Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Harry reid

  • Congress won't be able to prevent federal spending cuts scheduled for 2013 unless Republicans allow tax increases in a deficit-reduction plan, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wrote in a letter to Republican senators.
  • (Bloomberg)
  • WASHINGTON — The Senates top Democrat says Republicans will have to accept higher taxes on the rich and drop efforts to reshape Medicare if they want a deal on cutting the debt.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • In a letter to GOP senators, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is blaming Republicans' "strict adherence to tea party ideology" for the failure of lawmakers to find a budget compromise.
  • (Washington Post)
  • Harry Reid is having second thoughts. The Senate majority leader and Nevada Democrat yesterday said he regretted not getting behind last years push by a pair of Democratic senators to change the Senate rules to make it easier to pass legislation.
  • (CBS News)
  • Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) had a harsh response to Speaker John Boehner's latest debt-ceiling demands: Keep this up, and nobody's going to like Republicans anymore.
  • (Politico.com)
  • Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida has long been at the top of the list of Republican vice-presidential contenders for one key reason: The party thinks he can sway Latinos, who in 2008 proved to be the Democrats' most critical swing vote.
  • (Las Vegas Sun)
  • From the fictional Corleone family to real-life casino kingpins, Nevada has always been a storied land of big power players. Politics is no exception.
  • (Las Vegas Sun)
  • This story comes from the Yahoo! Contributor Network, where individuals publish their unique perspectives on some of the world's most popular websites.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • Washington • Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says gay Americans should be able to get married, a new position that shows President Barack Obama isn't the only politician whose views are evolving. Reid, D-Nev.
  • (Salt Lake Tribune)

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