Topic: Harry Reid
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With a tax cut for 160 million workers set to expire in less than two weeks, Republicans and Democrats in Congress on Monday were mired in a last-ditch battle over extending it.In a surprise turnabout, Republicans in the House ...
Republican Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois dropped last week his amendment to block any funds from being used to shutter the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository — an order that would have effectively led to its redevelopment.Cue the scramble by the Nevada ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Democrat in Congress said on Tuesday he saw few signs of progress on a deficit-cutting deal as negotiators struggled to bridge their differences on tax increases and benefit cuts.His Republican counterpart, meanwhile, predicted that Congress would approve ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The congressional "super committee" charged with slashing the U.S. deficit have heard from legions of lobbyists and lawmakers bent on influencing the outcome. Now members are getting an earful from Republican and Democratic leaders who want them to reach ...
When President Barack Obama visits Las Vegas today, he'll speak to would-be voters about his No. 1 legislative priority: his jobs bill.It's a proposal the president has been trying to sell voters since early September, when he laid out to Congress his ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Millionaires and billionaires should pay more taxes to help fund President Barack Obama's $447 billion jobs program, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid declared on Wednesday.Reid made the comments in a Senate speech before Democratic leaders announce a new funding ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said on Monday that his chamber will consider this month President Barack Obama's embattled $447 billion jobs program, and urged members of both parties to back it.Reid made the announcement on the Senate ...
Spurred on by the White House, divided US Senators moved late Monday to avert a government shutdown at week's end and defuse an angry battle over disaster relief in Hurricane Irene's wake.But the emerging deal did not provide any immediate money for ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate will not vote on three long-delayed trade deals with South Korea, Panama and Colombia until the House passes an expanded Trade Adjustment Assistance program to retrain workers who have lost their jobs, Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid ...
In 2008, the state Republican Party was a painful joke.The GOP had a governor (Jim Gibbons) who was a national laughingstock, and a senator (John Ensign) who was, ahem, otherwise occupied. The party had no money and no credibility.Result: Barack Obama won ...
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