Reid: Dem Energy Bill Will Create Jobs and Lower Energy Costs for Consumers

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Wednesday that the Senate's energy bill is necessary for the "environment and for national security," adding that the legislation will generate jobs and lower energy costs for consumers.
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Reid Unveils Slimmed-Down Energy Bill

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is introducing energy and oil spill legislation after deciding to give up on a broader bill that would cap greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.

Reid Still Facing Frustrated Voters Despite Uptick in Nevada Race

An internal memo from a polling group aligned with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid shows the economy is causing a "serious problem" for Reid's re-election effort. 

Senate Democrats abandon climate measure

Senate Democrats on Thursday admitted defeat in their drive to pass an ambitious global-warming bill this year that caps greenhouse gases, abandoning a priority of President Obama's.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, said no Republican was willing to back a comprehensive energy bill, a development he called "terribly ...
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Panel rebuffs effort to fund Yucca site

Lawmakers who support a nuclear-waste repository under Nevada's Yucca Mountain continue to fall short of finding additional money for the project.

The Obama administration and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada favor scrapping the Yucca Mountain site, and the president's budget ...
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Senate Democrats abandon comprehensive energy bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are giving up on plans to pass an energy bill that caps emissions of carbon dioxide, saying Republicans refuse to support the measure.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said no Republican was willing to back a comprehensive energy bill, a development he called "terribly disappointing."

Senate Republican Leader Won't Campaign in Nevada Against Senate Democratic Leader

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) will not campaign in Nevada against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), according to a senior Republican aide.
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What cap? Dems' climate word war

Harry Reid eliminates the terms 'cap" and "cap and trade" from his vocabulary.



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Poll: Reid has 7-point lead on rival

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, whose re-election bid has been bogged down by poor polling numbers the past year, has a seven-percentage-point lead in a new survey after a volley of aggressive TV ads aimed at his Republican challenger.

It's the largest independent poll lead this year for the Nevada ...
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Troubled Dems Aim to Stay Positive About Congressional Elections

Fighting for their political lives, Sens. Harry Reid and Barbara Boxer have raised a fortune in cash, but the record shows that Republicans in key races are outraising Democrats by a lot.

Nevada Obit Asks Friends to Skip Flowers, Support Anyone But Reid

The family of a deceased 84-year-old former campaign worker for Harry Reid say Charlotte McCourt's last wishes were to see the Senate majority leader lose re-election.

Angle Says Campaign to Defeat Reid God's 'Calling'

Republican Sharron Angle says her campaign to unseat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in Nevada is "a calling" from God and that her faith is helping her endure a fiercely competitive race in which Democrats have depicted her as a conservative extremist.

Angle says Fox interviews help fill coffers

Senate candidate Sharron Angle of Nevada, the Republican challenger to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, said appearances on Fox News have been a boon to her campaign bank account.

In an unusually blunt interview with the Christian Broadcasting Network, Mrs. Angle said she prefers appearing on Fox instead of news ...
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Financial overhaul vote set Thursday

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is planning a final vote Thursday morning on a sweeping overhaul of financial regulations. Passage in the Senate would send the bill to President Obama for his signature.

Mr. Reid announced the timing Tuesday after votes to ensure its ...
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Tea Party Darling Angle Hits Back at Reid

U.S. Senate candidate Sharron Angle on Friday denounced Majority Leader Harry Reid as a "desperate man" who was distorting her conservative record while ignoring a state that leads the nation in joblessness, foreclosures and bankruptcies.

Obama Urges Increase in Clean Energy Tax Credits

Mixing policy and politics, President Barack Obama called on Congress Friday to expand a clean energy tax credit that could pay off in Nevada, where Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is struggling in his re-election campaign.
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Obama Calls for $5B in Clean Energy Tax Credits to Create 40,000 Jobs

Mixing policy and politics, President Obama called on Congress Friday to expand a clean energy tax credit that could pay off in Nevada, where Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is struggling in his re-election campaign.

Obama Attacks Sen. Harry Reid's Tea Party Opponent

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Obama Promotes Energy Projects, Economy – and Harry Reid -- in Nevada

Hours before Obama arrived in the Nevada on Thursday to hold a fundraiser for Reid, the Departments of Energy and Interior joined Reid in announcing a new 'Solar Demonstration Zone' in Nevada where new solar technologies can be tested and developed.
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Reid, Angle Tussle Over Legality of Reviving Angle's Website

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's campaign to portray his Tea Party-backed opponent as too extreme for Nevada has prompted Sharron Angle's campaign to threaten legal action after Reid's team launched a website that it says exposes her hidden agenda.

Angle: 'I Meant Take Reid Out of Office'

Nevada Senate candidate Sharron Angle backed away Tuesday from remarks in which she referred to the Second Amendment right to bear arms and the need to "take ... out" Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Nevada's Tea Party Candidate Retracts Comment to 'Take Out' Reid

Nevada's Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle backed away from her remark about the need to 'take...out' Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. 'I meant take him out of office,' she said in her first extended Nevada interview since winning the June 8 primary.
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Nevada Democrats Seize on Birther Controversy to Attack Tea Party Darling

Nevada Democrats have seized on the widely debunked conspiracy theory that President Obama was not born in the U.S. to attack Tea Party darling Sharron Angle, the Republican running against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Jobless Benefits 'Extender' Bill May Be on Life Support Amid Deficit Concerns

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid scolded colleagues Monday for twice voting to block the advancement of the so-called "extender" bill of which he is a prime architect -- even as his top lieutenant admitted to reporters that the measure is likely doomed. 

Immigration promise hard to keep

Harry Reid positions self as friend to Hispanics as Dems concede they can't do much on immigration.



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