Posted on 12/23/2015 12:28:29 PM PST by Hoodat
Republican lawmakers reportedly laughed at House Speaker Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) after he told them he had been given a promise from Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV).
Lawmakers were amused at Ryan's naiveté for thinking that Reid is someone their party can trust. "I know, I know," Ryan replied with a smile, according to The Hill. Reid and Ryan just finished working together to help pass a $1 trillion dollar spending bill, which many argue contained far more liberal policies than conservative ones. Reid has promised Ryan that he will return to regular order in the New Year. According to the Hill, Republicans on Capitol Hill aren't buying it.
They feel they've been burned one too many times by Reid, who repeatedly filibustered House-passed appropriations bills this year and has a reputation for launching broadsides against the GOP from the Senate floor. And they're not so sure the Nevada Democrat will allow bills to move through the Senate Appropriations Committee to the floor, where after they are approved they could be merged with House-passed legislation.
"I personally don't trust Harry Reid as far as I could throw him," quipped Rep. John Carter (R-TX), chairman of the Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Homeland Security.
"I'm extraordinarily skeptical," added Ryan's Wisconsin colleague, GOP Rep. Reid Ribble (R-WI).
"I don't want to be pessimistic, but Harry's a tough character to deal with and he'll find some way to stop virtually anything that he doesn't completely support, which is most of what we care about," said House Small Business Committee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-Ohio). Still, he added, "I wouldn't discourage Paul from trying."
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What an idiot.
Apparently Ryan.
Don’t be fooled. Ryan knows exactly what he’s doing. He has proved himself to be an enemy of conservatism & needs to go!
Now we know why Mittens wanted this “Paul”. To find someone more naïve than Mitt
Anyone who “works” with Harry Reid can kiss my ass!
Of course you are right: he isn’t playing naïve at all but is a dedicated socialist at heart. It’s his colleagues who are the dumb ones!
He must think he got that job because people respect him.
Ryan shows why a GOP politician can be worse than a Dem one
Ryan got schlonged by Dingy Harry and his sidekick, Nancy.
Ryan wasn’t fooled. He knew exactly what he was doing.
Of course this is the same Ryan who made Slow Joe look like a genius during their debate.
Agree. We need to vote Ryan out at the next primary as well as those that voted for this bill.
Oh darn, Harry tricked me.
That s what I think this is.
Gotta admit, this is even worse than trusting Mitch McConnell.
Still...
nailed it
exactly
Remember when democrats talked the first George Bush into going back on his ‘no new taxes’ pledge? To return the favor dems took Bush’s good will, mocked it, and hung it around his neck like a dead pig.
Ryan needs to wake up to the hard reality - dems are liars.
And Ryan is a damned GOPEer/RINO to boot.
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