Reid ready to leave D.C. “morass”

The U.S. Senate is expected to approve a short-term spending bill tonight to keep government afloat while senators head home to campaign, not to return until after the November mid-term elections.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told reporters this afternoon it had become impossible to pass bills, charging the Republican minority has worked in lockstep to block every action. He said he hopes that may change after the election.

“When we come back this fall the election will be over and hopefully it also mean that the government will finally be able to put the American people's interests ahead of short term political interests,” Reid said.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Democrats are scrambling to leave town because none of their issues are popular.

“Their pollsters have told them there is almost nothing they can talk about,” McConnell said. “That is the reason we will be heading out of town to make our cases to the American people this November.”

Reid said he would be glad to get home soon and away from the gridlock on Capitol Hill.

“I've spent a lot of time here working through the procedural morass that the Senate has become,” he sighed.