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By Betsy Newmark When Roland Burris shows up at the Senate today asking or demanding to be seated, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has already gone on ...

There are reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid did speak to Blagojevich about Obama's open seat. The call came before the criminal complaint was ...

Lowering expectations for quick passage of an economic stimulus bill, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rejected setting "some false deadline" for ...

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White refused to accept scandal-plagued Gov. Rod Blagojevich's official proclamation of state-politics veteran Roland Burris as his choice to replace President-elect Barack Obama in the U.S. Senate, according to a Chicago Tribune report. White's office conceded the move may prove to be symbolic, but a spokesman for the office was quoted a

Britain's most senior civil servants are to hold formal talks with the Liberal Democrats on their plans for government as Whitehall prepares for a hung parliament in which Nick Clegg could hold the balance of power after the next election. In a departure from the Lib Dems' practice at the last election, Clegg has agreed that members of his front bench will meet Whitehall's permanent secretaries t

Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker on Wednesday said he is against some proposals to crack down on impaired driving in Wisconsin, including instituting sobriety checkpoints and criminalizing first-offense drunken driving.

Nevada’s Harry Reid carries considerable influence as Senate majority leader, but you might not know it from watching him.

Britain's most senior civil servants are to hold formal talks with the Liberal Democrats on their plans for government as Whitehall prepares for a hung parliament in which Nick Clegg could hold the balance of power after the next election. In a departure from the Lib Dems' practice at the last election, Clegg has agreed that members of his front bench will meet Whitehall's permanent secretaries t

Britain's most senior civil servants are to hold formal talks with the Liberal Democrats on their plans for government as Whitehall prepares for a hung parliament in which Nick Clegg could hold the balance of power after the next election. In a departure from the Lib Dems' practice at the last election, Clegg has agreed that members of his front bench will meet Whitehall's permanent secretaries t

Britain's most senior civil servants are to hold formal talks with the Liberal Democrats on their plans for government as Whitehall prepares for a hung parliament in which Nick Clegg could hold the balance of power after the next election. In a departure from the Lib Dems' practice at the last election, Clegg has agreed that members of his front bench will meet Whitehall's permanent secretaries t

Britain's most senior civil servants are to hold formal talks with the Liberal Democrats on their plans for government as Whitehall prepares for a hung parliament in which Nick Clegg could hold the balance of power after the next election. In a departure from the Lib Dems' practice at the last election, Clegg has agreed that members of his front bench will meet Whitehall's permanent secretaries t

The Big Question is a feature where influential lawmakers, pundits and interest group leaders give their answers to a question that’s driving discussion in news circles around the country. Today’s Big Question is: Is $850 billion too much, too little, or just right for the next economic stimulus package? See responses below from House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, [...]

Bangladesh’s Awami League wins The unofficial results of the polls in Bangladesh predict that the secular party Awami League party has got maximum majority over the Muslim majority parties and the leader of the party may form the next government. The media in Bangladesh talked to the elections official Humayun Kabir, who said that at least two [...]

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, in his own appearance Sunday on “Meet the Press,” insisted there will be no earmarks in the stimulus package. Reid’s spokesman repeated the refrain on Monday when asked whether the mob museum should ...

As chiefs of staff for, respectively, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), these four are ...

Bad analogy, Mr. Majority Leader. A week ago, as Israel began pounding Gaza in retribution for rocket attacks by Palestinian militants, I observed that Democratic leaders had been just as complicit as Republicans in giving Israel's ...

Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, a Republican from Tennessee, decided against running for governor of his state in 2010 on Sunday. The departure of his name from the race sets up a likely crowded field for both Republicans ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid yielded to Republican threats and agreed on Monday not to immediately seat fellow Democrat Al Franken, whose razor-close victory in Minnesota faces legal challenges. ...