In a Congress crippled by partisan gridlock, each side is increasingly transparent about its political motivations. It used to be that the various press operations would spin and the leaders would at least pretend to lead. But in recent years, all pretense has fallen away. Last week, for example, when asked about the status of a jobs proposal, Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) came clean about the factors affecting his scheduling of votes — mainly the desire for media coverage. “We’re not going to do that at midnight tonight. We’re going to have the votes when you folks can write about it during a decent news cycle,” Reid told reporters on Thursday. Read full article > >

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In Congress, partisanship is no longer something to hide

“These programs have worked in the past. Republicans know they’ve worked in the past. But when you have a goal, your only goal is to follow your leader. And that leader, my friend Mitch McConnell, his goal is to defeat Obama. Of course they don’t want to do anything that’s constructive.” –Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Oct. 17, 2011 Read full article > >

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Harry Reid’s claim that the GOP won’t ‘do anything that’s constructive’

Senate Democratic leaders on Wednesday introduced their own plan for paying for President Obama’s jobs package, proposing a 5 percent surtax on millionaires to cover the cost of the $447 billion initiative. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Democratic Policy Committee Chairman Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) unveiled their counter-proposal to the White House’s plan at a Capitol news conference Wednesday morning. Read full article > >

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Millionaire surtax proposed by Senate Democrats to pay for Obama jobs package

With the clock ticking toward a deadline at the end of the week, House Republican leaders on Tuesday maintained that a stopgap government funding bill will not be able to pass the House if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) moves to amend it, setting the stage for a showdown that could once again see Washington near a federal shutdown. Read full article > >

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House won’t pass Reid’s version of funding bill, GOP leaders say

Arriving at the Capitol Friday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the budget stalemate has come down to an “ideological battle” that “has nothing to do with the fiscal integrity of this country,” but rather is about women’s health. (April

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Reid: It’s all about women’s health

Wednesday’s 90-minute meeting between President Obama, House Speaker John Boehner, and Senate Majority leader Harry Reid produced nothing except vague assurances of “progress”: A sign that we’re still headed for a government shutdown Friday. After the…

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No Breakthrough at Budget Talks

President Obama returned to Washington from New York Wednesday night for an after-dark meeting at the White House with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker John Boehner, hoping to resolve the parties’ budget impasse in the final hours…

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Obama Meeting Fails to Reach Consensus

Wisconsin Senate Republicans on Wednesday approved a resolution that would fine missing Democrats $100 every day they remain away from the state capital, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald told reporters.

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Missing Wisc. Dems set to face fines

Another day, another senator announces retirement. Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) will announce Thursday his intention not to run in 2012. Kyl’s term as Senate Majority Whip, the second-highest ranking Republican position, was to expire in 2013. He would have had…

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Az. Sen. Kyl Won’t Run in 2012

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is working on a filibuster-reform plan, to be implemented when the Senate sets its new rules next year. Already, the entire Democratic caucus has signed on to urge Reid to change the rules. “They are already talking it…

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Dems to Take Up Filibuster Reform

Early voting results in two of Nevada’s most populous counties suggest that some serious trouble lies ahead for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. According to local election officials, Republican turnout has been disproportionately high, despite voter…

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Early Voting Not Good for Reid

While much of Washington was preoccupied Thursday evening by the contrast between the unacceptable and the profoundly uncomfortable — the first televised debate between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and the challenger for his Nevada seat, Sharron Angle — a different scene was unfolding in a…

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A tentative step toward the Oval Office by a GOP policy guru

Things are heating up in the Nevada Senate race, as Tea Party candidate Sharron Angle and Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid clashed in their first and only TV debate on Thursday. Republican challenger Angle laid in to Reid, challenging his…

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Angle, Reid Clash in Only TV Debate

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid opposes plans to build a mosque near the site of the 9/11 terror attacks, days after Barack Obama defended them.

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