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Reid Pushes for Committee Spill Recommendations by July 4 Recess

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has fired off letters to the chairmen of key committees requesting that they make recommendations or report legislation before the Fourth of July recess that would address the “unfolding disaster in the Gulf of Mexico [GOM].”

June 8, 2010

Congress Heads for Showdown over Financial Reform Bill

While Democrats and Republicans tried to smooth out their differences in the comprehensive financial regulatory reform bill, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) grew impatient and scheduled the first test vote on the bill for Monday (April 26).

April 26, 2010

Reid Strips Tax Extenders From Senate Jobs Package

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) stripped all of the tax extenders — energy and otherwise — from a pending jobs package only hours after Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Charles Grassley (R-IA) unveiled a bipartisan bill Thursday.

February 16, 2010

Reid Strips Tax Extenders From Senate Jobs Package

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) stripped all of the tax extenders — energy and otherwise — from a pending jobs package only hours after Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Charles Grassley (R-IA) unveiled a bipartisan bill Thursday.

February 16, 2010

Reid Strips Tax Extenders From Senate Jobs Package

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) stripped all of the tax extenders — energy and otherwise — from a pending jobs package only hours after Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Charles Grassley (R-IA) unveiled a bipartisan bill Thursday.

February 15, 2010

Reid: No Senate Energy Debate Until Spring

Floor debate on the energy and climate change legislation will begin in the Senate “sometime in the spring,” according to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV).

November 23, 2009

Reid: No Senate Energy Debate Until Spring

Floor debate on the energy and climate change legislation will begin in the Senate “sometime in the spring,” according to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV).

November 19, 2009

Prospects Dim for Climate Change Legislation

The prospects for passing comprehensive climate change legislation this year appeared to dim last Tuesday after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (R-NV) suggested in comments that some of the work before Congress may be put on hold until 2010.

September 21, 2009

Prospects Appear to Dim for Climate Change Legislation

The prospects for passing comprehensive climate change legislation this year appeared to dim Tuesday after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (R-NV) suggested in comments that some of the work before Congress may be put on hold until 2010.

September 17, 2009

Congress Asked to Resolve Federal, State Permitting Conflict

A major natural gas pipeline group last Monday called on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to help “remedy” the conflict between federal and state regulators involved in the permitting of interstate gas pipeline projects as part of legislation that addresses electric transmission siting.

March 2, 2009