washingtontimes.com - 1/5/2009
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By: dittoman Durban's statement about the Senate to decide of this appointment was done in a proper manner should mean that there was no play for pay involved. That should mean that a full investigation by the Senate and government prosecutor be performed. That can not be completed by the time ...
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com - 1/5/2009
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tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com —
In a statement given to Election Central, Senate
Majority Leader Harry Reid has called upon Norm Coleman...
to concede defeat in the Minnesota Senate race. Reid also reminded Coleman of his own calls early on in this process for Franken to concede and ...
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Reid To Coleman: It's Over. Concede.
reuters.com - 1/6/2009
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reuters.com —
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid
yielded to Republican threats and agreed on Monday not...
to immediately seat fellow Democrat Al Franken, whose razor-close victory in Minnesota faces legal challenges. Senate Republicans had ...
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Senate Democrats put off plans to seat Franken
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news.yahoo.com - 1/4/2009
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news.yahoo.com —
WASHINGTON (Reuters) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said
on Sunday that "legal authority" exists under the Constitution...
to bar embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's pick to fill President-elect Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat, but added there ...
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Reid cites "legal authority" to bar Illinois ...
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Harry Reid, Furiously Trying to Look Smart and Relevant
The Sundries Shack —
... there’s clearly legal authority for us to do whatever we want to do. This goes back for generations.” He’d be right if not for that pesky Supreme Court decision that said, specifically, that the Senate can’t do “whatever we want to do”. I wouldn’t expect him to know about that, though. I mean, it’s not like the Supreme Court is just a short walk away or anything. How did we put this guy in charge of the Senate? If brains were dynamite, the poor guy wouldn’t be able to blow his nose. And here is Harry Reid fibbing through his teeth. The Senate’s top Democrat would not rule ...
Reid On Burris: “Let’s Make A Deal!”
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
Washington Times:
The Senate’s top Democrat would not rule out Sunday the possibility of seating Roland Burris, saying he will meet with Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich’s choice to succeed President-elect Barack Obama on Wednesday while insisting the Senate had the constitutional right to reject him over the scandal surrounding Mr. Blagojevich.
Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada also denied charges of racism, based on reports over the weekend that he had told Mr. Blagojevich before the governor’s arrest that several black candidates would be unacceptable and had pushed two women, neither black.
When David ...
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