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Georgiou isn’t backing off

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

If anybody thought that attorney and Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission member Byron Georgiou was going to back out of the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate race because Rep. Shelley Berkley got in, think again. Georgiou released a statement today that makes it clear he's staying in the race.Here's the text:

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BREAKING: Reid: Odds of shutdown about even

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid today said he puts the odds of the government shutting down at midnight on Friday at "no better than 50-50," and accused majority Republicans in the House of not being able to take yes for an answer on drawn-out budget negotiations.Democrats have compromised by

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When Reid is right, and wrong

Thursday, March 17th, 2011

U.S. Sen. Harry Reid says Social Security isn't in trouble in the near future. And on that, he's absolutely right.But Reid also says he's not willing to talk today about fixing the problems Social Security will face decades from now, and on that, he's absolutely wrong.Here's some of what Reid

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On prostitution

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011

It's ironic timing that U.S. Sen. Harry Reid should show up at the Nevada Legislature Tuesday and urge lawmakers to outlaw prostitution -- as a business development tool! His remarks came the very day the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against Las Vegas CityLife -- and me, it's former editor and

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Stick to business!

Sunday, February 20th, 2011

This week's Real Time with Bill Maher brought a familiar name back to the forefront. CNBC "Power Lunch" anchor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera mentioned that Sharron Angle's performance in the Nevada Senate race last year was proof that America is now ready to talk about other options for the Social Security

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One man’s frugality is another’s ethics violation

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

The group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) today asked the Office of Congressional Ethics to investigate whether members of Congress who sleep in their offices are receiving a benefit, i.e. free housing in an expensive market.Nevada's own U.S. Rep. Joe Heck said when he got

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Reid: Republican gamesmanship on budget could hurt NV

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

U.S. Sen. Harry Reid said Monday he's concerned about Republican gamesmanship on the budget, or rather the lack thereof.Congress failed to pass a budget in time for the new fiscal year, which started in October, or during the lame-duck session of Congress in November, preferring instead to approve stopgap measures

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Brevity is the soul of wit

Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

From U.S. Sen. Harry Reid's press office comes hilarious proof that employees are not paid by the word:

Washington, D.C.—Jon Summers, spokesman for Nevada Senator Harry Reid, released the following statement in response to Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s declaration that the Senate will re-open the donut hole and take

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A promise kept, a DREAM deferred

Saturday, December 18th, 2010

The Senate's historic vote today to end the don't ask, don't tell policy fulfilled a promise U.S. Sen. Harry Reid made in August at the Rio hotel-casino to the Netroots Nation conference. At that gathering, under questioning about the policy, Reid awkwardly accepted the West Point class ring of

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Forget ideology, Angle lacked campaign competence

Sunday, November 21st, 2010

The website Politico has the best inside-the-campaign account yet published about Sharron Angle's campaign against Harry Reid. The story portrays the campaign as a battleground between ideological Tea Party activists who knew little about campaigning and outside professional advisers who failed to gain the trust or the ear of

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