{"id":727127,"date":"2010-04-30T16:13:58","date_gmt":"2010-04-30T20:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/washingtonindependent.com\/?p=83720"},"modified":"2010-07-19T20:29:24","modified_gmt":"2010-07-20T00:29:24","slug":"reid-calls-graham%e2%80%99s-bluff-on-climateimmigration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/727127","title":{"rendered":"Reid Calls Graham\u2019s Bluff on Climate\/Immigration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has given Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) an <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonindependent.com\/83282\/will-lindsey-graham-listen-to-his-gop-colleagues-on-immigration\">ultimatum<\/a>: Stop trying to pass comprehensive immigration reform this year, or you&#8217;ll lose my support for climate legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Reid has called Graham&#8217;s bluff.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know how my friend Lindsey Graham can say this kills energy  [legislation],&#8221; Reid said last night, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com\/2010\/04\/reid-to-graham-on-climate-change-its-up-to-you.php\">Talking Points Memo<\/a>. &#8220;It&#8217;s up to him.&#8221;<span id=\"more-83720\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>But without Graham, it&#8217;s unlikely that a climate bill could get enough Republican support to clear the 60-vote threshold. And Reid didn&#8217;t appear too optimistic that Graham would come around.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s 40 other Republicans,&#8221; Reid said. &#8220;Why Lindsey Graham?&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has given Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) an ultimatum: Stop trying to pass comprehensive immigration reform this year, or you&#8217;ll lose my support for climate legislation. Now, Reid has called Graham&#8217;s bluff. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know how my friend Lindsey Graham can say this kills energy [legislation],&#8221; Reid said last night, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3552,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-727127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-339R","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3552"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=727127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727127\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}