RNC: Harry Reid 'Rented' US Senate to Billionaire Environmentalist's Cause

Breitbart.com ^ | 3/11/2014 | Matthew Boyle

[rktman]

The Republican National Committee says that the Senate Democrats’ all-nighter on the Senate floor Monday evening until 9 AM Tuesday was not about principle. The RNC claims Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats rented out the Senate floor to the environmental cause of one of their biggest left-wing billionaire donors.

RNC spokesman Raffi Williams points to how liberal billionaire Tom Steyer—a major Democratic Party donor—supports environmental causes.

“If you thought living in the Ritz-Carlton was expensive, it’s peanuts compared to the $100 million contribution from California billionaire Tom Steyer which is the going rate to rent Harry Reid’s Senate,” Williams said in a Tuesday statement. “Last night’s talk-a-thon was nothing more than payback for Steyer’s donations to the Democrat Party. Either Mr. Reid or the Democrat Party needs to reimburse taxpayers for their campaign stunt.”

[rktman]

Evil Koch brothers alert. Oooops! Maybe not so much. After hairy railed against the Kochs, it's okay for steyer's money to roll in. But, with rounding per common core math, $24 million is greater than $100 million. Despite which, the RNC calling out hairy just shows them to be liars like the obamacare horror stories that the conservatives were pushing. Right? Nobody lost their insurance.

[Rapscallion]

Censure Heid. He cannot rent out the senate. The money received belongs to the US Treasury.

[Rapscallion]

Ooops name is Reid

[TexasRedeye]

Not quite accurate. The 100M was a 50 M donation if the Dems could raise 50 M. The stundt was simply an effort to get the first 50M rolling in so they could say, “See”. Only then would the next 50M be donated for their campaigns.

[rktman]

Okay. But, $24 million is still greater than $50 million. LOL!

[Vaduz]

Wondered how Reid obtained his 10 million guess we know now.

[Zathras]

The RNC. Ten years late to the party...again.

[SMARTY]

The ‘envirowankers’all got together for one big, public, group-wank!

Nice!

[TBP]

Harry Reid cannot be bought — just rented.

[Servant of the Cross]

$TUNT: At least 28 Democrats plan to use floor time to raise their concerns on the lack of attention being paid to climate change -- although there is no single bill or even set of bills for which they will be advocating. Tonight's program "isn’t about a particular bill," said Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), who helped organize the talkathon. "This is about trying to raise the profile and being to gain some momentum on this issue. Then I think we’re in a position to ask corporate America and other groups and organizations to get more engaged and open the kind of space it will take to pass a bill. But the first thing we have to show is that we’re engaged ourselves."

Environmental groups spent about $20 million on ads and other activities to help Democrats in 2012 and gave about $742,000 directly to candidates during the cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics...Then there's the billionaire businessman Thomas Steyer. He's quickly emerged as a new and much-needed source of campaign money for Democrats eager to find ways to match the rise of conservative donors who are using new super PACs to spend millions of dollars attacking congressional Democrats on the airwaves...Steyer hosted a recent fundraiser at his San Francisco home that netted the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee $400,000 and where Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) and the six other Democratic senators in attendance openly discussed plans for tonight's talkathon, according to reports. Reid also has vowed to allow his colleagues to discuss the issue during their weekly lunches and on the Senate floor.