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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

Reid Goes 'Nuclear'

The Huffington Post | Gabrielle Dunkley | Posted 05.17.2013 | Politics

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has told top advisers that he is prepared to take action if Senate Republicans block three upcoming nominat...

Reid Goes 'Nuclear'

The Washington Post | Posted 05.17.2013 | Politics

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is increasingly focused on the month of July as the time to exercise the so-called ā€œnuclear optionā€ and revisit ...

Amanda Terkel

Harry Reid: Benghazi Won't Stop Hillary Clinton In 2016

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.15.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Wednesday that the Republican obsession with Benghazi is nothing but an effort to go aft...

Reid Shuns Former GOP Senator For Fathering Son From Extramarital Affair

The Huffington Post | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 05.08.2013 | Politics

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said he declined a request from former Sen. Pete Domenici to meet last week, pointing to the New Mexico Rep...

Chelsea Kiene

Ted Cruz: Defund Obamacare Or Risk Government Shutdown

HuffingtonPost.com | Chelsea Kiene | Posted 03.14.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Ted Cruz says that he is expecting a vote Wednesday on his amendment to defund Obamacare until economic growth is restored, adding ...

Harry Reid Pick Drops From U.S. Judge Nomination

AP | MICHELLE RINDELS | Posted 05.08.2013 | Politics

LAS VEGAS — A state judge from Las Vegas is abandoning her bid for a federal judgeship after she became embroiled in the national gun control de...

Republican Faces Damaging Allegations On 'Totally Inappropriate' Actions

AP | MICHELLE L. PRICE | Posted 01.31.2013 | Politics

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah's new attorney general was in office for only six days by the time people started calling for his resignation. Republican John...

Filibluster: Senate Rules Deal Yields Good and Bad News

Jonathan Backer | Posted 03.31.2013 | Politics
Jonathan Backer

Despite the severity of the problem and Harry Reid's apparent determination to fix it, the negotiated package of reforms is pretty tepid. Nevertheless, months of debate about Senate dysfunction and passionate grassroots involvement on the issue did achieve some progress.

Harry Reid Picking Up Where GOP Left Off

AP | Posted 01.22.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The Senate Democratic leader is promising to act this year on legislation that went nowhere in the last Congress, including aid to victi...

Senator Harry Reid and Guns: Time to Take a Stand

Medea Benjamin | Posted 02.19.2013 | DC
Medea Benjamin

With President Obama insisting that preventing gun violence will be a second-term policy priority, and Harry Reid not facing re-election until 2016, perhaps the senator will now be willing to stand up to the NRA? The clock is ticking.

Michael McAuliff

Harry Reid To GOP: Dance With Me

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 11.07.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Dance with me, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said to Republicans the day after his party humbled the GOP in Senate contests...

Harry Reid: Mitt Romney Trip To Louisiana 'Height Of Hypocrisy'

The Huffington Post | Elise Foley | Posted 08.31.2012 | Politics

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) criticized GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Friday for traveling to Louisiana to survey damage left ...

Romney Defends Decision Not To Release More Tax Returns, Says He's 'Not A Business'

The Huffington Post | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 08.09.2012 | Politics

Mitt Romney continued to defend his decision to not release more tax returns in an interview with Businessweek published on Thursday, saying he is "no...

Workers Voice, AFL-CIO Super PAC, Joins Harry Reid In Romney Tax Return Fight

The Huffington Post | Sabrina Siddiqui | Posted 08.06.2012 | Politics

Workers Voice, the super PAC of the AFL-CIO, is supporting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the fight over Mitt Romney's tax returns. The super...

Ponies and Stripes Forever: The Olympics' Shameless Polo Product Placement

Anne Zeiser | Posted 09.19.2012 | Media
Anne Zeiser

So it seems the mega-pony on the U.S. uniform represents how we have sold our loftiest commodity -- our national honor -- to corporate branding.

Michael McAuliff

Harry Reid Unveils Senate Democrats' Tax Cut Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 07.17.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats fired the latest volley in the battle to claim the high ground on tax cuts Tuesday, proposing a plan similar to Preside...

Michael McAuliff

Harry Reid Mocks Mitt Romney's Money Shuffles

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 07.12.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Citing a new report finding America's tax rates at the lowest level since 1979, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid mocked wealthy GOP pre...

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowd (Funding)

Barbara Roper | Posted 05.06.2012 | Business
Barbara Roper

Although the bills making up the JOBS Act are typically described as "non-controversial," they have been severely criticized by leading securities law experts and are opposed by investor advocates and unions, among others.

Ryan Grim

Harry Reid Mocks His Own Chamber

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 02.29.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Today's Senate is such a dysfunctional mess that it has become a joke even to the beleaguered man tasked with running it. Senate Majo...

Michael McAuliff

Schumer: GOP Congress Has Lost The Art Of Obstruction

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 02.03.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Congressional Republicans have lost their roadblock mojo, Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer said Thursday, suggesting GOP members may be try...

Michael McAuliff

Harry Reid Runs Up Score Against Tea Party

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.23.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- You can forgive Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) if he's feeling like a Tea Party slayer. He not only led a stinging rebuke...

Michael McAuliff

Harry Reid Pitches $60 Billion In Latest Jobs Twist

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 12.21.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- A day after failing to advance one part of President Barack Obama's jobs plan in the Senate, Democrats moved on to another Friday, annou...

Debt Ceiling Deal Not Such A Deal For Graduate Students

CNN Money | Jennifer Liberto | Posted 10.02.2011 | Business

WASHINGTON (CNNMoney) -- Some students will start owing more on their loans while they're in school under a last-minute debt ceiling deal to keep the ...

Sam Stein

Reid Vote Delayed To Sunday As Hints Of Deal Emerge

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.29.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- A final Senate vote on raising the nation's debt ceiling was put off 12 more hours as the two sides inched toward a long-sought agreemen...

What the Debt Crisis Should Be About

Kit Gallant | Posted 09.28.2011 | Politics
Kit Gallant

Congress should do what the American people want done. In this case, that means raising taxes on the rich and cutting defense spending.