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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (574431)	6/30/2010 1:17:33 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1579809

Biden Accuses GOPers Of Forcing "No" Votes June 29, 2010 2:51 PM By Reid Wilson VP Joe Biden on Monday accused Senate GOPers of holding their top members' votes hostage in exchange for ranking committee posts, assailing the GOP as sitting "on the sidelines" while the economy nearly collapsed. "I know at least 7 [GOP] senators, who I will not name, but were made to make a commitment under threat of losing their chairmanships, if they did not support the leadership on every procedural vote," Biden said at a fundraiser Monday night. "Every single thing we did, from the important to the not so important, required for the first time in modern American history, majority votes required 60 votes. All the sudden a majority became 60 instead of 50," the VP added, according to a pool report of the event. Senate GOP sources refused to comment on Biden's assertions on the record, calling them absurd. Such arm-twisting routinely happens in the House, but it's much less common in the Senate, where an individual member has far greater power. "If the Vice President of the United States is going to make an accusation of this magnitude, he needs to prove it," said RNC communications director Doug Heye. "Otherwise, this is more than just the Biden gaffe of the day, it is a scurrilous accusation with no merit that warrants an immediate retraction." Biden's office did not respond to emails seeking clarification. Biden made the remarks at a fundraising reception in his home town, where he stopped to raise money for New Castle Co. Exec. Chris Coons (D). Coons is running against Rep. Mike Castle (R) in a battle for Biden's old Senate seat; Sen. Ted Kaufman (D) is retiring at the end of his term. "I love my Republican friends," Biden said. But the GOP was sitting "on the sidelines" as Dems worked to rebuild the economy, he charged. "All the difficult votes we had to take, can you ever think of a time in your political memory when you couldn't find one single Republican vote?" hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com