Another awesome display of douchebaggery.
Via Floor Action Blog:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) opened the Senate after more than a month of recess on Monday by chastising Tea Party Republicans for obstructionist tactics they employed last year.
“Influenced by these Tea Party voices, Republicans forced us to waste months on routine legislation that nearly shut down our government and held hostage the full faith and credit of the United States,” said Reid referring to the bitter debt ceiling fight that consumed much of last summer.
Reid went on to say he hoped that this year Republicans would desist from turning the mundane elements of governing into battles that threatened to shut down the government.