In USA Today, Steve Deace has a satiric column thanking the people most responsible for cutting his paycheck 5% in 2013. He writes: “After all, who’s more qualified to talk about shared sacrifice than those who can vote themselves pay
When Obama signed his 23 Executive Orders this morning, #16 was to clarify that Obamacare “does not prohibit doctors [from] asking patients about guns in their homes.” Yet it must be understood that even if they ask these questions, they can’t
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) appeared on a local Reno program with Jim Rogers and former Nevada first lady Dawn Gibbons to talk about Reid’s time spent with President Obama. After several minutes of Reid and Rogers fawning
Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) It’s too bad that it’s taking so long. When we had that devastating [Hurricane] Katrina, we were there within days taking care of Mississippi, Alabama, and especially Louisiana — within days. We are now past two
Let me be clear, I do not support default on the debt and we should never default on the debt and the only players who are threatening to default are President Obama and Harry Reid. This is an issue, and
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) will postpone any attempts to alter the filibuster until the Senate resumes work again, which will most likely be on Jan. 22, after President Barack Obama’s inauguration. A Democratic Senate aide said, “Reid is
Last Friday, House Speaker John Boehner told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to simply “Go f–k yourself” as tensions boiled over between the two Congressional leaders days before the country was slated to go over the so-called fiscal cliff. Here’s
Harry Reid on the Senate floor concluding the day’s business on January 1, 2013: “Mr. President, I appreciate everyone, including the presiding officers we’ve had the last few days. And everyone, especially the staff, for working so hard. Everyone’s just
In a report detailing the news that Rep. Shelley Berkley violated House rules, albeit unintentionally, The Hill displayed its usual bias for Democrats and against Republicans. The House Ethics Committee asserted that Berkley and her husband benefited by her improper
(AP) Obama says he is ‘ready and willing’ to get dealBy JIM KUHNHENNAssociated PressWASHINGTONPresident Barack Obama says he is “ready and willing” to get a big package done to deal with the “fiscal cliff” and says there’s no reason not
Reid Attends Opening of Clark County Shooting Park. Uploaded on Apr 1, 2010: Nevada Senator Harry Reid was joined by NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, members of Nevada’s congressional delegation, state and local leaders over the weekend for the
On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said House Speaker John Boehner and House Republicans “have threatened to abandon serious negotiations” to avert the fiscal cliff and warned Boehner’s Plan B counteroffer “will not pass the Senate.” According to The Hill,
(AP) Reid: Boehner fiscal cliff plan can’t pass SenateWASHINGTONSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid says a House Republican backup plan for avoiding the “fiscal cliff” can’t pass the Democratic-run Senate. House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday that he was preparing a
Sen. Daniel Inouye, a Hawaii Democrat, has died. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Inouye’s death on the Senate floor.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) had a disheartening reaction when asked if he would use the power he wields to bring House-passed bills before the Senate: he laughed. Reid tried to excuse his partisanship with explanations of Senate procedures:
Embarrassingly, we’ve all been there. With something of a crush, we try to get the attention of that one special person. We send letters or, in this day, texts. We talk to friends of friends. We make outlandish public displays
Harry Reid “Some Think It’s A Toupee, But Not Me”…
Even though President Barack Obama has not been “engaged” during fiscal cliff negotiations, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has twice rejected opportunities for the Senate to vote on Obama’s plan to avert the fiscal cliff, Stephanie Cutter, the deputy campaign
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) thinks Republicans who are talking about letting the debt limit expire next year are bluffing. On Wednesday, Schumer snarled, “I think they learned their lesson with the debt ceiling, I don’t think it’s leverage for them at all,” citing in
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), who has refused a vote on President Obama’s fiscal cliff plan altogether, today labeled the entire Republican Party extremist – with the exception of some 26 Republicans. “Consider yesterday’s failure, the disabilities convention, at
On Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) turned down an opportunity to allow the Senate to vote on President Barack Obama’s proposal to avert the fiscal cliff, proving that Obama’s plan is so unreasonable that Senate Democrats do not
More bloviating from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid came on Tuesday in an attempt to excuse Democrats dismissing the proposal offered by John Boehner to avert the impending fiscal cliff. Reid continued the narrative of Republicans hurting the middle class
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (UPI) —Elizabeth Warren, the U.S. senator-elect from Massachusetts and bank critic, is likely to join the Senate Banking Committee, aides told The Wall Street Journal. The decision will be made in January after the new Senate convenes.
Discussion on the fiscal cliff continued Tuesday with Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid urging House Speaker John Boehner to outline specific ways to increase revenue. “They’ve got to come up with some specific revenue,” Reid said.
By STEVE PEOPLESAssociated PressBOSTONSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants Massachusetts Sen.-elect Elizabeth Warren to join the Banking Committee. A Senate Democratic official confirmed Tuesday that Warren’s appointment was likely, but cautioned nothing was final until the Democratic caucus approves the
New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) denigrated Hispanics in 2010 when Reid said he could not imagine how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be a Republican. Martinez charged that Reid, in those remarks, assumed
Last December, the DOJ overturned a forty year old regulation prohibiting online wagering, noting that a 1961 rule governing sports betting could not be considered to cover modern games of online Texas Hold ’em. It was a moderate success for
“Politics is the art of the possible.” The quote is attributed to Otto von Bismarck, a man not known for warm and fuzzy relations with political opponents. First as a Prussian general and later as Germany’s first Chancellor, he dominated
Now that Barack Obama has been re-elected and the Democratic Party holds sway in the Senate – again – unions and leftist groups are calling for filibuster reform. Reform’s the wrong word for it, actually: they’re calling for an end
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said on Monday that he is moving forward this week to begin consideration of the United Nations Treaty for People With Disabilities. The treaty, which was negotiated during the George W. Bush administration and
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (R-NV) has a new quest: to rid the Senate of the filibuster, a tool used by minority parties to force compromise. And now he has an ally in that quest: President Barack Obama, the same
According to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Republican attacks on embattled UN Ambassador Susan Rice for her role in the cover-up of information surrounding the terrorist attack on the American consulate in Benghazi are “outrageous.” Reid released a statement
Grover Norquist, head of Americans For Tax Reform, was interviewed by Neil Cavuto on Fox today about the fact that some senators are abandoning their commitment to his no-tax pledge. Saxby Chambliss, Lindsay Graham, John McCain, Lamar Alexander, Tom Coburn
Today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) threatened changes to the Senate filibuster system, which forces most measures to receive 60 votes in order to receive an actual vote. The filibuster has been a centuries-old constitutional traditional driving compromise rather
Let’s get to the point of the matter: President Obama and Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) and their media parrots are hell bent on raising taxes for those making over $250,000. While their talking points are the worst example of political
The Internet Gambling Prohibition, Poker Consumer Protection, and Strengthening UIGEA Act of 2012, which Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is expected to introduce soon, is being touted as a way to legalize online poker. In fact, it is a
Last week I said my spine had stiffened after the unfortunate events of Election Day. Well, with Nancy Pelosi again assuming the role of Minority Leader in the House of Representatives, liberals will continue on a path to try to transform
On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Democrats were more than willing to raise the debt ceiling by another $2.4 trillion when America hits its current ceiling at the end of the year. When asked what Democrats would do
The Washington Times: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday that he will try to push through a change to Senate rules that would limit the GOP’s ability to filibuster bills. Speaking in the wake of Tuesday’s election, which boosted
Senator Harry Reid is outraged by Republican obstructionism in the Senate. He has also pledged himself to Democratic obstruction in the Senate should Mitt Romney win the White House. Will the real Harry Reid please stand up? Two months ago,