FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife underwent surgery Friday to stabilize serious injuries suffered when a tractor-trailer rear-ended the minivan she and their daughter were riding in on an interstate highway.
The surgery successfully stabilized 69-year-old Landra Reid's broken neck, said intensive care physician Elizabeth Franco, one of the doctors at Inova Fairfax Hospital who is treating Mrs. Reid, who also suffered a broken back and broken nose.
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March 13, 2010
March 10, 2010
Harry Reid: Filibuster Rules ‘Likely’ To Change
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) pledged on Wednesday to take a serious look at revising the filibuster rules at the beginning of the next Congress, calling the current level of obstruction in the Senate unacceptable.
In a speech before a gathering of progressive media, the Nevada Democrat compared the procedural games played by his Republican counterparts to the use of the spitball in a baseball game and the four-corner offense in basketball -- tactics in each sport that were ultimately outlawed.
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In a speech before a gathering of progressive media, the Nevada Democrat compared the procedural games played by his Republican counterparts to the use of the spitball in a baseball game and the four-corner offense in basketball -- tactics in each sport that were ultimately outlawed.
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March 8, 2010
Jon Scott Ashjian, Harry Reid’s Tea Party Challenger, Owes More Than $200,000 in Back Taxes
The chips may already be stacked against Jon Scott Ashjian, the man who recently filed as a Tea Party candidate for Harry Reid's Nevada Senate seat.
A report last week uncovered that the successful business owner owes more than $200,000 in back taxes. On top of that, recent polls appear to confirm Republican worries that a Tea Party candidate might skim enough conservative votes to change the election in the Democrats favor.
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A report last week uncovered that the successful business owner owes more than $200,000 in back taxes. On top of that, recent polls appear to confirm Republican worries that a Tea Party candidate might skim enough conservative votes to change the election in the Democrats favor.
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March 7, 2010
SNL Takes On “Deeply Unpopular” Health Care Bill (VIDEO)
SNL opened last night with Obama (Fred Armisen) speaking on health care and the upcoming elections in San Francisco and Nevada. Flanked by Nancy Pelosi (Kristen Wiig) and Harry Reid (Will Forte), they repeatedly acknowledged the consistent unpopularity of health care reform and the affects it would have their chances for reelection.
Obama brushed off the notion that a vote for this legislation is political suicide: "Does anyone seriously think Nancy Pelosi could lose in her San Francisco district? A place where Republican candidates often finish fourth, behind professional dominatrixes and homeless people." He was more skeptical of Reid's chances, as the health care bill is "angry mob unpopular" in Nevada. Not to mention his lack of charisma or "sleazy" moves.
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Obama brushed off the notion that a vote for this legislation is political suicide: "Does anyone seriously think Nancy Pelosi could lose in her San Francisco district? A place where Republican candidates often finish fourth, behind professional dominatrixes and homeless people." He was more skeptical of Reid's chances, as the health care bill is "angry mob unpopular" in Nevada. Not to mention his lack of charisma or "sleazy" moves.
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March 1, 2010
Poll: Obama’s Nevada Visit Hurt Reid More Than It Helped
President Obama traveled to a fundraiser in Las Vegas in February hoping to aid the uphill reelection campaign of Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid. It turns out, however, that the President may have actually done more harm than good, a Mason-Dixon poll released on Sunday shows.
During his speech, Obama repeatedly heaped praise on Reid, but voters were apparently unimpressed. Subsequent polling shows that only 7 percent of voters surveyed said they would now be more likely to vote for the senator, while 17 percent said they would be less likely. Seventy-five percent said the president's visit would have no effect on how they vote.
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During his speech, Obama repeatedly heaped praise on Reid, but voters were apparently unimpressed. Subsequent polling shows that only 7 percent of voters surveyed said they would now be more likely to vote for the senator, while 17 percent said they would be less likely. Seventy-five percent said the president's visit would have no effect on how they vote.
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February 28, 2010
The Enthusiasm Gap
I had dinner the other night with a Democratic pollster who told me Democrats are heading toward next fall's mid-term elections with a serious enthusiasm gap: The Republican base is fired up. The Democratic base is packing up.
The Democratic base is lethargic because congressional Democrats continue to compromise on everything the base cares about. For a year now it's been nothing but compromises, watered-down ideas, weakened provisions, wider loopholes, softened regulations. Health care went from what the Democratic base wanted -- single payer -- to a public option, to no public option, to a bunch of ideas that the president tried to explain last week, and it now hangs by a string as Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid try to round up conservative Democrats and a 51-vote reconciliation package in the Senate.
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The Democratic base is lethargic because congressional Democrats continue to compromise on everything the base cares about. For a year now it's been nothing but compromises, watered-down ideas, weakened provisions, wider loopholes, softened regulations. Health care went from what the Democratic base wanted -- single payer -- to a public option, to no public option, to a bunch of ideas that the president tried to explain last week, and it now hangs by a string as Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid try to round up conservative Democrats and a 51-vote reconciliation package in the Senate.
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February 26, 2010
Reid: Nearly 1.5 Million Will Be Unable To Watch Local TV Because Of Senate Inaction
It's bad enough that thanks to Senate inaction more than a million laid-off workers could lose their unemployment benefits and subsidized health insurance in March, but it gets worse: According to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), nearly 1.5 million people will be unable to watch local TV stations starting Monday.
The package of extensions the Senate failed to pass included not just a 30-day extension of unemployment benefits, but also extensions of subsidized COBRA health insurance, flood insurance, small business loans, highway funding, and, apparently, a "satellite television extension" that allows people in rural areas to watch their local TV stations via satellite.
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The package of extensions the Senate failed to pass included not just a 30-day extension of unemployment benefits, but also extensions of subsidized COBRA health insurance, flood insurance, small business loans, highway funding, and, apparently, a "satellite television extension" that allows people in rural areas to watch their local TV stations via satellite.
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February 24, 2010
Reid Spars With CEOs, Walks Out Of Meeting
Corporate America descended on Capitol Hill Wednesday morning hoping to ride the small business gravy train that's been gaining steam. Instead, they caught an earful from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who didn't appreciate the message they brought.
CEOs representing 11 major corporations argued that the Democratic emphasis on small businesses missed the important role that Big Business has to play, several people in the meeting told HuffPost.
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CEOs representing 11 major corporations argued that the Democratic emphasis on small businesses missed the important role that Big Business has to play, several people in the meeting told HuffPost.
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Bipartisan Blight 4: The Shrinking Jobs Bill
"Yesterday, we took a step, a strong first step toward putting Americans back to work, but ... it's a first step. This is the beginning, not the end," Senate Majority Leaded Harry Reid said, hailing the pending passage of a $15 billion jobs bill, as five Republican Senators, led by newly elected Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown, joined to break the reflexive Republican filibuster.
The Christian Science Monitor suggested Reid had discovered "the secret for moving legislation" -- proceed in piecemeal fashion, focusing on measures that have broad popularity. Next up, a thirty day extension of unemployment insurance, and then a second jobs bill focused on "a tourism promotion bill, a series of measures to help small businesses, and a package of popular tax-credit extensions, including an extension of unemployment benefits."
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The Christian Science Monitor suggested Reid had discovered "the secret for moving legislation" -- proceed in piecemeal fashion, focusing on measures that have broad popularity. Next up, a thirty day extension of unemployment insurance, and then a second jobs bill focused on "a tourism promotion bill, a series of measures to help small businesses, and a package of popular tax-credit extensions, including an extension of unemployment benefits."
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February 23, 2010
Reid: GOP Should ‘Stop Crying About Reconciliation’
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) began to make the case on Tuesday for using a majority-vote process to move the final piece of health care reform through the Senate and he slammed the procedure's GOP critics. Known as budget reconciliation, the maneuver requires 51 votes and can't be filibustered.
The GOP has been demanding that Democrats take reconciliation off the table in advance of a bipartisan health care summit on Thursday.
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The GOP has been demanding that Democrats take reconciliation off the table in advance of a bipartisan health care summit on Thursday.
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