Harry Reid Headlines
A list of the most recent stories about Harry Reid.
Jury seated for Whittemore trial in US court, Reno
The jurors selected to decide the fate of a former Nevada lobbyist accused of making illegal campaign contributions to Sen. Harry Reid say they don't have strong enough feelings about the Nevada Democrat one way or another to sway their opinion in the case. Five women, seven men and two ...
Senate panel approves US ambassador to Libya
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday approved President Barack Obama's nominee for U.S. ambassador to Libya, a post that has been vacant since insurgents attacked the diplomatic mission in Benghazi last September, killing Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. With little discussion, the panel on a voice vote ...
$20 million US grant for Nevada solar power work
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $20 million grant to Nevada's higher education system to help find ways to make large-scale solar power plants more practical and efficient on arid desert lands. Sen. Harry Reid announced the grant Monday for the project called, "The Solar Energy-Water-Environment Nexus in Nevada." ...
Whittemore's campaign contribution trial this week
Lawyers defending Harvey Whittemore say money the former millionaire developer, lawyer and high-powered lobbyist gave to employees were gifts of appreciation, not reimbursement for their donations to Sen. Harry Reid. Jury selection begins Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Reno for Whittemore, who is accused of illegally funneling nearly $150,000 ...
Snowe presses for bipartisanship in new book
U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe describes a scene out of a Rockwell painting: With Washington crippled by a blizzard, President Barack Obama worked the week before Christmas with a fire roaring in the fireplace in the Oval Office. Outside the window, his daughters played in the snow with their dog. Inside, ...
Lawmakers, White House discuss sexual assault
Senior White House officials met privately Thursday with a bipartisan group of lawmakers as growing outrage over the armed forces' handling of sexual assaults injected new energy into efforts to rewrite decades-old military laws. Senior aides to President Barack Obama met Thursday morning with 16 Republicans and Democrats from the ...
Rebuked by Reid, Domenici hopes to mend ties
Former New Mexico Sen. Pete Domenici says he's disappointed to hear that he's persona non grata to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid because Domenici fathered a son out of wedlock in the 1970s with a daughter of then-Sen. Paul Laxalt of Nevada. Domenici and Michelle Laxalt earlier this year disclosed ...
Most military sexual assault cases go unreported
They are young, often low-ranking service members out on the weekend in the late night and early morning hours. Sometimes they've been drinking. Often those who sexually assault them are in the armed forces, too. But in the vast majority of military sexual assault cases — as many as 22,000 ...
Reid presses for bill on military sexual assault
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he wants legislation that would strip military officers of the ability to overturn convictions for sexual assault. In a letter to the leaders of the Armed Services Committee, the Nevada Democrat said he wants the measure in the sweeping defense policy bill that Congress ...
Senate rejects firearms on more federal lands
The Senate rejected an effort Wednesday to expand the use of firearms on some of the nation's most frequently visited federal lands, handing gun control advocates a modest success. The measure, backed by the National Rifle Association, represented one of two efforts Wednesday by gun rights supporters to take the ...
A sampling of editorials from around New York
The New York Daily News on Gov. Cuomo's proposals to crack down on corruption in state government. May 7 One more member of the state Legislature has been identified as a cheap crook. There was money to steal so Brooklyn state Sen. John Sampson took it and then he pulled ...
Gun control forces struggle to keep issue alive
Gun control forces are targeting Sens. Kelly Ayotte, Max Baucus and others as they struggle to persuade five senators to switch their votes and revive the rejected effort to expand background checks to more firearms buyers. With Congress back from a weeklong recess, the bottom line remains familiar: Advocates of ...
Anti-gun groups focus on Pryor with ads, visit
As one of five Democrats who opposed expanding background checks for firearm sales, U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor of Arkansas is facing pressure from gun control groups who are urging him to rethink a position they suggest could haunt him during his re-election bid next year. Mayors Against Illegal Guns on ...
Conn. approves new waste storage at nuclear plant
The Connecticut Siting Council has approved a request by Millstone nuclear plant to significantly expand nuclear waste storage capacity. The council voted unanimously without discussion Thursday to allow Millstone to build concrete pads necessary for an expansion of its waste storage at the Waterford site. As many as 135 dry ...
Sen. Reid headlines Las Vegas immigration rally
People waving American flags, honking hand-held horns and chanting "Si se puede" — Spanish for "Yes, we can" — flooded a major Las Vegas thoroughfare to rally for comprehensive immigration reform, joining similar demonstrations that took place in cities around the country. Thousands of people showed up Wednesday evening for ...
Officials say threatened FAA towers to remain open
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has assured lawmakers the Obama administration will prevent the closure of 149 small airport towers as well as end furloughs of air traffic controllers nationwide as a result of legislation passed by Congress, according to officials involved in negotiations on the bill. The disclosure came as ...
Nominee's law firm gives $150K to Reid-backed PAC
Two senior partners at a Las Vegas law firm made $150,000 in contributions to a political action committee associated with Sen. Harry Reid last year as he considered a member of the law firm for a federal judgeship, according to a published report. As Reid vetted attorney Jennifer Dorsey in ...
Feds reject land sale for Vegas-area gravel quarry
The federal Bureau of Land Management says it won't sell a block of rocky land south of Las Vegas for a gravel pit operation. The BLM cited an environmental analysis and public opposition in announcing Friday that it won't authorize the land sale near the Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area ...
Senate advances bill to tax Internet sales
The Senate moved closer Thursday to passing a bill to tax purchases made over the Internet. But a final vote in the Senate was delayed until senators return from a weeklong vacation. Although opponents hope senators will hear from angry constituents over the next week, they have a steep hill ...
White House says it's open to fix on FAA furloughs
Under growing pressure, the Obama administration signaled Wednesday it might accept legislation eliminating Federal Aviation Administration furloughs blamed for lengthy delays affecting airline passengers, while leaving the rest of $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts in place. The disclosure came as sentiment grew among Senate Democrats as well as Republicans ...
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