Reid Urges Cooperation As Congress Returns

Speaking from the floor of the upper chamber Monday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) urged those from both sides of the aisle to work together during the lame-duck session.

“The American voters sent us a message two Tuesdays ago.  That message is that they want us to deliver.  They want us to work together,” Reid said. “The voters didn’t elect only Republicans.  They didn’t elect only Democrats.  And they don’t want either party to govern stubbornly, demanding their way or the highway.”

Although Democrats emerged from the mid-term elections with a majority in the Senate, Republicans picked up six seats. Reid will likely pursue votes on the repeal of DADT, the START Treaty, the raising of the debt ceiling and the future of the Bush era tax cuts before the lame-duck session comes to a close.