In 2013, Senator Harry Reid triggered the so-called "nuclear option," which eliminated the filibuster for lower court nominees. At the time, Senator Mitch McConnell stated, "I say to my friends on ...

When Senate Democratic Leader Schumer says “Jump,” Sen. Angus King of Maine, who purports to be an independent, dutifully ...

In 2013, Democratic Leader Harry Reid eliminated the filibuster for everything but Supreme Court appointments, clearing the way for simple majority votes. GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY ...

got a lot of mileage out of his 13-hour, old-fashioned filibuster of John Brennan's ... is hand-delivering a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Tuesday, threatening to do whatever ...

Sen. Angus King of Maine bills himself as an “independent,” but his voting record is such that the Federal Trade Commission ...

Bush was granted in 2001. That spirit of bipartisanship has waned, however, since Harry Reid, then the Senate majority leader, eliminated the filibuster for Cabinet nominees in 2013. Nominees ...

While the Senate filibuster is not something that Democrats ... House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid did not give up. The stakes were too high.

Senate Democrats are returning to the confirmation wars of 2017 as they attempt to find their footing in a new Republican majority. Democrats are dragging out the confirmation process for several of ...

This once again shows how ill-advised it was for former Democratic Sen. Harry Reid to start chipping away at the filibuster. Gene: I thought Democrats could have come equipped with more numbers ...

Las Vegas’ Harry Reid International Airport is one of the top 10 busiest U.S. airports and top 20 in the world, according to rankings published by Montreal-based Airports Council International.

WASHINGTON (JTA) — When Harry Reid was 19, he wanted to marry Landra Gould. Her Jewish parents had other ideas. Reid, a middleweight boxer who converted to the Church of Latter-day Saints as a ...