Harry Reid (D-Nuclear Waste Dump) Blocks GOP Attempt To Restore Military Pension Cuts

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Harry Reid Blocks GOP Attempt To Restore Military Pension Cuts

Evil little troll.

[Ed; Heh. Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) might feel the above characterization of Democrat Senate Majority Leader Reid to be somewhat overly charitable.]

Via Free Beacon:

Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked a Republican attempt to restore military pensions cut in last month’s budget deal, denying a vote that would save up to $20 billion by closing a loophole that allows tax refunds to go to illegal aliens.

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D., Calif.) called an effort by Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R., N.H.) to repeal the military retiree cuts “fiddling while Rome burns.”

Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) “filled the amendment tree” on Thursday, ending debate and blocking any Republican amendments to a bill to extend unemployment insurance (UI) benefits.

Among them was Ayotte’s measure, which would repeal cuts to military pensions by ending a loophole in the tax code that allows illegal immigrants to receive the Additional Child Tax Credit. Her attempt to get a vote failed 42-54, with only one Democrat, Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.), voting with Republicans.

“It’s a sad day when a common sense amendment to responsibly pay for legislation that helps struggling Americans, repeals unfair military retirement benefits and reduces the deficit can’t even get a vote in the Senate,” Ayotte said in a statement.

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Thank You WZ, Free Beacon, and Zip.

(and of course, Senator Coburn.)