Posts tagged Harry Reid

The end game at hand, President Barack Obama took command Wednesday of one final attempt by Democrats to enact bitterly contested health care legislation, calling for an “up or down vote” within weeks under rules denying Republicans the ability to kill the bill with mere... [+]

After a weather related delay Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is just about ready to go with his jobs package. But with another storm threatening to shut down Congress yet again tomorrow, a week-long recess set to kick off this weekend, and no promise from... [+]

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid used to consider recess appointments “an end run around the Senate and the Constitution” — so much so that he kept the chamber open during breaks to prevent President George W. Bush from making any more of them. But with... [+]

Editor’s Note: I do not hold a lot of stock in Politico usually but the plain truth is no matter if HCR is really dead it sure appears that way. Robert Gibbs has said the President has a full plate and HCR is on the... [+]

Yet again our Dem leaders have no idea what they are doing or where they are going! From Huff Post: Don’t bet on the House rubber-stamping the weaker Senate health care reform bill, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday. “I don’t think it’s possible to... [+]

Michael Steele called on Sunday for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to step down for racially insensitive comments, even as the RNC Chairman brushed aside talk that he should resign for using an epithet of his own. Appearing on “Fox News Sunday”, Steele condemned... [+]

It’s been a difficult year for President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. The two have clashed with each other, and Reid has clashed with his caucus, over how to solve a seemingly insoluble problem: how to push a health care bill through the... [+]

Everyone hated Harry Reid, but Matthew Yglesias says today he proved himself a hero by squeezing 60 votes from a cranky, uncooperative Senate for historic health-care legislation. There are some politicians who are more hated than Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, but few are less... [+]