Joe Biden is sick and tired of the GOP's bullshit excuses for not getting anything done, the most recent being their claim that it would be anti-Christian of Democrats to keep the Senate working until Christmas -- even though the GOP is entirely to blame for slowing down the chamber.
“Don’t tell me about Christmas,” a clearly irritated vice president told NBC’s Andrea Mitchell on Wednesday. “I understand Christmas. I have been a senator for a long time. I have been there many years where we go right up to Christmas. There’s 10 days between now and Christmas. I hope I don’t get in the way of your Christmas shopping, but this is about the nation’s business. This is national security at stake. Act. Act.”
Yesterday, Harry Reid said much the same thing as Biden, blasting Republicans for whining about needing to work on Christmas when millions of Americans must do the same. As Reid said, the only reason things are so backed up is because Republicans have chosen to slow the process down. And you know what? Within minutes of Reid's pushback, Republicans caved and finally allowed debate to begin on the long-delayed New START treaty.