Sen. Dean Heller (R-NV) offered an amendment to the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill that would define Nevada as a “border state” despite the fact that no part of Nevada’s state borders touch Mexico. “Nevada is a top destination for
On June 11, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) warned that a Republican amendment to strengthen border security is actually a “poison pill” for the immigration reform bill. The amendment, sponsored by Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), “would require the government
By a vote of 82 to 15 on Tuesday, the Senate voted for cloture to proceed to consideration of the Rubio-Schumer immigration bill. The vote begins consideration by the full Senate of the legislation that would legalize 11 million illegal
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) wants to pass the Gang of Eight’s comprehensive immigration reform bill before July 4, and he has given the Senate three weeks to debate the bill. “We are going to finish the bill before
On Friday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he would not allow Senators to file any amendments to the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill when the full Senate takes up the legislation next week. “I have committed to open as possible a process
KOLO: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) lamented in this local interview the fact that he gets hate mail: “When issues come up that are national in scope, the mail that I get and emails and tweets are so mean-spirited,
(AP) Former Nev powerbroker guilty in contribution caseBy SCOTT SONNERAssociated PressRENO, Nev.A former Nevada powerbroker has been convicted of making illegal campaign contributions to Sen. Harry Reid. A federal jury reached its verdict Wednesday in the case against real estate
In a recent interview on the “To the Point” television show in Nevada, Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) said that getting 60 votes on the immigration bill would be “pretty easy.” “I think we have 60 votes. Remember, we start out
Senate Majority leader Harry Reid (R-NV) on MSNBC’s “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell”: LAWRENCE O’DONNELL: There is now a three-party system in the House of Representatives: Democratic Party, Republican Party, and Tea Party. HARRY REID: I believe the Tea
On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pushed back a vote to confirm Richard Cordray until July. President Obama recess appointed Cordray to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and needs to be permanently confirmed by the Senate. Senate
On Friday, former acting IRS Commissioner Steve Miller, testifying before the House Ways and Means Committee, said that America’s tax system is “voluntary.” During the hearing, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA) said in passing that the U.S. tax code is a
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is reportedly getting ready to use the so-called “nuclear option” to change the Senate rules so that 60 votes are no longer needed to break a filibuster. According to the Washington Post, President Barack
Harry Reid: “We’ve listened to my friend, the Republican leader, and Republicans talk for years about regular order.” Reid stated. “I’ve yet to hear an explanation from a Republican leader why his caucus has now reversed that position. We’ve heard
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on freshman GOP Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), offended that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has not deferred to the establishment old guard, called Cruz a “schoolyard bully” on Monday right before Reid promptly cut Cruz off while the freshman senator was speaking.
A libertarian friend, when asked about term limits, replied that if he had to make a choice he would opt against them, regardless of how many years one candidate had been in office. People should have the right, it was
According to Chuck Todd, gun control advocates are targeting Senators who opposed the Manchin-Toomey “compromise” in much the same way that conservatives focused on politicians who supported Obamacare. The goal of gun control proponents is to stir up emotion and
Represent Carolyn McCarthy (D-NV) claims Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) promised Democrats he will “definitely” bring gun control back for another vote this year. Speaking on April 26, McCarthy said: “Reid has already told us that they were definitely
In a letter to Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) claimed that passing the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill will improve the national security of the United States. According to Reid, “[t]he bipartisan immigration reform
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) believes the Tea Party is ideologically similar to anarchists and that government is “inherently good.” Speaking on the Senate floor on Tuesday, Reid said he was frustrated that, “We have a situation where this country has
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)
Since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the number of Saudi Arabian students studying in the United States has jumped over 500%–climbing from 5,579 in the 2001-2002 school year up to 34,139 in 2011-2012. Saudi national Hani Hanjour was in
ObamaCare passed in 2010, but it continues to exert a political gravitational pull on Democrats. On Tuesday, six-term Sen. Max Baucus announced he will retire at the end of his term in 2014, rather than seek reelection in deep-red Montana.
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), Walmart, Amazon, and some Republicans are fighting to ram through an Internet sales tax bill to raise revenues and crush smaller e-commerce competitors. The “Marketplace Fairness Act” (S. 743), a retread of a bill introduced in
After the Boston Marathon bombing, days of armed terrorists on the loose in the Boston area, and a door-to-door search for a terror suspect that ended in gun fire on the night of April 19, gun control will be an
Paul Kane, congressional reporter over at the Washington Post tweeted out last night: Reid will pull the entire gun bill from floor, likely tomorrow. No final vote. It will remain on leg calendar. Brought up some other time. — Paul
Harry Reid “On the anti-gun legislation before the Senate, we are making good progress on the effort to schedule a series of votes on amendments to the anti-gun violence legislation before the Senate.”
SENATOR HARRY REID: Mr. President, I appreciate everyone’s cooperation. I’m glad we were able to get cloture on this legislation. This legislation and this vote that just took place is of course important for our country, especially the people from
Great. Harry Reid is lecturing us on CSPAN-2 right now on the need to come together to do stupid things. Incidentally, Reid forgot his courtesies, and failed to thank CNN for its support.
With Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) reportedly having enough votes to defeat a Republican-led filibuster, the battle over gun control begins in earnest once the legislative package clears its first procedural hurdle Thursday. Reid has two Republicans who have
On April 9, Breitbart News spoke to National Association for Gun Rights (NAGR) Executive Vice President Dudley Brown about the tact his group takes toward preserving the 2nd Amendment and opposing the incremental expansion of government into the private gun
The Senate will vote on Thursday on gun legislation according to Harry Reid. “We need to move to this legislation … and let the cards fall where they may,” he told reporters following a closed-door Democratic meeting Tuesday. Manchin (D-W.Va)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has said he will file for cloture this evening on gun control legislation. The cloture motion allows the Senate to move to consider the legislation under normal debate. The measure needs 60 votes to pass
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on the Senate floor on Tuesday: “Sometimes people in a fit of passion purchase a handgun and do bad things with it. Mr. President, even as my dad did, [he] killed himself. Waiting a
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) says he will join GOP Senators to filibuster a bill expanding gun control regulations if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) brings it up for a vote this week. This puts McConnell shoulder-to-shoulder with Sens. Rand
This week Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) will decide what kind of gun control package to bring to the Senate floor. “Reid will have to decide early in the week whether a bipartisan compromise on background checks is possible or whether a
Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) is working on legislation he plans to offer as an alternative to the gun control Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) will present for a vote next month. Grassley is concerned that the legislation being pushed
Shortly after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) announced that Dianne Feinstein’s “assault weapons” ban was being cut from Democrats’ broader gun control package, a CBS poll shows that public support for any new gun control measures is down considerably. The
