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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi wants Speaker John Boehner to bring a vote on a permanent extension of the tax rates for the middle class as early as next week. In a letter being released Wednesday, the California Democrat said the revenues for raising tax rates for those earning more than $1 million a year could be used to help pay down the deficit. “It is unacceptable to hold tax cuts for ...

WASHINGTON -- The top Democrat in charge of protecting his party's majority in the Senate thinks it can be done. But he's deeply concerned his organization won't have the money to do it.Guy Cecil, the executive director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, figures the odds of preventing Mitch McConnell from taking Harry Reid's gavel have improved over the last six months, to the poi...

Harry Reid to ask Senate for approval of new oil, economic sanctions aimed at pressing Iran to abandon its nuke program.

Senator Harry Reid belatedly recognizes he should have changed the rules on filibusters, which have become a daily impediment to Senate operations.

In 2010, there was an effort -- led mostly by freshmen Democratic senators like Tom Udall and Jeff Merkley -- to reform the filibuster. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid squelched their campaign. Last night, he apologized to them on the Senate floor: Read full article >>

Nevada Senator Harry Reid told reporters in Washington, DC that he would vote in favor of same-sex marriage in his state because it's a view that 'will carry the future.'

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he believes marriage should be between a man and a woman but that states should decide whether it's legal for same-sex couples to marry....

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will renominate Republican Kristine Svinicki to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, defying opposition from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a White House official told Reuters on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will renominate Republican Kristine Svinicki to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, defying opposition from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a White House official told Reuters on Thursday.

VICTORVILLE, Calif. (AP) -- On a dusty, rock-strewn expanse at the edge of the Mojave Desert, a company linked to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants to build a bullet train that would rocket tourists from the middle of nowhere to the gambling palaces of Las Vegas....

Senator Harry Reid said that a vote on whether to bring the bill to the Senate floor for final action would be delayed until Wednesday morning.

Remember that special moment when we all realized that the Web was going to remake yard sales and auctions, but we didn't know who was going to win yet?

Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping met here Wednesday with leaders of the US Congress, including House Speaker John Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he is prepared to bring his own payroll tax cut extension bill to the floor if the conference committee doesn't come to a deal soon, as Democrats cite obstruction from GOP.Senate Passes Insider Trading Ban

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Tuesday the appointment of the first woman parliamentarian in the chamber since that position was created in the 1930s.

Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, on Friday called off a scheduled vote on the anti-Internet piracy bill that had rallied the Web, and House leaders took steps to slow legislation as well.

Mashable: "Lamar Smith, the chief sponsor of SOPA, said on Friday that he is pulling the bill 'until there is wider agreement on a solution.' ... and ... “'In light of recent events, I have decided to postpone Tuesday’s vote on the PROTECT IP Act,' said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) in a statement [...]

Washington (dpa) - Die Gegner einer schärferen Internet-Regulierung in den USA sind nach ihrem Protesttag weiter obenauf. Der demokratische Mehrheitsführer im Senat, Harry Reid, verschob eine ...

Senator Harry Reid, the majority leader, on Friday called off a scheduled vote on the anti-Internet piracy bill that had rallied the Web, and House leaders took steps to slow legislation as well.

The anti-SOPA Day of Protest ripples continue to spread. On Friday morning, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) put the brakes on a PROTECT…

Der Protest zeigt Wirkung: Die Abstimmung über ein umstrittenes US-Gesetz gegen illegale Raubkopien im Internet findet nun nicht wie geplant kommende Woche statt. Senator Harry Reid kündigte nach massiven Protesten von Unternehmen und Website-Betreibern an, einen Kompromiss zu suchen.

Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid on Friday abruptly postponed a showdown vote in his chamber, initially set for next week, on an online anti-piracy bill.

After a day of widespread online protests against a pair of bills in Congress, both bills have now been tabled. Hearings on the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) had already been cancelled, but the Senate's Protect IP Act (PIPA) was still scheduled for a vote. This morning the sponsor of teh bill, Senator Harry Reid tweeted: "In light of recent events, I have decided to postpone Tuesday's vote on ...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) on Friday delayed indefinitely a vote on the Protect IP Act, the proposed anti-piracy legislation that drew a widespread internet revolt Wednesday. Reid's announcement means that, for the moment, there is no time-certain action scheduled on either the Senate version of the anti-piracy legislation or the House version, the Stop Online Piracy Act.

Congress is moving closer to taking up comprehensive cybersecurity legislation, and a Senate aide confirmed this week that Majority Leader Harry Reid will bring a package to the floor before President’s Day. Read full article >>

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is defending Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko after four other NRC commissioners said Jaczko's actions were harming the agency....