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54 min ago | MarketWatch

How Congress could raise student loan debt

The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a Republican bill to link student loan rates to financial markets .

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Related Topix: US Senate, US Politics, Democrat, US News

5 hrs ago | By Common Consent

Dead Serious

Over the last several years, a painter in Utah named Jon McNaughton has been trying to make a name for himself by using the Gospel of Jesus Christ as a prop in politically provocative pictures in an effort to communicate his apparent belief that only people who hold political views consistent with those of the current American political extreme ... (more)

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Related Topix: Paul McGann, Religion, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormonism), US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Utah County, UT

7 hrs ago | The Atlantic

Harry Reid Has a Not-Quite-Nuclear Plan to Upend the Senate Filibuster

Later this summer, the Senate may at last tackle a highly controversial issue: whether or not it should approve executive branch nominations decisions based on a majority vote.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat

11 hrs ago | Examiner.com

Harry Reid claims Republicans have 'corrupted the Founders' intent'

In a tweet issued Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid , D-Nev., claimed that Republicans have "corrupted the Founders ' intent," Twitchy reported.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat

13 hrs ago | Washington Post

GOP lawmaker questions how Harry Reid 'obtained' false claims about Mitt Romney's taxes

J. Russell George, U.S. Treasury inspector general for tax administration, from left, Douglas Shulman, former commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, Lois Lerner, the director of the IRS's exempt organizations office, and Neal S. Wolin, deputy secretary of the Treasury, are sworn in during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Tax, Mitt Romney, Representative Paul Gosar, Republican, US House of Representatives, Ron Paul

14 hrs ago | KELO-TV Sioux Falls

Daschle Downplays Story About Feud With Reid

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, John Thune, US Senate, Republican, Representative Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Lead, SD

Wed May 22, 2013

Bloomberg

Senate Leaders Millionaires in Disclosure Data

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell both reported their net worth in the millions of dollars as the U.S. Senate today released personal financial disclosure reports for its members.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Republican, Mitch McConnell, Senator Rand Paul, Senator Marco Rubio, Senator John Barrasso, W.

US News & World Report

Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer Make Vines to Help Pass Immigration Reform Bill

Senate Judiciary Committee members Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., confer on as the committee assembled to work on a landmark immigration bill.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Politics, Senator Chuck Schumer, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Richard Durbin, Barack Obama

Daily Kos

Srinivasan confirmation vote Thursday could hold key for filibuster reform in July

Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell had a heated exchange on the floor Wednesday over the nomination of Sri Srinivasan to the the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals, Liberal Political News

Reno Gazette-Journal

Retiring coal-fired plants in Nevada passes Senate

The Nevada Senate has endorsed NV Energy Inc.'s plan to retire its coal-fired plants and pave the way for the state's biggest electrical utility to transition to more renewable sources.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Brian Sandoval, US Governors

WLTI-FM Syracuse

Reid to Bring Immigration Bill Before Full Senate in June

After the Senate Judiciary passed the Gang of Eight's immigration legislation Tuesday night out of the committee, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid promised to bring the bill before the full Senate in June.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, US Senate, US Politics, Democrat, US News

The Hill

House lawmakers: We're in the dark on DOJ-AP investigation

Lawmakers say they don't know much more than the public on The Associated Press phone records controversy, but a key Republican said he intends to pursue the matter once the administration's investigation ends.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Ted Poe, Republican, US House of Representatives, Bob Goodlatte, Eric Holder, Dutch Ruppersberger, Democrat, US Senate

WHDH

Gov't dysfunction may be baked into the system

The works do seem to be "gummed up" on Capitol Hill. And President Barack Obama isn't the only one to say so.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, US Senate, Democrat, Terrorism, ATF

KTVN Reno

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Was it an offer they couldn't refuse from their multimillionaire boss doing the bidding for arguably the most powerful man in the U.S. Congress? Or did Harvey Whittemore's employees make voluntary contributions to Sen.

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Related Topix: US Senate, US Politics, Democrat, US News

Arutz Sheva Israel News

US Senate Likely to Pass New Pro-Israel Resolution

The United States Senate Majority Leader announced Monday that there is unanimous consent to take up a resolution that would affirm support for Israel and strengthen enforcement of sanctions against Iran.

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Related Topix: US Senate, US Politics, Democrat, US News

Tue May 21, 2013

Washington Examiner

Obama's latest NLRB gambit will fail

Members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee are set to vote this morning on a full slate of five nominees to the National Labor Relations Board.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, George Bush, W.

Las Vegas Review Journal

Reid fundraiser draws designer audience

Far from Searchlight, Sen. Harry Reid held a cocktail party fundraiser Friday in New York City hosted by Marianne Nestor Cassini, who runs Oleg Cassini Inc., the fashion design company named after her late husband.

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Related Topix: US Senate, US Politics, Democrat, US News

Roll Call

Inhofe, Coburn Caution Against Extra Spending in Tornado Aid

Oklahoma's two Republican senators are pledging any assistance needed for areas devastated by the tornado that ripped through Moore, Okla., on Monday, but they're maintaining their conservative views on federal spending.

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Related Topix: Tom Coburn, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, John Boehner, US House of Representatives, Moore, OK, FEMA, Democrat, Mitch McConnell

The Las Vegas Sun

Nevada lawmakers a all over the mapa on immigration reform

Nevada's full congressional delegation met in the Mike Mansfield Room of the U.S. Capitol to discuss Nevada policy for the first time in several years, Wednesday, Feb.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Senator Dean Heller, Representative Mark Amodei, Representative Dean Heller, Immigration Reform, Democrat, Representative Dina Titus

Mon May 20, 2013

The Hill

Overnight Money: Irs officials on hot seat at Senate Finance

Hot Seat, Part 2: Members of the Senate Finance Committee get their chance on Tuesday to grill Internal Revenue Service employees about why certain groups seeking tax-exempt status were put under a microscope.

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Related Topix: Tax, US News, US Politics, US Senate, Democrat, Max Baucus, Orrin Hatch, Republican