Outgoing Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) charged that Russian President Vladimir Putin was "clearly, yes" involved in the election hacks. Reid added, “And his having been former head of the KGB, does that surprise you?"
"I think [Comey] should be investigated by the Senate, he should be investigated by other agencies of the government, including the security agencies."
Sen. Reid is making the most of his remaining time in office.
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) only has 45 days left in office, but he made the most of his time by tearing into President-elect Donald Trump on the floor of the United States Senate on Tuesday.
“White nationalists, Vladimir Putin and ISIS are celebrating Donald Trump’s victory, while...innocent Americans cry tears of fear does not feel like America"
The top Democrat in the US Senate, Minority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) accused FBI Director James Comey of violating the law with his letter to Congress about Hillary Clinton's emails.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid applauded the Department of Justice’s plan, announced on Thursday, to address police brutality. Also, Reid reminded us that Republicans continue to close their eyes to this deadly issue.
Rather than "big things" we have been treated to a clinic on entropy; a lot of "big words" rather than "big things," and very little action
Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid took apart Majority Leader Mitch McConnell by using Trump as a weapon of mass Republican destruction.
Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) called out Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) for turning the Senate Judiciary Committee into a political arm of the Republican Party. "What needs mending is the Judiciary Committee under his chairmanship, which he has annexed as a political arm of the Republican leader’s office," Reid charged.
Today on the Senate floor Reid accused Republicans of bowing to the Koch brothers with their SCOTUS blockade against Judge Merrick Garland.
The office of Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) immediately called out Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) for lacking the courage to take on Donald Trump during his speech on the presidential race.
Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) deepened the fractures in the Republican Senate caucus by warning Republicans that Senate Majority Leader McConnell's strategy of obstructing Obama's Supreme Court nominee was foolish and would lead them to defeat.
"Senator McConnell will cave and President Obama will fill this vacancy this year,” Harry Reid predicted. Mitch McConnell's House of Obstruction Cards came tumbling down today in quick succession right after President Obama announced his SCOTUS nominee.
Harry Reid is not impressed with Senate Republicans and he is not mincing words. If they go along with Mitch McConnell's plot to refuse to do their jobs and spit on the Constitution just for political purposes, Reid warned them they will be just as culpable for the demise of the Republican Party as extremists Donald Trump and Ted Cruz.
Nothing less than the foundation of this country's system of checks and balances is at risk if Republicans proceed with their threats to obstruct President Obama from doing his Constitutional duty to replace Justice Scalia on the Supreme Court, Harry Reid warned.
Senate Democrats stood with Flint today by blocking the advancement of an energy bill after Republicans continued to drag their feet on an aid package for the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.
Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is using Donald Trump against Republicans by demanding that the GOP allow a vote on Donald Trump's Muslim ban in exchange for help on a Syrian refugee screening bill.
It is apparent that Democrats are on pace to repeat the electoral debacle of 2010 that allowed conservatives to take control of Congress
Harry Reid and Senate Democrats have announced that they plan to hold Republicans accountable by forcing a vote on an amendment that would keep guns out of the hands of people convicted of violating laws protecting the entrances of healthcare clinics.
Unlike roughly four-dozen House Democrats, Senate Democrats are vowing to stick with President Obama and block a Republican bill that would not allow Syrian refugees into the country.
The Kochs want to convince Americans that they really love America. They just hate that America has a government they do not yet control
Democratic Senate Minority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) stormed the Senate floor and ripped MSNBC's Morning Joe a new for their fawning and slobbering interview of the Koch brothers.
Top Senate Democrats are calling on John Boehner to immediately stop wasting taxpayer money by disbanding his Select Committee investigating Benghazi.
Mitch McConnell tried to threaten Senate Democrats into supporting the resolution of disapproval of the Iran deal, and Democrats responded by handing the Senate Majority a second humiliating defeat.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has put Republicans on the ropes by strongly announcing his support for President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran.
Senate Democrats are getting ready to fire up the filibuster and make Mitch McConnell's life miserable, as they are determined to make the Senate Majority Leader pay for trying to bully them into accepting the unpopular Republican agenda.
Just over six months after winning back the Senate, Mitch McConnell's GOP majority is proving to be more dysfunctional than ever.
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) blasted Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnnell (R-KY) for trying get the Senate to approve an NSA spying program that a federal appeals courted ruled illegal.
A Las Vegas man who concocted the story about Harry Reid getting injured in a fight with his brother confessed that he made the story up.
What is missing from the long list of Koch demands to abolish virtually the entire government is exactly how it will help Americans.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was dealt another defeat by Senate Democrats as he was forced to abandon his attempt to add expanded anti-abortion language to the human trafficking bill.
Senate Democrats sent a strong message to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell by refusing to back down on their demand that anti-abortion language be removed from the human trafficking bill.
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) delivered some devastating straight talk when he called the entire 2016 Republican presidential field losers.
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) got a surprise caller as he was taking questions KNPR. President Obama called in and shocked Reid by glowingly paying tribute to retiring senator.
Senate Democratic Minority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) announced today that he will not be running for reelection in 2016.
Senate Democrats have handed Mitch McConnell another defeat, as they refused to yield to his threats by blocking a human trafficking bill that contains poison bill abortion language.
Senate Democrats blocked the motion to negotiate with the House on the Homeland Security funding bill that means that John Boehner is both out of options and quickly running out of time on his Homeland Security crisis.
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) took the virtually unprecedented step of nailing John Boehner's obstruction by announcing that Senate Democrats will not support any deal to fund Homeland Security unless Boehner caves first.
A handful of key Republican Senators are side-eying the plan House Republicans put forth on Friday in yet another effort to kill President Obama's immigration executive actions, worried that the House Republicans defunding action may lead to a shutdown of government including the Department of Homeland Security.
Lazy members of the Senate are facing the possibility of having to work on Christmas like millions of their Americans. Majority Leader Harry Reid threatened to cancel the Senate's Christmas vacation if they don't get their work done before the holiday.
in response to the House investigation proving there was no Benghazi coverup, Republicans, looking for a different answer want a Senate investigation
It may have been Democrat Howard Dean who said not long ago that if given a choice between voting for a Republican, or a Republican-lite, voters of both parties will always opt for the real Republican; because they cannot trust a Democrat pandering for votes as a Republican. It is a lesson Senator Mary Landrieu, and soon-to-be-former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, would do well to heed.
During his appearance on Fox News Sunday, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) shut down host Chris Wallace's attempt to get him to agree with Republican talking points regarding the Keystone XL pipeline.
On Thursday, Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) announced that Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) will take over as Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, replacing Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO).
Sen. Elizabeth Warren's (D-MA) star is on the rise. Future Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is in talks with Warren to create a special Senate Democratic leadership position just for her.
In a move that mirrors their failed midterm election strategy, Senate Democrats are trying save Sen. Mary Landrieu's job by voting on approval of the Keystone XL pipeline next week.
Democrats aren't taking their Election Night loss sitting down. Sen. Harry Reid, and several outside groups are doubling their efforts in a declaration of war against the Koch brothers.
In a Quinnipiac poll last week, the firm showed Rep. Cory Gardner (R-CO) ahead of the incumbent Democrat Mark Udall by seven points, 46% to 39%. However, Monday's results showed the race a lot tighter, with Gardner's lead shrinking to two points, 45% to 43%.
In fact, there is very little that Ted Cruz even likes about this country, including the United States Constitution, that he would burn to the ground in a hot second if he were able.
Kevin Williamson's article, titled 'Five Reasons Why You're Too Dumb To Vote,' claimed that the first reason someone would be too dumb to vote is if they got their voting advice from Lena Dunham.
Republicans are big on dog whistle politics, particularly going into a midterm election where they have no apparent agenda to run on, and as is usually the case with Republicans, they are appealing to a dependable voting bloc that are rabid over socially conservative (read religious) issues.
After Senate Republicans had blocked a constitutional amendment that would have overturned Citizens United, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) called the Koch victory a defeat for democracy.
In an article published Tuesday in the E&E Daily, a Beltway publication devoted to environmental and energy issues, Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) stated that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid "runs the Senate like a plantation."
Senate Republicans blocked a bill today that would potentially bring millions of jobs back to the United States by refusing to end tax breaks for companies who outsource jobs.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) unloaded on Speaker of the House John Boehner on the Senate floor. Reid called Boehner's lawsuit against President Obama a joke, a sham, and something that Judge Judy would throw out in half a second.
Tuesday night Rep. James Lankford (R-OK) easily defeated former Oklahoma House Speaker TW Shannon in Oklahoma's US Senate Republican primary. Lankford will move on to the general election this November.
A group of eight Senate Republicans have written a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid him for the release of American POW Bowe Bergdahl.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) took to the Senate floor today to rip into Dick Cheney for pushing more war with Iraq. Reid said, "To be on the wrong side of Dick Cheney is to be on the right side of history."
We're number one. No, not in education, health or any other social programs, but in gun crimes. As of June 10, 2014, there have been 117 mass shootings in the United States this year.
Hypocrisy alert: Pallin' around with Harry Reid is reason enough to not deserve a seat in the U.S. Senate, according to Mitch McConnell. Except when it's Rand Paul pallin' around with Harry Reid. Then it's okay.
The latest Republican to introduce legislation attacking women's right to choose is Senator Lindsey Graham who attempted to bypass a committee and asked for unanimous consent to bring the "Pain Capable Unborn Child Protection Act" up for a vote.
Harry Reid must be pretty confident about 2014, because on Tuesday, which is primary day for Mitch McConnell, he threatened to change the Senate rules again to kill GOP filibusters.
In Holder's commencement speech, he noted that racially-motivated outburst from the likes of Cliven Bundy and Donald Sterling were much less of a threat to equality than the more subtle, everyday racism such as what he sees in the criminal justice system.
Republicans have nearly brought the ability to govern to a grinding halt that they wear as a badge of honor as if the American people enjoy paying Republicans' bloated salaries for rendering Congress' ability to function useless.
Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid announced today that Democrats are about mount an effort to amend the constitution to get the Koch brothers and other billionaires out of our politics.
During his interview with MSNBC's Chuck Todd today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) ripped Todd and other Beltway journalists for not being honest about what the Republican Party is doing.
The latest New York Times projection show Republican odds of capturing the Senate are declining, and that the Democrats may keep control of the US Senate.
The White House announced that the President will be releasing his budget very soon. One thing that will not be included in that budget is chained CPI.
Pressure from liberal groups has combined with frustration with endless Senate Republican obstruction to result in Majority Leader Harry Reid seriously looking at going nuclear and ending the 60 vote rule on all Republican filibusters.
It is getting absurd to have Republicans serving in Congress when they have no intention of doing the work the people sent them to Washington to do.
GOP Senators voted almost unanimously to block a three month extension on benefits for the long term unemployed.
There is a lot of political chatter surrounding extending unemployment benefits, but the reality is that 73,000 more Americans will lose their unemployment benefits this week because Republicans are blocking an extension.
On Saturday morning, Rep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN) was chosen by the Republicans to make their weekly address. He claimed that Republicans have passed dozens of jobs bills.
Republicans on pace to kill hundreds and hundreds-of-thousands of jobs, send millions of Americans and their children into poverty, and lay waste to the economy; then they are going on vacation.
The campaign for Alison Lundergan Grimes released a statement slamming Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for his stance on the extension of jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed.
Republicans claim they will offer a conservative policy to fight the war on poverty. They don't have one right now, except to say NO to anything that the Democrats offer including extending UI.
House Republican leadership unveiled the new House work calendar and it shows that the House will only be in session for 97 days prior to Election Day and 112 days through the end of the year.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid wants Republicans to stop the foot dragging and obstruction. If they refuse to behave responsibly, Reid warned that he is open to eliminating all filibusters.
What are Congressional Republicans looking to focus on when they enter the chamber on Monday? Obamacare, of course!
On New Year's Day, the White House released a statement saying in no uncertain terms that the President will push for extended benefits to be reinstated for the 1.3 million people who were cutoff last week.
Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans have hatched a plan for revenge on Harry Reid that is toxic that it could cost the Kentucky senator his seat in November.
The Republican remedy for losing seems to be to refuse to accept defeat. Can't win an election? Revolt! Arrest the winner!
Late on Thursday evening the Senate reached a deal regarding the remaining Presidential nominees waiting to be confirmed. The Senate will now confirm Alejandro Mayorkas, Brian Davis and John Koskinen on Friday and then recess for the Christmas break.
Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX) confirmed to his fellow Senate Republicans that there will be a handful of GOP Senators that will stick around and make sure that debate continues for each and every nominee.
The hope from Republicans was that Reid would just table some of the nominees and hold off until January after the Christmas break. That isn't happening.
The budget deal that was forged by Sen Patty Murray (D-WA) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) looks to be one step closer to final passage as the Senate voted 67-33 Tuesday morning to end debate on the measure.
As we barreled toward the New Year last week, it seemed that each morning brought with it some genuinely surprising political news.
Lo and behold, in this least productive year ever in Congressional history, the House was able to get a two-year budget deal passed.
Republican Senators went through with their plan on Wednesday and held up business in the Senate by debating to delay the vote on one of President Obama's judicial nominees.
After allowing Republican dictators-by-committee to hold sway over a crucial portion of government for nearly five years, Majority Leader Harry Reid did what he should have done three years ago.
There are a bunch of Republicans besides McConnell who, when Bush was president, said they'd never, ever filibuster a nominee.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on the Senate floor that enough was enough, and he announced that he is going nuclear on Republican filibusters today.
After Senate Republicans blocked a third Obama judicial nomination this week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has reached his breaking point and is ready to go nuclear.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is fed up with Speaker of the House John Boehner. Reid let loose in an interview, and claimed that nobody knows what Boehner is talking about.
Republicans persistently claimed they, and only they, adhere to the constitution regardless they routinely disregard or misrepresent the document to fit their extremist vision under Republican rule.
You heard it right. John McCain, responding to an attack by Louie Gohmert (R-TX), said Gohmert is not what you call an intelligent man. This is not news to liberals but McCain himself is known, from time to time, to be a little slow on the uptake.
Even though Senate Republicans blocked the bill, Harry Reid set the bar high today with the vote to extend the debt ceiling through 2014.
Harry Reid came out of tonight's meeting at the White House on the government shutdown saying that, 'The President of the United States was very, very strong, strong, strong.'
Within minutes of the House's passage of their third attempt to kill the ACA, Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats shot it down.
