Reid Says Senators Would Block Olson
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The Senate majority leader said yesterday that Democrats would block former solicitor general Theodore B. Olson from becoming attorney general, kicking off a spirited nomination debate even before the White House has named a candidate.
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Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid on Monday urged President Bush to stop the Republican National Committee from calling him an obstructionist and criticizing his Senate record, a tactic the GOP used to help defeat Reid's predecessor.
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Stymied by Republicans on the Sept. 11 commission bill and a lobbying overhaul, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., threatened Friday to take away senatorsÃ¢ÂÂ August vacation time.
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Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said on Sunday he would support a short-term increase in U.S. troops in Iraq being weighed by President George W. Bush if it is part of a broader withdrawal plan.
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To: National Desk  Contact: Jim Manley or Rebecca Kirszner, 202-224-2939, both for the Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid  WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 /U.S.
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid questioned Tuesday whether word of a possible British troop withdrawal from Iraq would pressure President Bush into changing his war strategy, and said Senate Democrats will move ahead with their own efforts to limit the president's authority.
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EDMONTON (CP) - Senate reform will not be taken seriously by Ottawa unless Premier Ralph Klein gets more strongly behind the issue, say candidates in Alberta's Senate selection race.
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A procedural misstep by the Bush  administration may require a delay in its plan to resume  imports of some beef and cattle from Canada on March 7, a U.S.  senator opposing the regulation said on Friday.
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After Republicans blocked the bill, Senator Harry Reid said he would remove controversial parts of the measure.
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Republican lawmakers yesterday blocked the Senate from taking up the D.C. vote bill, a potentially fatal setback for the District's most promising effort in years to get a full member of Congress.
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A bipartisan group of U.S. senators  threatened on Monday to override the Federal Communications  Commission if the agency votes to loosen media ownership  restrictions at a meeting scheduled for Tuesday.
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Amid deep and growing divisions among Senate Democrats, Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) last night abruptly withdrew legislation that would have changed surveillance law and granted the nation's telecommunications companies retroactive immunity from lawsuits charging they had violated...
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WASHINGTON -- Senate majority leader Harry Reid said yesterday that he had lost confidence in Gen eral Peter Pace and was happy to learn the four-star general will not remain chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Reid also said he was concerned Gen eral David Petraeus might not be offering an honest assessment of the Iraq war.
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The Senate rejected attempts Monday by its senior members to rein in some proposed national intelligence director's powers, responsibilities that some lawmakers said senators wanted to reserve for themselves.
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Florida U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson says he would start a filibuster in the Senate to block a measure on offshore drilling if it passes the House, which is expected to vote on the bill this week.
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ST. PAUL - A leading state senator said he may push for a ban on a herbicide commonly applied to corn crops across Minnesota, citing research that suggests the chemical causes deformities in frogs and other health hazards.
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A leading Senate Republican on defense issues, Sen. John Warner, will call on President Bush to solicit privately the opinions of Democrats before forging a new strategy on Iraq.