Last week Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) went on a tirade on the Senate floor blasting Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. He referred to him as a spoiled brat" a con artist" and a human leech who will bleed the country."
His speech likely violated Senate ethics rules. Members of both the Senate and the House are prohibited from conducting political campaign activity in a federal building. The applicable ethics rule states The General Appropriations statute 31 U.S.C § 1301 provides that official funds are to be used only for the purposes for which they were appropriated. No official resources may be used to conduct campaign activities."
This wouldnt be the first time Reid has attacked the Republican presidential nominee from the Senate floor right before the election. In 2012 he accused Mitt Romney in a speech of not paying taxes for most of the past 12 years and directly addressed his campaign for president This week we learned Mitt Romney only wants to be president of half of the United States. If Mitt Romney were president he wouldnt waste time worrying about the 47 percent of Americans who he believes are victims who Romney believes are unwilling to take personal responsibility."
A senior Senate Republican aide told The Hill Hes campaigning on the Senate floor. Its the taxpayer-funded Senate floor. The speech had nothing to do with the Senate. It was a pure campaign speech. You couldnt give it in the rotunda. You couldnt give it in my office. Its a taxpayer-funded building." Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) piled on after Reids speech continuing the criticism of Romney.
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Last week Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) went on a tirade on the Senate floor blasting Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. He referred to him as a spoiled brat" a con artist" and a human leech who will bleed the country."
His speech likely violated Senate ethics rules. Members of both the Senate and the House are prohibited from conducting political campaign activity in a federal building. The applicable ethics rule states The General Appropriations statute 31 U.S.C § 1301 provides that official funds are to be used only for the purposes for which they were appropriated. No official resources may be used to conduct campaign activities."
This wouldnt be the first time Reid has attacked the Republican presidential nominee from the Senate floor right before the election. In 2012 he accused Mitt Romney in a speech of not paying taxes for most of the past 12 years and directly addressed his campaign for president This week we learned Mitt Romney only wants to be president of half of the United States. If Mitt Romney were president he wouldnt waste time worrying about the 47 percent of Americans who he believes are victims who Romney believes are unwilling to take personal responsibility."
A senior Senate Republican aide told The Hill Hes campaigning on the Senate floor. Its the taxpayer-funded Senate floor. The speech had nothing to do with the Senate. It was a pure campaign speech. You couldnt give it in the rotunda. You couldnt give it in my office. Its a taxpayer-funded building." Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) piled on after Reids speech continuing the criticism of Romney.
Read the rest of the article at The Stream