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Reid, Angle Neck-and-Neck in Senate Race

Sep 12th 2010 – 1:31PM
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(Sept. 12) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Republican challenger Sharron Angle remained deadlocked in Nevada's Senate race, with Reid holding a statistically insignificant 46 percent to 44 percent lead, according to a Mason-Dixon Polling & Research survey conducted Sept. 7-9 for the Las Vegas-Review Journal. Six...

8 Gay Activists Arrested in Reid Protest on Vegas Strip

By Steve FriessJul 20th 2010 – 8:12PM
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Steve Friess

LAS VEGAS (July 20) -- In a rare incidence of civil disobedience in this destination's tourism corridor, eight activists protesting Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's inaction on gay rights legislation were arrested for blocking traffic at one of the Strip's busiest intersections today. As they were being handcuffed and...

Political Scion Rory Reid Is Ready for His 'Glee' Tryout

By Billy BakerJul 3rd 2010 – 9:00PM
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(July 3) -- Rory Reid has a famous last name in Nevada politics. You just won't find it on a lot of his campaign literature. The gubernatorial candidate has been getting national attention for omitting his surname from TV ads just as his father, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, is in a fight for his political life. The...

Sharron Angle: Pregnancy by Rape, Incest Part of 'God's Plan'

By David KnowlesJun 29th 2010 – 1:33PM

Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle hasn't been giving too many interviews since winning the Republican primary earlier this month. But a January appearance on the Bill Manders radio show is drawing attention to the candidate's views on the controversial subject of abortion. Here, then, is a transcript of the relevant...

Financial Reform Puts Republicans on the Spot

By Joseph SchumanApr 26th 2010 – 8:28PM
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(April 26) -- Even as they lost today's Senate vote on overhauling financial regulation, the Democrats expected to get a win. They probably did. The chamber's Republicans held together in opposing a vote to let debate on the measure proceed toward a final roll call, depriving Democrats of the needed 60 votes to override...

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Harry Reid: GOP Will Have To Accept Higher Tax Rates On Rich If They Want Debt Deal

May 22nd 2012 - 02:37PM

The Senate's top Democrat says Republicans will have to accept higher taxes on the rich and drop efforts to reshape Medicare if they want a deal on cutting the debt.

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Since Johnny Can't Read, He Probably Can't Spell 'Big Government' Either

By Tanya M. Acker May 18th 2012 - 02:13PM

First, Francois Hollande swept Sarkozy from the French presidency, and then Angela Merkel's party took a pounding in German regional elections.

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Dream Act Supporters: Bill-Killing Filibuster Was Unconstitutional

By Elise Foley May 15th 2012 - 05:46PM

Would-be Dream Act beneficiaries aren't just angry that the bill failed in the Senate in 2010: Some also are joining a lawsuit seeking a court ruling that the cloture vote that killed it was unconstitutional.

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Harry Reid: Filibuster Rule Has 'Been Abused,' Needs Changing

By Jennifer Bendery May 11th 2012 - 03:48PM

After an exasperated rant about Republican obstructionism, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Thursday night that it's time to revamp the Senate's longstanding filibuster rule.

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WATCH: Rep. Allen West and the Ghost of McCarthy

By Bill Moyers May 01st 2012 - 11:04AM

Little of what Allen West says ever surprises me.

HarryReid News From the Web

  • 05/28/12 Residents Celebrate Memorial Day Source: CBS - KLAS 8 - Las Vegas NV Memorial Day services took place across the country, honoring the selfless sacrifice of our servicemen and women and their families.
  • 05/28/12 The media's religion deficit Source: Daily Herald - Arlington Heights IL Evidence of big medias bias against religion that doesnt advance the secular and liberal agenda of the Democratic Party is beyond dispute.
  • 05/27/12 Media needs religious schooling Source: Tennessean.com - Nashville TN Evidence of big medias bias against religion that doesnt advance the secular and liberal agenda of the Democratic Party is beyond dispute.
  • 05/25/12 The media's religion deficit Source: The Leaf-Chronicle - Clarksville TN Evidence of big media's bias against religion that doesn't advance the secular and liberal agenda of the Democratic Party is beyond dispute.
  • 05/25/12 Student-Loan Interest Rates Set To Double Source: The Post Chronicle - Denville NJ U.S. student-loan interest rates are set to double in five weeks after the Senate rejected Democratic and Republican proposals to keep them at 3.4 percent.

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