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KittyWampus

(55,894 posts) Thu Oct 3, 2013, 04:18 PM Oct 2013

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Harry Reid: Ted Cruz acting as ‘joint speaker of House’

Harry Reid: Ted Cruz acting as ‘joint speaker of House’

On Day Three of a partial government shutdown, the Senate got off to a snippy start as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid elevated Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) as the new “joint speaker” of the House of Representatives.

Reid, a Nevada Democrat, was referring to the Republican-led House’s new tactic of passing piecemeal funding bills to fund agencies such as the National Institutes of Health.

“We’re not going to give a blank check to the junior senator from Texas to pick his favorite person in government on a daily basis. Today it’s the parks. Tomorrow it’s NIH. Maybe later it will be something else,” Reid continued.

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Harry Reid: Ted Cruz acting as ‘joint speaker of House’ (Original Post) KittyWampus Oct 2013 OP

The word is 'Doppleganger'. louis-t Oct 2013 #1

‘Joint speaker of House’ ? mazzarro Oct 2013 #2

louis-t

(23,295 posts)

1. The word is 'Doppleganger'.

Reply to KittyWampus (Original post)

Thu Oct 3, 2013, 04:38 PM

Oct 2013

Giggety.

mazzarro

(3,450 posts)

2. ‘Joint speaker of House’ ?

Reply to KittyWampus (Original post)

Thu Oct 3, 2013, 04:43 PM

Oct 2013

Hell No! Ted Cruz is the "real" speaker while Boner is the "CoS"!

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