Reid lays down the agenda and the law

One of the greatest complaints about the recent Republican lead Congress has been to relative lack of work done. Aside from creating a seriously flawed Medicare drug plan and wrecking our fiscal affairs, the outgoing Congress has very little to show for its efforts. Harry Reid says he is going to correct that.

WASHINGTON - Ethics reform, a higher minimum wage and more money for stem cell research are the top items on the Senate agenda next year, incoming Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday in an interview with The Associated Press.
Reid said he will tackle those priorities after cleaning up the "financial mess" that the outgoing Republican leadership has left. He was referring to nine long overdue appropriations bills covering 13 Cabinet departments for the budget year that began Oct. 1.

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Reid also said he's doing away with the "do-nothing Congress" that Democrats campaigned against this year as they ousted the Republican majority in both chambers of Congress. The Nevada Democrat, who is wrapping up his final days as Senate minority leader, will take control of the Senate agenda when the new Congress takes the oath of office in January.
"We're going to put in some hours here that haven't been put in in a long time," Reid said. That means "being here more days in the week and we start off this year with seven weeks without a break. That hasn't been done in many, many years here."

I love the top three priorities he has set out. Give ‘em hell, Harry, give ‘em hell.