Breitbart News previously reported on the Senate rejecting Caitlin Halligan’s nomination to be a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Now Halligan has withdrawn her nomination, and President Barack Obama is outraged that senators
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has vowed to push his caucus’ budget plan through the Senate before the Easter recess. The plan raises taxes by over $1 Trillion and increases net spending. It doesn’t achieve balance and adds trillions to
(Image from the Las Vegas Sun) If Harry Reid is concerned with gun safety, he might learn to keep his finger off the trigger until his sights are on target. The Hill is reporting that Harry Reid (D-NV) will include
The White House and their allies are not going to give up on an assault weapons ban, even though Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid cut the assault weapons ban out of the gun control bill that the Senate will consider.
Former prominent lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who spent several years in prison convicted of corruption-related crimes, told Breitbart News that Democratic Party mega-donor Dr. Salomon Melgen and New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez have followed the corruption playbook with which he
Former Rep. Allen West:
Conservative radio host Mark Levin has slammed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) for implying on Tuesday that the deaths of seven U.S. Marines in a training accident in Nevada was the result of budget cuts in the sequester that
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) boasted Tuesday that despite the shelving of her federal assault weapons ban bill by Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), she will not go quietly into the night. Feinstein said, “This is very important to me
New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez’s Democratic Party mega-donor Dr. Salomon Melgen cozied up to President Barack Obama, Politico reports. “He posed for pictures with President Barack Obama, flew Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on his private jet and sought
President Obama has blamed sequestration for everything from cutting White House tours to the possibility of first responders being laid off. But on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) did Obama one better: he blamed sequestration for the accidental
During comments of condolences on the accidental deaths of seven Marines, Senate Majority lLeader Harry Reid implied that the sequester cuts played a role in the tragedy prompting a strong and angry reaction from the Marine officials. “As I indicated,
In response to Stupid Plane Stunts: While you’re watching them melt the Blue Angels down into raw material for robot squirrels, paper clips to hold ObamaCare regulations, and luggage tags for the Royal Family’s next multi-million-dollar vacation, enjoy a laugh
Late Sunday evening, in the aftermath of reports that House Republican leadership was considering passage of bills on major issues like gun control and immigration without a majority of House Republicans in support, Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy reached out to
The reason Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid interrupted when he did was likely in the hopes of stealing some of Rand Paul’s thunder in tonight’s Nightly News broadcasts. That little bit of tension, he hopes, will be what the networks
Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) said shortly after he arrived in the Senate after being elected in 2010, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) let him know the Senate was not going to accomplish anything until after the 2012 presidential election.
On Monday, the pro-Second Amendment group Gun Owners of America claimed that several U.S. Senators told them that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is “twisting arms to get support for one of the most anti-gun judicial nominees in recent memory.”
The House Conference released this video, this morning, beckoning the president to get off the campaign trail, and get to work in DC on a Sequester deal. The president is playing a dangerous game of chicken with Republicans. He’s saying
Boxer Manny “Pacman” Pacquaio does not want to fight in the United States anymore after President Barack Obama and Congress decided to raise the top income tax rate to 39.6% in a deal to temporarily avert the so-called fiscal cliff.
In defending the nomination of Chuck Hagel on Feb. 14, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) complained that the insinuation that “the administration hasn’t been forthcoming about Benghazi is outlandish.” Reid went on to say the Senate Armed Services committee
Following the Republican filibuster of Sec. of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel, a shocked Harry Reid (D-NV) said he was going to call Hagel and apologize over the fact that the confirmation had been stopped. Said Reid: They are filibustering him.
After Republicans mustered a filibuster to block the confirmation of Chuck Hagel as Secretary of Defense, the left is raging at… Harry Reid, for backing down on his pledge to “reform” (i.e. remove) the filibuster from the Senate rules (no
The Senate has failed, 40-58, to pass a motion by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to close debate on the nomination of Chuck Hagel to the post of Secretary of Defense. A Republican filibuster held, as Democrats failed to muster
On Feb. 13, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) attacked Republicans threatening a filibuster of Chuck Hagel’s nomination for Secretary of Defense and set a vote to end debate for Friday. Calling it “a shame,” Reid said, “This the first time
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has said that he will not honor any requests for a “hold” on the confirmation of former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) as Secretary of Defense. That means Hagel’s vote will proceed to the Senate
On Friday, the New York Times called for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to remove Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) from his position as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Late Monday, after a damaging investigative report in the Times
Dr. Salomon Melgen, the Florida doctor at the center of the influence peddling controversy surrounding Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ), donated more than $700,000 to support the Senator’s reelection. Breitbart News has confirmed that Melgen also gave four New Jersey Democratic
The New York Times has called on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to remove New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez from his chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Under the editorial headline “Mr. Menendez’s Ethics Problem,” the newspaper said
Sen. Harry Reid tells ABC that the country needs more tax increases (February 3, 2013).
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has backed off his ardent defense of New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez amid the scandal crashing down on his colleague. In an interview on ABC News’ This Week today, Reid admitted the existence of
Outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General John Dempsey offered their support to former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) this morning after Hagel endured a difficult confirmation hearing last week in the Senate. Separately, Senate
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who is an expert on economics, said Thursday the American economy is “in a recovery.” Reid’s comment was a response to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) remarks blaming the White House for the
A New York Times article worth reading, stuffed full of information. It’s about Menendez’s “favors” on behalf of his good “friend,” millionaire opthamologist and/or James Bond Villain Dr. Salamon Melgen. Investigators are trying to determine whether Melgen or Menendezis more
SENATOR HARRY REID: Mr. President, just a brief comment on my friend, the Republican leader’s, statement. He continues bad-mouthing the recovery . We are in a recovery. The moral of the fourth quarter is a repudiation of the Republican playbook.
On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D, NV) took a pass on directly supporting the most talked about Democrat-sponsored anti-gun legislation in Washington. The bill, proposed by California’s Dianne Feinstein (D, CA), would renew and enlarge a federal ban on
From Matthew Boyle, Breitbart News: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid criticized conservative media investigating New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez’s alleged solicitation of prostitutes in the Dominican Republic and the FBI inquiry into the matter on Tuesday. At his weekly
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid criticized conservative media investigating New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez’s alleged solicitation of prostitutes in the Dominican Republic and the FBI inquiry into the matter on Tuesday. At his weekly press conference, Breitbart News asked
Barack Obama, his Democratic Party, and most of the major groups that form the American Left thought that Obama’s election victory was a guarantor of virtually any agenda they wished to pursue in 2013. They’re finding out it won’t be
President Obama jokes about Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid taking a pen as a memento on Inauguration Day.
At 11:35 am, shortly before Vice-President Biden and President Obama were sworn in at today’s inauguration ceremony, Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) delivered a brief speech extolling the tradition of the peaceful transfer of power in the United States: Ladies and gentlemen, the
