Mar 27 Senate veteran Harry Reid announces he won’t seek re-election By Donna Cassata, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid announced Friday he will not run for another term in 2016, saying he wanted to focus on bringing Democrats back to power in the Senate rather than his own re-election. Continue reading
Feb 25 Congress offers bipartisan support to fund Homeland Security By Erica Werner, David Espo, Associated Press Senate Democrats have agreed to a Republican plan to fund the Homeland Security Department without the immigration provisions opposed by President Barack Obama. Continue reading
Jan 22 Watch 7:13 News Wrap: European Central Bank launches stimulus program By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, the European Central Bank announced a plan to buy up $1.2 billion of bonds to stabilize Europe’s economy, a program similar to the U.S. Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing. Also, at least 13 people died in… Continue watching
Jan 02 Sen. Harry Reid suffers broken ribs, bones in accident By Charles Babington, Associated Press Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid broke a number of ribs and bones in his face when a piece of exercise equipment broke at his Nevada home, causing the lawmaker to fall. Continue reading
Dec 15 Watch 2:40 Rifts exposed on both sides as Congress readies for GOP majority – Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 13 House Democrats, then Senate Republicans object to spending bill By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press First it was objections by House Democrats that stood in the way of passage of a $1.1 trillion catchall spending bill. Now it's the Senate Republicans' turn, specifically Ted Cruz of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah. Continue reading
Dec 12 Senate to take up $1.1 trillion bill to keep government running By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — It's now up to the Senate to pass a huge $1.1 trillion spending bill to keep the government running, but not before a battle between old school veterans and new breed freshmen such as tea partier Ted Cruz… Continue reading
Dec 09 Lawmakers agree on $1 trillion spending bill By David Espo, Andrew Taylor, Associated Press Time running short, Republicans and Democrats agreed Tuesday on a $1.1 trillion spending bill to avoid a government shutdown and delay a politically-charged struggle over President Barack Obama's new immigration policy until the new year. Continue reading
Nov 21 Gwen’s Take: When a lame duck … just isn’t By Gwen Ifill I’ve spent so many years talking about lame ducks in the White House and Congress, and it’s never occurred to me to find out what the heck it means. Continue reading
Nov 20 Members respond to Obama’s immigration action By Colleen Shalby Members of the Republican and Democratic parties responded to the president’s actions. Continue reading