Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has announed his priorities for the Senate: Stem Cell research, ethics reform, and raising the minimum wage. Stem Cell research, which was past by the 109th Congress, was the only bill to have been vetoed by President Bush. Reid says he hopes the President is willing to work with the new congress, but thus far does not see much of an effort. The Senate, which holds a hairline Democrat majority, lacks to guarantee the two-thirds majority that would be needed to override any possible vetoes. Also, Reid wants to achieve a fiscal overhaul in Congress, much of which he blames the Republican majority for damaging. "Citizens Against Government Waste, a taxpaper watchdog group, said there were 9,963 such projects in the spending bills for the 2006 budget year, costing $29 billion." As far as the minimum wage, he hopes to raise it from $5.15 to $7.25. This is the only proposal that the White House has shown any interest in.
(Source: Associated Press)
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