Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Thursday he was open to discussing with President Obama the closure of the prison at Guantanamo Bay and the relocation of detainees. That discussion will include the possible relocation of detainees to the United ...Read More
WASHINGTON-Debate resumed Saturday in the Senate over health-care legislation, as the chamber moved toward an evening vote on whether to bring the bill to the floor. The vote will be the first test in the full Senate for Senate Majority Leader ...Read More
WASHINGTON — When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was informed that the House had taken less than an hour to approve an unemployment bill that languished for a month in the Senate, his aides said he did not know whether ...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will cast its first crucial test vote on healthcare reform on Saturday, with Democrats close to reaching the 60 votes needed to overcome Republican opposition and open debate.
Senators will vote at 8 p.m. (0100 ...Read More
CHICAGO -- On the edge of a cornfield 150 miles from Chicago lies a prison, all but vacant, that could become the new Guantanamo. In the Midwestern autumn, the rural surroundings could hardly seem more different from Cuba, or the fight ...Read More
WASHINGTON — If you're considering Botox to erase frown lines or liposuction to get rid of love handles, you might want to move fast. The "botax" may be on the way. The $848 billion health care bill that Senate Majority Leader ...Read More
(CNN) -- If Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has his way, his chamber will vote Saturday to proceed with debate on its version of the health care bill.
If he's successful, Senate Democrats can breathe a sigh of a relief momentarily ...Read More
WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska is a "yes" in a crucial weekend test vote on health care. The moderate lawmaker told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., that he would vote with rank-and-file Democrats to move ahead on ...Read More
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Postal Service, which hassaid it may lose $7.8 billion this year, pared the list offacilities it’s considering closing by 35 percent. The agency cut the number of stations and branches underevaluation for closure to 241, ...Read More
Fewer than 300 family members visited scandal-plagued Burr Oak Cemetery as it finally reopened after four months Thursday -- far fewer than the thousands authorities had prepared for. Clutching computer printouts detailing the locations of their loved ones' graves, a slow ...Read More
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the first key test vote on his $848 billion health care bill will be taken Saturday, but he declined to say whether he has 60 senators lined up to vote yes.
"We will find out ...Read More
(Updates with comments from several senators, details, starting in fourth paragraph.) WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, (D., Nev.) said Thursday that the Senate is poised to act on $848 billion health-care legislation, despite lingering uncertainty over whether he can ...Read More
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The key health-care overhaul issue now facing medical-device companies is when they may have to start paying a collective $2 billion-per-year tax proposed in Congress. The amount itself now seems set and has been halved from an earlier Senate ...Read More
The high court today flatly rejected claims by David Miliband, the foreign secretary, that releasing evidence of the CIA's inhuman and unlawful treatment of UK resident Binyam Mohamed would harm Britain's relations with the US by giving away intelligence secrets.
Evidence ...Read More
WASHINGTON -- The Senate Democratic leader says Congress is closer than ever to overhauling the nation's health care system. At a Capitol Hill rally, Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday that the $848 billion, 10-year bill he unveiled hours earlier will ...Read More
WASHINGTON ? Throughout the health care reform debate, much has been made of the fact that the actual legislation to be voted on hasn't always been available for the American public to read prior to the roll call being taken. Until ...Read More
WASHINGTON - Congressional budget crunchers Thursday said the Democrats' latest health care plan would hold down federal red ink for at least a 20-year stretch, an assessment that boosted the bill's advocates as the Senate moved gingerly toward a historic ...Read More
Less than 10 hours after Senate Democrats unveiled their health care bill, the reviews are flowing in. AARP, the association representing millions of retired Americans, has offered a qualified endorsement, saying the bill did not go far enough in reducing drug ...Read More
WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid set the stage for a climactic debate in the Senate over health care by unveiling a 10-year, $848 billion bill that would extend insurance to 31 million Americans without coverage.
Mr. Reid's proposed legislation, ...Read More
After months of maneuvering, the Senate stands at the brink of a historic battle over health care with President Barack Obama and his allies on one side and Republicans, outnumbered but unflinching, on the other. "Now it's America's turn, and this ...Read More
Washington (CNN) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid unveiled a sweeping health care bill Wednesday that would expand health insurance coverage to 30 million more Americans at an estimated cost of $849 billion over 10 years. Reid and other Senate Democrats ...Read More
