With the sequester imminent and no substantial progress made, conservatives took a break from stockpiling guns and switched to stockpiling canned goods. Asked about running for reelection, Harry Reid replied, "Sure, why not?" which is an OK answer if someone offers you half a Twix. And a House member is inviting his colleagues to "Grab free donuts and coffee before Obama grabs your gun!" Attention FBI: All the members of Congress who come to work ARMED will be gathered in the same room soon. This is HUFFPOST HILL for Thursday, February 21st, 2013:
OPPOSITION POLS SPEAK TO ONE ANOTHER, WASHINGTON OVERJOYED - "With just more than a week before automatic spending cuts hit, President Barack Obama called Speaker John A. Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday morning in what Republicans say were his first substantive conversations with the GOP leaders this year. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney and Republican aides declined to comment on the substance of the conversations -- usually a good sign in Washington -- even as they continued to trade talking points over who is to blame for the sequester and who is holding the military and other government programs hostage for political advantage." [Roll Call]
CHUCK GRASSLEY AFRAID OF NATIVE AMERICAN COURTS - Chuck Grassley, who is already the closest thing Congress has to a crotchety 1860s homesteader, does not trust America's indigenous population. Jen Bendery: "Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) didn't vote for the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization bill when it passed the Senate last week. And on Wednesday, he gave a blunt reason why: he doesn't think tribal courts are capable of giving a fair trial to non-Native Americans. Grassley was holding a town hall meeting in Indianola, Iowa, when a constituent asked him about his VAWA vote. Think Progress reported on the meeting and posted a video of Grassley's response, during which he argued that, since reservations are made up of Native Americans, those jurists wouldn't be fair to a non-Native American. 'If you have a jury, the jury is supposed to be a reflection of society,' Grassley said. 'Under the laws of our land, you've got to have a jury that is a reflection of society as a whole, and on an Indian reservation, it's going to be made up of Indians, right? So the non-Indian doesn't get a fair trial.'" [HuffPost]
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