Tuesdays on the Senate floor Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid told the story of local rodeos hosting slippery pig contests where children try and catch the tiny greased pigs saying, “Pigs are a little slippery to begin with, but you cover them with grease, they’re really slippery.”
Reid continued, “Mr. President the reason I mention this, often times when working with my Senate Republican colleagues reminds me of chasing one of these little pigs in these pig contests. Regardless of all our efforts, any time we get close to making progress it seems as though we watch it slip from our hands and Republicans scamper away.”…
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