President Obama On Harry Reid Retirement: ‘The Senate Will Not Be The Same Without Him’
President Obama praised Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid today after the Nevada Democrat announced he won’t run for re-election in 2016.
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Reid Announces Retirement, GOP Campaign Committee Does Early Victory Lap
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid will not be seeking re-election in 2016. The former majority leader, who has been a top target for Republican ire, released a video message Friday citing his New Year’s Day exercise injuries, saying they provided him “down time.”
DHS Official Pressured Bureaucrats To Approve Immigrant Visas Wanted By Harry Reid, Terry McAuliffe, IG Says
A high ranking Department of Homeland Security official exerted improper influence on the granting of immigration benefits for politically connected individuals, according to a new government report.
GOP Chides Dems For Blocking On Human Trafficking Bill, Dems Slam GOP For Lynch Delay
Nothing’s moving in the Senate. Democrats won’t allow a human trafficking bill to come to the floor, so GOP leaders won’t allow a vote on Loretta Lynch’s nomination for attorney general.
Harry Reid: Loretta Lynch Delay ‘A Sham,’ GOP ‘Out Of Excuses’
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) slammed Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) for delaying a vote on attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch’s confirmation until the Senate clears a human trafficking bill.
McConnell: Senate Will Delay Loretta Lynch Nomination Until Dems Move On Trafficking Bill
There will be no Senate vote on attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch until Democrats stop blocking a human trafficking bill, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says.
Team McConnell Struggles To Defend Decision To Bring Loretta Lynch Up For A Vote
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell doesn’t have to bring U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch, President Barack Obama’s nominee to serve as the next Attorney General of the United States, up on the Senate floor for a vote next week—or ever—if he doesn’t want her confirmed. But he’s doing it anyway.
GOP Sen. Highlights Harry Reid’s Past Opposition To Birthright Citizenship, After Reid Called Effort To End ‘Stupid’
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid says an amendment to eliminate birthright citizenship is “stupid.” But he’s supported such efforts in the past.
Report: Former NAACP Leader Ben Jealous May Run for MD Senate Seat
The former chief of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Benjamin T. Jealous, is said to be considering a run for the US Senate seat in Maryland that is opening up now that Senator Barbara Mikulski has announced her retirement.
Senate Democrats: Hope House GOP Learns To Reject ‘Playbook Of The Right Wing’
Democrats are a minority in both Houses of Congress, but you wouldn’t know it. They’re crowing about forcing the House to accept a Senate-passed DHS spending bill that contains funding for President Obama’s executive amnesty.
Brooks: If Dems Want DHS Funded, Then Quit Filibustering
Representative Mo Brooks (R-AL) defended tying funding for the president’s executive action on immigration to DHS funding on Thursday’s “All In with Chris Hayes” on MSNBC. “I agree with [Sen.] Harry Reid (D-NV), the Department of Homeland Security ought to
Reid Warns House GOP Against Reinserting Anti-Amnesty Riders Into DHS Senate Bill
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is warning House Republicans against adding provisions to block President Obama’s executive amnesty to the “clean” Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill the Senate is expected to pass.
Limbaugh: You Would Think GOP Didn’t Win Last Election
Talk radio host Rush Limbaugh said that judging by developments in the fight over DHS funding “you would have thought that there wasn’t an election last November, and then you would have thought that the election that was last November
Obama’s Keystone XL Veto Is a Harbinger of Vetoes to Come
Barack Obama’s veto of the bill allowing the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline is likely to be a bellwether of vetoes yet to come, reversing a trend in his first six years in office that saw him veto only two bills.
McConnell Caves, But Reid Wants Full Surrender From Boehner As Well
Senate Republicans are ready to cave in on DHS funding. But Minority Leader Harry Reid may prove to be a sore winner.
Harry Reid: GOP More Afraid of DREAMers than ISIS
On Monday, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) accused Republicans of being more afraid of DREAMers than ISIS. Speaking on the Senate floor, Reid listed ISIS’s recent atrocities, including their burning alive of a Jordanian pilot, and the daily cyberterrorism
Harry Reid Set for More Eye Surgery
Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-NV) is slated to have additional eye surgery on Wednesday. The battered leader has been long recovering from what’s been reported as an accident while exercising at home.
Republicans Plan to Blast Democrats for Blocking DHS Funding
For the past week, President Obama and Senate Democrats have spent the past two weeks blasting Republicans after the House passed a bill which included two different proposals to defund Obama’s executive actions on immigration. Republican leaders in Congress, however, haven’t been as aggressive in their messaging strategy.
Harry Reid Raises $1.5 Million for Re-Election
Reports indicate Sen. Harry Reid has $1.5 million in the bank heading into the 2016 cycle.
ABC News: Reid Pressured Officials To Fast-Track Investor Visas
An ABC News report accuses the leader of the Democrats in the Senate of pressing immigration officials to fast-track investor visas.
Harry Reid Back on Senate Floor
“We should pass a homeland security bill with no strings attached to it,” said Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) after returning to the Senate floor for the first time since injuring himself severely while exercising in his bathroom at home.
Injured Harry Reid Conducts Business from Luxury Condo
A New York Times piece means to portray ailing Senate Democrat Leader Harry Reid as still in command while holed-up in “a well-appointed one-bedroom condominium at the Ritz-Carlton on M Street.”
Harry Reid Praised Swap That Released Taliban Fighter Seeking to Return to Terrorism
Sen. Harry Reid once praised the prisoner swap that freed Bowe Bergdahl last year.
Sen. Durbin Praises McConnell’s Leadership: This ‘Is The Senate I Remember’
Sen. Durbin thanks Sen. McConnell for returning the Senate to a more normal way of operating.
An Aging Harry Reid Blinded by Injury Fights to Remain Relevant
While Politico dances around the subject, the portrait they paint of an aging and seriously injured Democrat Sen Minority Leader Harry Reid is inescapable.
