- 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)
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
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