Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., publicly pointed his finger Tuesday night at a “senator” who he says, “broke his word to me.” Reid was taking a swipe at Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., after Reid failed to get the votes needed to end debate on the financial regulation bill. Brown confirmed he was the “senator” [...]
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said he hopes to pass Wall Street reform by Thursday and move to a $59 billion emergency spending bill. Reid told colleagues Wednesday the Senate needs to pass the emergency spending bill, which includes $33.5 billion to fund military operations, and a package of expiring provisions by the Memorial [...]
Sharron Angle (R-NV), a conservative Republican running to replace U.S. Senator Harry Reid (D-NV), learned on Wednesday that another major endorser has formally weighed in on the Nevada GOP Primary, this time from the Club for Growth,a leading free-market group that promotes limited government and no tax hikes. “Sharron Angle is everything a pro-growth, limited-government, [...]
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is confident he can get 60 votes Thursday to cut off debate on the financial reform bill in the Senate — but that’s got Wall Street banks scrambling to head off provisions in the bill they view as devastating. On Wednesday, Reid accused Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) of reneging on [...]
Sen. Jim DeMint, R-S.C., wants the government to finish building the 700-mile fence between the U.S. and Mexico. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., wants to end the health insurance industry’s antitrust protection. West Virginia’s two senators want help with mine and oil rig safety. They all want to add these things to the financial regulatory overhaul [...]
In “The Good Fight,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s 2008 autobiography, he writes of then-Republican Sen. Arlen Specter – he’s always with us when we don’t need him. No more. After Specter was defeated Tuesday night in the Democratic primary to Rep. Joe Sestak, Reid acknowledged the loss. “Without Arlen’s support, we could not have [...]
In their final debate before the June 8 primary, Republican Senate candidates made their best cases Tuesday for why they — and not their opponents — would be the toughest challenger to take on Democratic leader Harry Reid come November. GOP front-runner Sue Lowden argued she had created jobs and made payroll as a casino [...]
Stocks sank on Tuesday, driven lower as the strengthening of financial regulation from Wall Street to Frankfurt crushed bank stocks, adding to worries about the sustainability of the global economic recovery. In Washington, several Republicans will vote with Democrats to wrap up debate on the sweeping reform of financial regulations and move toward final passage, [...]
Democrats are trying to wear down Republicans with one request after another to dramatically increase the liability caps for oil companies, forcing Republicans to look like they’re objecting to something that would hurt the oil industry. For the second time in two weeks Tuesday, Democrats in the Senate asked for a quick voice vote — [...]
Five Republicans who want the chance to unseat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid are meeting in a televised forum just days before the start of early voting. The one-hour face-off with candidates Sharron Angle, John Chachas, Chad Christensen, Sue Lowden and Danny Tarkanian comes Tuesday as the race appears to be tightening. The candidates will [...]
