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Baucus: All Senate Dems Will Support Health Bill

AP | ERICA WERNER | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — When it comes time to vote, every Democrat in the Senate – and perhaps more than one Republican – will support legislat...

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Harry Reid Abruptly Pulls Support For Levitating Train To Disneyland

Associated Press | Posted 07.11.2009 | Politics

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LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is no longer supporting a proposal to build a magnetic levitating train between Disneyland and Las...

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Ted Kennedy's Cancer In Remission

The Hill | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Edward Kennedy's brain cancer is in remission and the Massachusetts Democrat is expected back in the Senate after the Memorial Day recess, accord...

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David Hayes: Obama Interior Nominee Blocked By GOP

AP | DINA CAPPIELLO | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Republicans blocked President Barack Obama's pick for the No. 2 job at the Interior Department on Wednesday in a dispute over oil a...

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Reid's Specter Deal: Dem Senators Not Pleased

The Hill | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) deal to allow Sen. Arlen Specter to retain his seniority after he switches to the Democratic Conference h...

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Reid: There's "No Big Plot" For Funding Health Care Reform

The Hill | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Tuesday there is "no big plot" to pay for healthcare reform with cap-and-trade revenues in the federal...

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Reid: Congress Intends to Retrieve Stimulus Money From AIG

Posted 04.17.2009 | Politics

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Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday Congress will force executives of American International Group to pay back at least some of the $165 ...

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Ryan Grim

Reid Spokesman: Anti-Earmark Crusader A "Partisan Hack"

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 04.05.2009 | Politics

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Speaking on the Senate floor on Wednesday evening, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) got under the fingernails of the government watchdog group Taxpay...

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Bipartisanship (is) for Dummies

Josh Nelson | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

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Josh Nelson

The idea that we can turn this economy around by caving to the feckless demands of those who screwed it up in the first place is utterly bankrupt.

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GOP Myth: Democrats Want To Spend 'Hundreds Of Millions On Contraceptives'

Think Progress | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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In recent days, conservatives have been stepping up their opposition to any stimulus proposal that favors smart spending over tax cuts for businesses....

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Congress May Soon Freeze Salaries

Politico | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

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President Barack Obama's decision to freeze top White House staff salaries may force members of Congress to do something they never want to do -- bloc...

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Reid Speaks Out In Defense Of Lobbyists

Think Profress | Posted 02.21.2009 | Politics

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), who helped pass legislation in 2007 to limit the influence of lobbyists, invited top lobbyists to join him f...

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Harry Reid In GOP Crosshairs: Group Forms To Unseat Him In 2010

Politico | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

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A conservative organization is set to launch an all-out effort aimed at beating Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in 2010. The American Future Fund ...

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How Questioning The President Went From an Argument to a Conversation

Jason Notte | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

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Jason Notte

After nearly a decade, it's nice to see that Americans can petition their president again.

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Harry Reid: The Most Corrupt of the Corrupt?

Jeff Norman | Posted 02.05.2009 | Politics

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Jeff Norman

It now seems fair to consider the possibility that Reid and his allies might have decided to oppose any Blogojevich appointee ( as an act of political vindictiveness

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Debate -- McCain calls Nuclear Safety Advocates "Extreme Environmentalists"

Steve Parker | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics

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Steve Parker

McCain made a gaffe (not as bad as when he called Obama "Senator Government"), which got me thinking and worried me greatly.

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Americans are driving much less; But one area of the country can't get any gas or diesel at all

Steve Parker | Posted 10.31.2008 | Living

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Steve Parker

Gas shortages through a major swath of the country? Stations running dry? Welcome Back, 1974! When does the rationing start ... again? Americans are ...

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Reid: "Coal Makes Us Sick ..."

A. Siegel | Posted 07.09.2008 | Green

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A. Siegel

Give 'em Hell Harry Reid is turning up the heat and speaking truth to an audience that isn't used to hearing it.

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Reid On Clinton And Obama: "I Need Them Back"

Political Radar | Byron Wolf | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Senate Democrats held a special meeting Thursday to decide on two bills both with a deadline of February 15. In between now and then...is Super Tuesda...

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Reid Issues Ultimatum: More Time Or No Wiretaps

The Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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At a State of the Union preview speech today at the National Press Club, Majority Leader Harry Reid issued a dramatic ultimatum to President Bush: eit...

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Reid Wants Bush To Pressure Pakistan

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday urged President George W. Bush to consider cutting aid to Pakistan unless it restores full civil rights ...

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Sam Stein

Momentum Builds For Dodd Run At Majority Leader

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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As the political season reaches its Iowa caucus climax, momentum is building for Sen. Chris Dodd to parlay his presidential campaign into a bid to cha...

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Reid Considers Extending Protect America Act For One Month

The Hill | Manu Raju | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said Tuesday he would seek to extend a controversial interim wiretapping law through February to avoid the ea...

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Army Desertion Rates Up 80 Percent Since War Began

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Soldiers strained by six years at war are deserting their posts at the highest rate since 1980, with the number of Army deserters this year showing an...

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McCain Calls For An Investigation Into Anti-Mormon Phone Calls

AP | PHILIP ELLIOTT | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Republican John McCain is asking the New Hampshire attorney general to investigate phone calls to voters that pretend to be polls but raise questions ...

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