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Obama Pushes Senate Democrats To Use Their Leverage

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 02.12.2012

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate are using a critical year-end spending bill as political leverage to try t...

Sam Stein

Gibbs Doesn't See A 'Come To Jesus' Moment On Earmarks Between Obama And Reid

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration isn't shying away from the president's threat to veto any piece of legislation that includes earmarks, despite ...

Poll: Obama's Nevada Visit Hurt Reid More Than It Helped

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

President Obama traveled to a fundraiser in Las Vegas in February hoping to aid the uphill reelection campaign of Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid. ...

Reid, Bennet Welcome Obama Help In Senate Campaigns

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

President Barack Obama visits Western battleground states this week in a show of support for two of his party's vulnerable 2010 candidates, in particu...

White House To Reid: Cut A Deal With Lieberman

Posted 05.25.2011

Politico reported Monday afternoon that the White House is urging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to cut a deal with Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-...

Sam Stein

Obama Health Care Adviser Denies Rift With Reid

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

The president's top health care adviser insisted on Tuesday that reports indicating distance between the White House and Senator Harry Reid, (D-Nev.) ...

Obama, Reid Oppose Torture Commission

New York Times | David M. Herszenhorn and Carl Hulse | Posted 05.25.2011

Senate Democratic leaders, joining forces with the Obama White House, said they would resist efforts by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other prominent...

Obama To Headline Fund Raiser For Reid

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

President Obama is evidently eager to keep Senator Harry Reid as his top Senate ally. In what appears to be a first, party operatives said the presid...

Obama To Meet With Congressional Leaders On Economy

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

President-elect Barack Obama plans to meet on Monday with Democratic and Republican congressional leaders to discuss their legislative agendas includi...

Sam Stein

All 50 Dem Senators Call On Blagojevich To Step Down

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Update 12/11 - 3:59PM ET: Democratic National Committee chair Howard Dean issued a statement calling for Blagojevich's resignation: The arrest of an...

Reid Asks For Cash; Obama Says No

Politico | Posted 05.25.2011

Earlier this month, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made a personal appeal to Barack Obama: Help me grow the Democrats' Senate majority by sharing s...

Reid, Pelosi Meet With Members Of Obama's Vetting Team

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — Barack Obama ramped up his search for a running mate on Monday, consulting with one congressional ally by phone and dispatching mem...