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Senator Harry Reid

Save the Senate: Bring Back the Filibuster

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 01.07.2010 | Politics

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Aaron Zelinsky

To end legislative gridlock, Sen. Reid should not get rid of the filibuster: He should bring it back. What we have today is a cheap and easy filibuster-lite; Reid should reestablish the real thing.

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Hypocritical Outrage: Why the Process of Engineering This Health Reform Bill Is No Uglier Than the Rest of Congress' Handiwork

Tanya M. Acker | Posted 01.04.2010 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Senator Harry Reid, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Health Care, Senator Ben Nelson, Politics News
Tanya M. Acker

Obviously this process has been as ugly as that which attends most significant legislation. To suggest it is any uglier is nothing but a passive-aggressive attack against reform.

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Reid 'Confident' Senate Will Pass Health Care Bill

usatoday.com | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he is "confident" the Senate will pass a health care bill, but it will take extra work on weekends in December ...

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Obama Gets 11-Dimensional Chess Win; Epic Fail for Media, GOP

Matt Osborne | Posted 11.20.2009 | Media

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Matt Osborne

The Republican strategy of delay escalated their misfortune; their "tea party" movement is a great, big Teabagger Fail, and the media's credibility is shot right along with them.

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Crashing the Gates of the Status Quo

Robert Creamer | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

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Robert Creamer

If we succeed in winning health insurance reform we will have breached the gates of the status quo. We will demonstrate that fundamental change is possible.

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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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