Harry Reid: We should have done filibuster reform
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he's had enough Republican obstruction.
An angry Harry Reid took to the floor Thursday and demanded changes to the Senate’s hallowed filibuster rules, siding with junior Democ...
Harry Reid: Senate might try to repeal Defense of Marriage Act
President Obama's announced support for gay marriage seems to have the Senate thinking about equality. First, Sen. Tom Harkin announces hearings on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, and now Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the Senate might ...
House Republicans too radical to pass their own extremist transportation bill
Republicans at work
With an April 1 deadline for passing a new surface transportation bill looming, the House continues to be totally dysfunctional and evil. The Senate got its act together and passed a two-year bill in genuinely bipartisan fashion. ...
White House, Democrats respond to House GOP budget proposal
Sen. Ron Wyden is on his own after teaming up with Paul Ryan on Medicare
(Ron Wyden: Yuri Gripas/Reuters, Paul Ryan: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)
The White House issued this statement responding to the House Republican budget released today by Rep. Paul R...
House Republicans will break the debt limit budget deal
John Boehner and Eric Cantor
ready to renege.
The signals have been being sent for weeks that House Republicans were ready to threaten, again, a government shutdown by reneging on the budget deal they agreed to last August during the debt limit deal....
Senate to vote on transportation amendments. Boehner caves, says House may take up Senate version
Republicans at work
After being repeatedly stalled by various Republican obstructions placed in its path, the Senate is voting today on as many as 10 amendments to its two-year, $109 billion transportation bill. Voting is scheduled to start at 2:15 P...
Senate approves cloture on STOCK Act
In his State of the Union address last week, President Obama highlighted one particular piece of legislation to restore the public's faith in their government:
“Send me a bill that bans insider trading by members of Congress, and I will sign it tomo...
Harry Reid hints that millionaire surtax may be revived in conference committee
(Center for American Progress)
As Greg Sargent took note today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is talking about bringing back the millionaire surtax. It was scuttled in the battle to extend the Social Security payroll tax cut and other matters:
Harry Reid hints that millionaire surtax may be revived in conference committee
(Center for American Progress)
As Greg Sargent took note today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is talking about bringing back the millionaire surtax. It was scuttled in the battle to extend the Social Security payroll tax cut and other matters:
Harry Reid hints that millionaire surtax may be revived in conference committee
(Center for American Progress)
As Greg Sargent took note today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is talking about bringing back the millionaire surtax. It was scuttled in the battle to extend the Social Security payroll tax cut and other matters:
Harry Reid hints that millionaire surtax may be revived in conference committee
(Center for American Progress)
As Greg Sargent took note today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is talking about bringing back the millionaire surtax. It was scuttled in the battle to extend the Social Security payroll tax cut and other matters:
