This is pretty funny. Obama's plan was so bad that Reid won't allow a vote to avoid the humiliation. Reid blocks Senate vote on Obama's deficit-reduction plan By Ramsey Cox - 12/05/12 04:03 PM ET Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Wednesday offered an amendment to force a vote on President Obamaâs deficit-reduction plan, but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) was having none of it. âLast week [Treasury] Secretary [Timothy] Geithner brought up a proposal that was so unserious,â McConnell said on the floor, âI would like to see if my Democratic friends would like to support it.â McConnell suggested that the Senate vote on what he called the presidentâs âridiculousâ plan as an amendment to the Russian trade bill that is being considered. Reid, however, objected to McConnellâs suggestion, saying the Russian trade bill, H.R. 6156, is about job creation, not political stunts from Republicans. âThe purpose of this bill is to protect American jobs,â Reid said. âAre we going to get serious here and legislate or is this more of the political stunts that the Republican leader is going to pull today?â