’s more than enough stupidity to go around.