Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid appeared testy at a news conference Tuesday when asked about the schedule for the bill and whether all Democrats would support it.
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“Listen, we’re not going to get into a lot of hypotheticals here,” he said. “The floor is pretty well jammed now. The president’s around the country making a case for his jobs bill. The Democratic caucus feels comfortable with his jobs bill. We’re very happy with the speech he gave yesterday talking about deficit reduction.”
Then Reid acknowledged some Democrats oppose aspects of the proposal.
“Does that mean we agree with every word of it? Of course not. None of us agree with every part of it,” he said.
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