Democratic Senators Chuck Schumer (NY), Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) and Al Franken (MN) respond to Super PAC filings that reveal special interests behind election ads.
Senator Reid, speaking to colleagues from the Senate floor, urges an end to tax breaks for millionaires, noting that they added one trillion dollars to national debt in the last decade.
In the new year, Senator Reid says he hopes Republicans will work with Democrats on critical legislation -- for the sake of helping Americans get back to work, and rebuilding the economy.
Senator Reid says he look forward to hearing President Obama announce common-sense ideas to spur manufacturing, create jobs and help small businesses compete and grow during tonight's State of the Union address.
As the Senate began its first session of 2012, Nevada Senator Harry Reid called on Republicans and Democrats to seek common ground, in order to improve the economy and create jobs.
Nevada Senator Harry Reid announces his selection of Democratic senators Max Baucus (Mont.), Ben Cardin (Md.), Jack Reed (R.I.) and Bob Casey Jr. (Pa.) to negotiate a year-long extension of the payroll tax cut with Republicans.
Nevada Senator Harry Reid warns House Republicans that their payroll tax cut proposal, laden with unrelated measures that cater to special interests, will be dead on arrival in the Senate.
Nevada Senator Harry Reid speaks about Republican opposition to keeping payroll taxes low for middle-class families. It was impossible for NPR to find millionaire job creators who fit a GOP example.
Democratic senators Harry Reid, Chuck Schumer, Dick Durbin and Patty Murray urge Republicans to stand with their leaders and support a tax break for the middle class.
Richard Cordray, President's Obama's nominee to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is highly qualified and has bipartisan support. Republican attempts to block a vote on his nomination "is really shameful," says Nevada Senator Harry Reid.
Nevada Senator Harry Reid urges Senate Republicans to join Democrats to pass a tax cut, rather than allow a tax increase, for American middle class workers.
Nevada Senator Harry Reid says Senator Casey's compromise legislation to extend and expand a tax cut for the middle class is a plan that Republicans, too, must support.
Nevada Senator Harry Reid outlines the reasons the Senate must pass an extension and expansion of the payroll tax cut as quickly as possible and calls on Republicans to join Democrats in ensuring new legislation becomes law.