WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that he will delay votes on several of President Obama’s nominees for key posts until July, a decision raising the prospect that he’ll seek further changes to Senate rules that would allow executive appointments to be confirmed by a simple majority.
While the White House remains quiet about whether the Justice Department was right to seize the phone records of Associated Press reporters, on Capitol Hill the top Democrat in the Senate was unequivocal about his opposition. In his weekly press briefing on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., blasted the DOJ for its behavior, [...]
MONTPELIER — No one could remember it having happened before in the annals of state politics: a Senate majority leader rising on a point of order to accuse a member of his own party of being tedious in debate.
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — No one could remember it having happened before in the annals of state politics: a Senate majority leader rising on a point of order to accuse a member of his own party of being tedious in debate.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., will soon have at his feet a small handful of bipartisan energy bills primed for passage, but whether he overcomes the politics that have felled similar efforts in past years is a lingering question.
Wed, 17 Apr 2013 22:15:23 GMT By Mike Faulk Yakima Herald-Republic Color/BlackColor/BlackTom OLYMPIA, Wash. — OLYMPIA — Top Democrats in Olympia admonished Senate Majority Leader Rodney Tom on Monday for not doing more to save the Dream Act this session and for suggesting Senate Democrats were to blame. Tom, D-Medina, who was interviewed for a S...
Senate delays action on Internet sales tax bill Associated Press Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 3:14 pm, Thursday, April 25, 2013 WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says senators have reached a deal to delay voting on a bill to tax Internet sales until after senators ...
The U.S. Senate has delayed a vote on an Internet sales tax until May, after a handful of senators blocked lawmakers from voting on the legislation this week. The Senate will again take up debate on the Marketplace Fairness Act after May 6, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, announced late Thursday. The bipartisan bill, supported by more than 70 senators, would allow states to ...
