"Harry Reid: 'We're Not Going To Have A Grand Bargain'"

Harry Reid: 'We're Not Going To Have A Grand Bargain'

by Sahil Kapur at TPM

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/harry-reid-we-re-not-going-to-have-a-grand-bargain

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) on Thursday put the kibosh on prospects of a deficit-reduction "grand bargain," instead making clear this his priority in upcoming negotiations will be to get rid of sequestration.

"That's all happy talk," he told KNPR Nevada Public Radio. "I would hope that were the case but we're not going to have a grand bargain in the near future."


"I hope that we can do some stuff to get rid of sequestration and go on to do some sensible budgeting," he said.

Pressed repeatedly during the interview on what it'd take for him to consider cutting Medicare and Social Security, Reid stammered, "You keep talking about Medicare and Social Security. Get something else in your brain. Stop talking about that. That is not going to happen this time. There's not going to be a grand bargain."



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