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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, speaks with Senate
Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh,
File) | File/AP     "What are you talking about?" Reid asked.
The encounter occurred soon after Reid took to the Senate floor
and argued that Boehner could have ended the fiscal cliff
standoff by bringing up legislation passed by the Senate for a
vote. Reid also accused Boehner of catering to members of his
party rather than serving the country.  "The American people I
don't think understand the House of Representatives is operating
without the House of Representatives," Reid said. "It's being
operated by a dictatorship of the speaker, not allowing the vast
majority of the House of Representatives to get what they want."
Despite the name-calling and angry rhetoric, a deal on the
fiscal cliff was approved by both houses of Congress on Jan. 1.
The Senate passed the bil