huffingtonpost.com - 2/5/2009
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On Wednesday, Democratic senators were saying that they didn't yet have the votes to pass an economic recovery package. A day later, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced that they have the numbers -- or at least, they will in time for a vote today .
"We hope to have a vote today," ...
thehill.com - 2/5/2009
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thehill.com —
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told reporters
Thursday that he has enough votes to pass a
more than $900 billion stimulus bill out of the Senate. Reid said he believes at least two Republicans of "good will" would support the ...
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Sen. Reid: We’ve got votes on stimulus
politico.com - 2/5/2009
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politico.com —
Meetings intensified among a bipartisan bloc of senators
seeking to trim close to $90 billion from a
massive economic recovery bill nearing final action.
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Reid: We think we've got it
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - 2/6/2009
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The complicated state of the Senate stimulus debate
just got more intense. Sen. Olympia Snowe (ME), one
of the four Republicans considered genuinely open to cooperation with Democrats on a workable economic recovery bill, just released a statement ...
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The Stimulus Plot Thickens: Tax Break Changes Now on the ...
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... As we near the passage of the Senate version of the stimulus bill, I want to take a second to make a plea for strong transparency measures. Here at Mother Jones, and certainly elsewhere on the left, we spent tons of time calling for increased public oversight of the Bush Administration's myriad contractors. The nation's business is being privatized, we'd say. We have a right to know whether these fat cat contractors are spending the taxpayers' money well! ...
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Harry Reid: Economy starting to turn around
thehill.com 2/23/2009 — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said on Monday that the banking industry is “very close” to being stabilized and the nation's economy is starting to rebound. “We tend to talk about the negative. ... Things are beginning to turn and I think ...
NV-Sen: Reid is as weak at home, as he is in the Senate
dailykos.com 11/26/2008 — Research 2000 for Daily Kos. 11/23-25. Likely voters. MoE 4% (No trend lines) Reid (D) 46 Porter (R) 40 Those are anemic numbers for someone of Reid's stature, especially when matched up against a Republican who lost his House seat this past ...
Reid Has a Secret Weapon
rollcall.com 5/11/2009 — As one of the GOP's top targets in 2010, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has been making an aggressive push to improve his standing at home. He's been fundraising, traveling the state and making the case to Nevadans that he has the ...
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fivethirtyeight.com 1/1/2009 — I'm going to be repeating myself here, but as the reporting on this story has been poor (save for the Huffington Post and a couple of other outlets), it appears to be necessary. The notion that the Democrats can refuse to seat Roland Burris out of ...
Reid sees liberal pressure as 'not helpful'
washingtonmonthly.com 3/27/2009 — REID SEES LIBERAL PRESSURE AS 'NOT HELPFUL'.... Harry Reid covered quite a bit of ground at a breakfast briefing this morning hosted by the Christian Science Monitor, but of particular interest were his comments about progressive ad campaigns from ...
Nelson-Collins negotiations complete —
First Read 2/6/2009
From NBC's Ken StricklandNegotiations on the Nelson-Collins amendment to cut about $100 billion from the economic stimulus package are complete. The bipartisan group negotiating it has reached agreement on what items should be cut, according Sen. Ben ...
The latest stimulus update —
First Read 2/6/2009
From NBC's Ken StricklandHere's the state of play at the moment ... more negotiations.
Everything seems to be revolving around the Nelson-Collins proposal to cut $100 billion from the stimulus bill and mustering enough Republican support to get the 60 ...
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