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Leader Reid rules out Senate vote on 'Plan B'

By Alexander Bolton - 12/20/12 02:11 PM ET

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Thursday the Senate will not vote on Speaker John Boehner’s (R-Ohio) "Plan B" to extend tax rates for family income below $1 million.

The Democratic leader blasted Boehner for wasting time on "fiscal cliff" legislation that will not see floor time in the upper chamber.

“We’re not picking up any of the things they’re working on over there now,” Reid told reporters. “It’s very unfortunate Republicans are wasting an entire week on a number of pointless political stunts.”

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