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Posts Tagged ‘Harry Reid’

Where does this end?

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

Democrats were abuzz today with criticism for U.S. Senate Republicans, who defeated a motion for cloture on the matter of the nomination of Richard Cordray to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The cloture vote was 53-45, with 60 votes needed to proceed with a confirmation vote.Every Republican

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Josh Reid can’t ignore his family ties

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

So senatorial offspring Josh Reid says he's unbothered by criticism of the Henderson City Council, which unanimously chose the son of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid last week as the new city attorney.Speaking to the Las Vegas Sun, Josh Reid blamed the press for the dustup, which saw Henderson

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An election message?

Sunday, October 16th, 2011

In U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's speech to the Project New West summit this morning, he made a point of thanking one particular ethnic group for his lofty perch in government: Hispanics.Reid said he persevered when others asked him why he was working with a community that sometimes fails

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Bloom off tea party rose?

Sunday, October 16th, 2011

There may have been more hope than conviction in U.S. Harry Reid's speech this morning at the first day of Project New West's Las Vegas summit. There, Reid declared, "the bloom is off the tea party."According to Reid, independents and even Republicans are rejecting the tea party movement, which

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Harry Reid’s writing a book!

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

One of the only true revelations to come out of today's Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce luncheon was this: U.S. Sen. Harry Reid is thinking of writing another book. Reid, the author of Searchlight: The Camp that Didn't Fail and

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Can you feel the love tonight?

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011

Now that would-be Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Byron Georgiou has announced he's getting out of the race -- and thus clearing a path for Rep. Shelley Berkley -- Democratic leaders are full of praise for him. Berkley, who never said much at all about Georgiou up until now, had

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Harry Reid always wins in the end

Wednesday, August 10th, 2011

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Byron Georgiou announced today he was getting out of the race -- after he'd come under incredible pressure from U.S. Sen. Harry Reid to drop out. Reid wanted to give Democratic front-runner Rep. Shelley Berkley

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Fox News lies about Reid remark

Saturday, July 16th, 2011

Oh, Fox News. When will you become fair and/or balanced?In a blog posted July 14, a Fox News headline screamed that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had called the tea party's philosophy "a bunch of garbage." Fairly provocative, and sure to anger those tea party folks who already hate Reid

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Georgiou fights back against Reid

Monday, June 20th, 2011

Byron Georgiou, the "other" Democratic candidate in the race for U.S. Senate next year, fired back after being slammed by an aide to U.S. Sen. Harry Reid in a story in the Las Vegas Sun this morning.The piece raises ethical questions about Georgiou based on tax liens and court

Tags: Byron Georgiou, Harry Reid, Shelley Berkley
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Reid says Medicare vote bad for GOP

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has oh-so-helpfully scheduled a vote on the Republican budget plan proffered by Congressman Paul Ryan this evening. And Reid's got a warning for newly appointed U.S. Sen. Dean Heller: Voting for that budget may be hazardous to your career.Hey, you don't suppose that's why Reid's

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