Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Harry Reid [D, NV]

Put aside re-election interests for nation's good

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...stops here." GOP Senate candidate Sue Lowden was recently on the radio talking about the 1981 attempted car bombing of Sen. Harry Reid. After being disrespectful to one of our country's leaders, how can she continue to run for office? Let's hope she has

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Key Moderates Influence The Shape Of Health Overhaul Bills

2009-11-05T00:00:00Z

...next year. "The groups are unleashing blunt and personal broadcast ads and e-mails at moderates even as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., tries to shape a health care bill that can attract the 60 votes it needs to pass" (Fram, 11/4). MoveOn is

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House Dems set stage for pivotal health vote

2009-11-04T00:00:00Z

...Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., flanked by Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., left, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., gestures while meeting with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009, following the weekly caucus lun

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Sen. Harry Reid: Health Bill May Slip to Next Year?

2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

...seemingly endless health care debate might drag into next year, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid signaled today. This AP story filed today has Reid backpedaling on a year-end timeline. This development already has Democrats screaming for Reid's ouster

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On swine flu, Harry Reid, Wall Street pay and Halloween

2009-11-01T00:00:00Z

...take a minimum of four years to fix the previous administration's mess. We are being inundated with media stories about Sen. Harry Reid, and there's still a year to go before we can vote him out of office. With his obsession about forcing government-con

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Reid's public option push comes amid tough re-election bid

2009-10-31T00:00:00Z

...Slaughter, whose health care provider is refusing to pay for complications dealing with broken hips. "I...voted for Sen. Harry Reid many times," Slaughter says in the ad. "But in 2010, I'll only be voting on one issue. I'm watching to see if Harry Reid

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Harry Reid takes risky gamble

2009-10-31T00:00:00Z

...There is an air of desperate improvisation to Sen. Harry Reid's scheme to pass a "public option" as part of health-care reform, but at the same time provide an easy exemption for any state that objects to it. The warning flags ought to be flying for any

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Reid Calls On Americans: "Contact Your Representatives Back Here In Washington And Push Hard"

2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

...of health care legislation that includes a public insurance option is just one of many possible... As Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid works to cobble together the 60 votes he needs to overcome an expected Republican attempt to block a floor... A

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Harry Reid’s Sleight-of-Hand Healthcare Bill Tactics

2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

...Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., had two problems: How to get the healthcare bill out of the Senate Finance Committee without revealing the glaring potential fissures in his party over the public option on healthcare, and how to apply a thin veneer o

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More of the same from Harry Reid

2009-10-28T00:00:00Z

...business to prosper so that permanent, well-paying jobs are created and sustained. Reid between the lines After reading Sen. Harry Reid's response in Sunday's paper ("Stimulus has saved thousands of Nevada jobs") to a recent Review-Journal editorial, I

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Sen. Lieberman rejects 'public option'

2009-10-28T00:00:00Z

...to become an independent, is the first non-Republican senator to reject a "public option" crafted by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. "The last thing that we want to do now is create another Washington-run health insurance company," he said. Lieberman

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Congress awards high honor to former Sen. Brooke

2009-10-28T00:00:00Z

...Brandon)President Barack Obama talks with former Massachusetts Sen. Edward Brooke, right, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. in the Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, during a ceremony where Brooke received the C

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Harry Reid Makes His Mark With Health Care Bill

2009-10-28T00:00:00Z

...polls, legacy, religion? All of the above. In what seems destined to become the most historic act in Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's political career, the Nevada senator boldly announced this week that the bill he negotiated with the White House and

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Harry Reid: Joe Lieberman is the Least of My Problems

2009-10-27T00:00:00Z

...for women... more WASHINGTON -Connecticut Sen. Joseph Lieberman says while he's "strongly inclined" to vote to move Sen. Harry Reid's health care plan to the Senate floor for debate, he would ultimately oppose the... WASHINGTON -Majority Leader Harry

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Nevada Sen. Harry Reid faces tough re-election

2009-10-26T00:00:00Z

...SEARCHLIGHT, Nev. (AP) — Along a curve of desert highway near the gated home of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, mechanic Bill Johnson is struggling to keep his checkbook balanced. With Nevada's economy poisoned by recession and the nation's highest

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Nevada Sen. Harry Reid faces tough re-election

2009-10-26T00:00:00Z

Reid says Health care bill to have public option

2009-10-26T00:00:00Z

...Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. gestures while speaking on health care reform during a news conference, Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)In this Oct. 21, 2009, photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

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Sen. Harry Reid announces support of public option

2009-10-26T00:00:00Z

...the strongest bill coming from a meld of the two bills, the HELP bill and the Finance bill. I feel good about the consensus that was reached within our caucus and with the White House. And we're all optimistic about reform because of the unprecedented m

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Public Option In Senate Bill, Sen. Harry Reid Says

2009-10-26T00:00:00Z

...bullet," and that the bill will include non-profit co-ops, a measure agreed to in the Finance Committee negotiations. Sen. Harry Reid said today that the unified bill he negotiated with the White House and the chairmen of two other committees debating h

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Harry Reid: Public Option "the Fairest Way to Go"

2009-10-26T00:00:00Z

...Majority Leader Harry Reid announced today he is including in the Senate's health care bill a government-run health insurance plan, or "public option," from which states could opt out. "I think it's the fairest way to go," Reid said in a press conferenc

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