<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Harry Reid: News &amp; Videos about Harry Reid - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Harry_Reid</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Harry Reid from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:14:13 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Harry Reid: News &amp; Videos about Harry Reid - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Harry_Reid</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Harry Reid from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>With dissension in the ranks, health care bill moves ahead</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/23/health.care/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/23/health.care/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Senate Democrats cleared a major hurdle this weekend by voting to move ahead with debate on health care reform, but it was hardly a unified party standing behind the bill.</description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate tax hike misses the mark</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/20/news/economy/Senate_medicare_tax/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/20/news/economy/Senate_medicare_tax/index.htm</guid><description>The health care bill that passed a crucial test vote in the Senate on Saturday is proof that getting reform passed and getting it right are two very different things.</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:19:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Health care rhetoric heats up before key vote</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/20/health.care/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/20/health.care/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Traditional Senate decorum yielded to brass-knuckle politicking Friday in the health care debate as top Democrats sought to close party ranks before a key procedural vote this weekend.</description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:13:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate to vote Saturday on opening debate on health care bill</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/19/health.care.bill/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/19/health.care.bill/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Senate will vote Saturday on opening debate on the sweeping health care bill introduced by Democrats, Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate Dems push $848 billion health care bill</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/18/news/economy/Senate_health_care_bill_cost.cnnw/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/18/news/economy/Senate_health_care_bill_cost.cnnw/index.htm</guid><description>Top Senate Democrats are preparing to defend their sweeping health care reform bill Thursday, one day after unveiling the measure on a sharply polarized Capitol Hill.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:23:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate leader unveils $849 billion health care bill</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/18/health.care/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/18/health.care/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>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.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Waiting game continues for Senate health care bill</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/17/health.care/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/17/health.care/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Senate's top Democrat declined Tuesday to say when he would introduce a hotly anticipated health care reform bill.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>A tax hike that misses the mark</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/17/news/economy/health_reform_medicare_tax/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/11/17/news/economy/health_reform_medicare_tax/index.htm</guid><description>Getting health reform passed and getting health reform right are two very different things.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Moderate Democrats will determine if health care bill gets to Senate floor</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/13/health.care.moderates/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/13/health.care.moderates/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The House squeaked out its version of health care reform and now President Obama is putting pressure on the Senate to do the same so he can sign a bill before the end of the year.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>First full Senate showdown on legislation could happen next week</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/11/health.care/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/11/health.care/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The first crucial showdown over health care reform by the full Senate could come as early as next Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>What happened to bipartisanship?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/03/zelizer.not.fathers.bipartisanship/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/03/zelizer.not.fathers.bipartisanship/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>When Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced he would be pushing for a public option in the final health care bill, it looked as if he had given up on the possibility of a bipartisan agreement.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Reid backs health care public option</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/26/health.care/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/26/health.care/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The contentious debate over health care took a new twist Monday as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced his decision to craft legislation including a public insurance option allowing states to opt out.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>King: Optional public option risky strategy</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/26/john.king.monday.memo/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/26/john.king.monday.memo/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>To: Interested parties  From: John King, CNN chief national correspondent  Re: Monday Memo    Washington (CNN) -- It is a busy week ahead, to say the least, and perhaps a telling one in the health care debate.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate health bill will include public option</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/26/news/economy/harry_reid_public_option/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/26/news/economy/harry_reid_public_option/index.htm</guid><description>Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is poised to proceed with plans to introduce a Senate health care bill with a public health insurance option that would allow states to opt out, a senior aide to Reid told CNN on Sunday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Millions spent to sway health care opinions</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/24/health.care.lobbying/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/24/health.care.lobbying/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The amount of money lobbyists are spending on health care reform could break records, and now that the five bills before Congress have cleared committee, that spending is expected to go into overdrive.</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chance for bipartisanship on health care bill fades</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/14/health.care/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/14/health.care/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Prospects for bipartisan cooperation on health care reform faded Wednesday as a key Senate Democrat called his GOP counterparts obstructionist and both conservative and liberal activists attacked the sweeping $827 billion Senate Finance Committee bill.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>What happens next in health care reform?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/14/health.care.next/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/14/health.care.next/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The focus on health care reform now shifts to the Democratic leadership in Congress a day after the Senate Finance Committee voted through its version of the health care bill.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Key health care vote set for next Tuesday</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/08/health.care/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/08/health.care/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Senate Finance Committee will vote on its long-awaited health care bill next Tuesday, Majority Leader Harry Reid announced on the Senate floor Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: The all-powerful August break</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/28/feehery.august.recess/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/28/feehery.august.recess/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The issue was: Should they stay or should they go?</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lawmakers explore taxing AIG bonuses</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/17/news/economy/AIG_tax_bonuses/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/17/news/economy/AIG_tax_bonuses/index.htm</guid><description>Senate Democrats want to tax the controversial bonuses doled out to AIG employees who work for the division that led to the company's downfall.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate Democrats to consider GOP changes on spending bill</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/06/senate.spending.bill/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/06/senate.spending.bill/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>After postponing a vote on a $410 billion spending bill, Senate Democrats planned to consider Republican amendments as early as Friday to get the votes needed to move the legislation forward.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 18:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate postpones vote on spending bill</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/05/senate.spending.bill/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/05/senate.spending.bill/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The U.S. Senate postponed a planned vote on a $410 billion spending plan on Thursday, with Democratic leaders saying they would allow Republican changes to the bill to be considered after coming up just short of the support they needed.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:51:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate delays vote on spending bill</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/05/news/economy/senate_spending/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/05/news/economy/senate_spending/index.htm</guid><description>The Senate postponed a planned vote on a $410 billion spending plan Thursday, with Democratic leaders saying they would allow Republican changes to the bill to be considered after coming up just short of the support they needed.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:20:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Stimulus bill a sorry spectacle</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/17/cafferty.stimulus/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/17/cafferty.stimulus/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>What a joke. Your Congress has voted to spend almost $790 billion of your money on a stimulus package that not a single member of either chamber has read.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>House, Senate plan Friday votes on economic stimulus</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/12/stimulus/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/12/stimulus/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Senate plans to vote on the $789 billion compromise stimulus late Friday after an all-day debate, Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday from the chamber floor.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:22:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Stimulus bill snag worked out, sources say</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/11/stimulus.plan/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/11/stimulus.plan/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Negotiators have worked out a disagreement between the Senate and House over education funding in the economic stimulus bill, Democratic leadership sources said Wednesday evening.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:51:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Deal struck on economic stimulus package</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/11/news/economy/stim_wed/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/11/news/economy/stim_wed/index.htm</guid><description>Democratic leadership sources say they have worked out a way around the disagreement between the Senate and House over education funding in the economic stimulus bill.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Vote expected Tuesday on stimulus after bipartisan deal</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/06/stimulus/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/06/stimulus/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S. senators began debate on a massive economic-recovery package Friday evening, after a working coalition of Democrats and some Republicans reached a compromise that trimmed billions in spending from an earlier version.</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2009 14:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Democrats mull cuts to schools in stimulus plan</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/06/news/economy/education_spending/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/02/06/news/economy/education_spending/index.htm</guid><description>A key compromise over the $900 billion economic recovery plan entered a pivotal phase Friday, with Democrats wrestling over potential cuts to the proposal that include billions slashed from education spending.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate adjourns without deal on stimulus package</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/05/stimulus/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/05/stimulus/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Senate wrapped up Thursday night after hours of sometimes acrimonious work without voting on a massive economic recovery plan championed by President Barack Obama.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 13:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Coleman packs, vows to continue legal fight for Senate seat</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/21/minnesota.senate.coleman/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/21/minnesota.senate.coleman/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Norm Coleman began packing his Capitol Hill office Wednesday, but said he has no intention of giving up his legal fight to serve another term in Congress.</description><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:14:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Automakers' fourth-and-long plea</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/05/news/companies/house_hearing/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/05/news/companies/house_hearing/index.htm</guid><description>Leaders of the nation's auto industry made their final plea on Capitol Hill Friday for a $34 billion bailout they said Detroit - and the U.S. economy - can't live without.</description><pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 01:06:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dems want automakers to show bailout spending plan</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/20/congress.auto.bailout/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/20/congress.auto.bailout/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Congressional Democrats are asking the Big Three automakers to submit a plan no later than December 2 for spending the $25 billion they have requested to rescue their companies, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Automaker bailout appears stalled in Senate</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/19/congress.auto.bailout/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/19/congress.auto.bailout/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid reversed plans to hold a test vote Thursday on a Democratic-sponsored automakers bailout bill but held out the possibility for a last-minute vote on any compromise.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:35:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dems plan vote on aid to automakers despite opposition</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/14/congress.automakers/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/14/congress.automakers/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Senate Democrats on Friday said they plan to vote on a bill meant to aid struggling automakers despite vocal opposition from Republicans.</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Lieberman may have day of reckoning with Democrats</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/06/lieberman.democrats/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/06/lieberman.democrats/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Joe Lieberman met Thursday with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to discuss Lieberman's future with the Democratic caucus.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Financial Hazards of Washington's Rumor Mill</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1849491,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1849491,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Singling out Wall Street bailout candidates is an increasingly risky proposition for beltway politicians</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>House Dems plan second stimulus package</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/10/news/economy/second_stimulus/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/10/news/economy/second_stimulus/index.htm</guid><description>House Democratic leaders are putting together a second economic stimulus package costing as much as $150 billion and are likely to call Congress back shortly after the election to vote on the measure, according to several Democratic leadership aides.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Insurers dive on Reid's 'bankrupt' quote</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/03/news/companies/insurance_stocks/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/03/news/companies/insurance_stocks/index.htm</guid><description>Several big life insurance stocks fell sharply Thursday, dragged down by jitters about their role in the credit crisis and fears sparked by a comment from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., Wednesday about a potential bankruptcy in the industry.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Democrats offer alternative 'no bailouts act'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/30/congress.bailout/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/30/congress.bailout/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A small group of Democratic House members put together an alternative to the $700 billion financial bailout measure that was defeated in the House on Monday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Congress to revisit fight over offshore oil drilling</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/08/congress.energy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/08/congress.energy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Lawmakers return to Capitol Hill on Monday to resume their fight over legislation allowing more offshore oil drilling, in a bid to help relieve sky-high gasoline prices that are hurting the economy and infuriating voters.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Democrats compromise on oil drilling</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/08/news/economy/Congress_energy/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/08/news/economy/Congress_energy/index.htm</guid><description>Lawmakers return to Capitol Hill Monday to pick up where they left off in their bitter fight over energy legislation -- whether to allow more off-shore oil drilling to help relieve the sky-high price of gasoline that is hurting the economy and infuriating voters.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate Democrats offer deal to break energy bill standstill</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/28/congress.energy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/28/congress.energy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid surprised Republicans on Monday by offering them a chance to vote this week on four GOP-backed amendments to an energy bill, including one that would expand offshore oil drilling.</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bickering slows energy relief bill</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/28/news/economy/congress_gas/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/07/28/news/economy/congress_gas/index.htm</guid><description>Congress appears unlikely to pass energy legislation before leaving this week for its August recess -- even though polls show Americans are worrying more about record high gas prices than the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Senator: Polygamous sects are 'form of organized crime'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/24/polygamy.hearing/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/24/polygamy.hearing/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Polygamous sects that have spread throughout the United States and beyond are "a form of organized crime," largely unchecked by law enforcement, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate finalizes war funding bill</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/26/senate.war.funding/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/26/senate.war.funding/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Senate gave final approval Thursday to a war funding measure that includes money for a new GI Bill and other domestic measures.</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Global AIDS Bill Agreement Reached</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1818095,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1818095,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Senate negotiators said they reached a tentative
agreement on a key obstacle to one of the most ambitious federal health
initiatives ever, a $50 billion act to combat AIDS, malaria and
tuberculosis in Africa and other countries</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate ready to debate housing stimulus plan</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/03/senate.housing/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/03/senate.housing/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A bipartisan housing stimulus bill could be debated in the Senate as early as Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate Agrees on Foreclosure Relief</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1727461,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1727461,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Momentum built Wednesday for a bipartisan Senate bill designed to ease the slumping housing market and help millions of families threatened by foreclosure, though economists are skeptical that it will help much</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Stalled housing bill moves forward in Senate</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/01/congress.housing/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/01/congress.housing/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Senate leaders have agreed to move forward on stalled legislation aimed at easing the impact of the falling housing market, the chamber's top Republican and Democrat announced Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate GOP blocks mortgage relief bill</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/28/senate.housing/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/28/senate.housing/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Senate Republicans on Thursday blocked efforts to give bankruptcy courts more power to stave off home foreclosures, a move the chamber's Democratic leader called "a big mistake."</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 01:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Super Tuesday forces delay of stimulus vote</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/31/economy.stimulus/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/31/economy.stimulus/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A Senate vote on an economic stimulus package must wait until next week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday, allowing senators on the campaign trail to return to Washington. </description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate stays in session to block Bush recess appointments</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/19/senate.reid/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/19/senate.reid/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Senators have left town for the Thanksgiving holiday, but the Senate will technically stay in session -- a move that keeps President Bush from making appointments while lawmakers are in recess. </description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The Farm Bill Stalls -- for Now</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1685169,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1685169,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Analysis: Senate Republicans have blocked a bad bill for the wrong reasons. But don't expect it to die</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2007 07:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Votes in Senate possibly end war debate till next year</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/16/war.funding/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/16/war.funding/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Senators on Friday weren't able to muster enough support to bring dueling war-funding bills to a final vote, possibly ending debate on the issue until next year.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate Democrats again frustrated in effort to withdraw troops</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/21/iraq.senate/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/21/iraq.senate/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Republican senators on Friday were again able to block a Democratic amendment that would set "definite timelines" for bringing home American combat forces from Iraq.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Reid: Frustrated Dems will keep pushing for end to Iraq war </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/20/iraq.senate/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/20/iraq.senate/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Democrats are disappointed they have been unable to force President Bush to change course in Iraq, but they will keep pushing -- with or without Republican help, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The G.O.P. Immigration War Heats Up</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1637199,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1637199,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>As Congress begins voting on the controversial bill, the White House and the G.O.P. trade jabs -- and spin</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Democrats to revive Iraq war timetables</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/12/war.deadline/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/12/war.deadline/index.html</guid><description>Senate Democrats will once again try to impose timetables for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, Majority Leader Harry Reid announced Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2007 22:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>War-funding vote puts Dem candidates in a bind</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/15/iraq.funding/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/15/iraq.funding/index.html</guid><description>As the Senate prepares to vote on a measure that would cut off funding for the war in Iraq, Democrats running for president are making a hard decision -- whether to vote for an amendment that would cut off funding for the war.</description><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2007 20:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Reid tries to clear the way for Iraq funding negotiations</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/14/iraq.funding.senate/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/05/14/iraq.funding.senate/index.html</guid><description>The top Democrat in the Senate announced Monday he is moving two major Iraq votes into an unrelated water bill, a decision that could clear the way for an Iraq funding vote as early as this week.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 21:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate passes Iraq withdrawal bill; veto threat looms</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/26/congress.iraq/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/04/26/congress.iraq/index.html</guid><description>President Bush is warming up his veto muscles after the Senate passed a war funding bill Thursday that sets a deadline for withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from Iraq by next April.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Reid: Iraq war 'worst foreign policy mistake' in U.S. history</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/18/reid.iraq/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/18/reid.iraq/index.html</guid><description>After months of heated rhetoric slamming President Bush's Iraq policy, the Senate's top Democrat moved into new terrain by declaring the Iraq war a worse blunder than Vietnam.</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2007 17:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate Democrats follow House lead on Iraq resolution</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/14/senate.iraq/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/14/senate.iraq/index.html</guid><description>Senate Democrats have decided to push aside a stalled bipartisan resolution opposing President Bush's troop boost in Iraq in favor of a more simplified measure now being debated in the House.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:14:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>GOP blocks Senate debate on Iraq resolution</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/05/senate.iraq/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/05/senate.iraq/index.html</guid><description>Senate Republicans used a procedural maneuver Monday to keep Democratic leaders from moving forward with a nonbinding resolution opposing President Bush's plan to increase troop levels in Iraq.</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2007 13:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate votes to end secret 'earmarks'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/17/senate.earmarks/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/17/senate.earmarks/index.html</guid><description>The days of lawmakers slipping pet projects into spending bills at the last minute are ending after the Senate approved a new rule Tuesday forcing members to disclose requests for  those "earmarks."</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:18:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Senator Reid victim of identity theft </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/07/27/reid.identity.theft/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/07/27/reid.identity.theft/index.html</guid><description>Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid discovered this week he was the victim of identity theft after someone used his MasterCard number to charge about $2,000 at a Wal-Mart and other stores in Monroe, North Carolina.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Jul 2006 13:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Democrats: No raises for Congress until minimum wage is increased</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/27/congress.wage/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/27/congress.wage/index.html</guid><description>A week after the GOP-led Senate rejected an increase to the minimum wage, Senate Democrats on Tuesday vowed to block pay raises for members of Congress until the minimum wage is increased.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2006 20:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Calls for accountability</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/04/schneider/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/04/schneider/index.html</guid><description>You can call what Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid did this week "a stunt,'' but it was certainly the political Play of the Week.</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2005 20:43:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Reid: White House owes an explanation</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/30/leak.probe/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/30/leak.probe/index.html</guid><description>The Senate minority leader said Sunday that President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney owe the country an explanation of "what's going on" in the administration and called for White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove to be fired.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2005 17:30:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Cautious reaction to Miers' nomination </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/03/miers.reaction/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/03/miers.reaction/index.html</guid><description>Conservatives and liberals reacted cautiously Monday to President Bush's nomination of White House counsel Harriet Miers, noting her lack of experience as a judge and the absence of a record that definitively demonstrates her judicial philosophy.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2005 17:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Democrats' special interest problem</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/26/democrats.problem/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/26/democrats.problem/index.html</guid><description>For several elections, Democrats have been hurt by the widespread perception that the party consists of a confederation of interest groups to which Democratic leadership is slavishly beholden.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2005 14:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Democrats propose 'Marshall Plan'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/15/katrina.democrats/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/15/katrina.democrats/index.html</guid><description>Not waiting for President Bush to outline his Hurricane Katrina recovery plans, Democratic congressional leaders Thursday afternoon issued their own call for a domestic "Marshall Plan" to rebuild the Gulf Coast.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2005 20:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Senate Democratic leader Reid has mild stroke</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/19/reid.stroke/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/19/reid.stroke/index.html</guid><description>Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid suffered a mild stroke earlier this week and underwent tests, but he was not hospitalized and "feels fine," his office said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2005 23:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Filibuster face-off</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/12/filibuster.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/12/filibuster.tm/index.html</guid><description>If Senate minority leader Harry Reid is spooked by Republican threats to curb the mighty filibuster in order to get President Bush's judges appointed to the bench, he isn't showing it.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2005 16:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Reid blasts Bush over RNC document</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/08/reid.bush/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/08/reid.bush/index.html</guid><description>Angered by Republican criticism, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid on Tuesday suggested President Bush's calls for unity are proving "absolutely false."</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2005 01:54:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Transcript of Democratic response to the State of the Union address</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/02/dem.transcript/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/02/dem.transcript/index.html</guid><description>The Democratic response to President Bush's State of the Union address from Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2005 03:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Herding the 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Harry Reid of Nevada said Wednesday that he has enough support among his colleagues to become the next Democratic leader.</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2004 21:28:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>