Sen. Charles Grassley (R., Iowa) Friday refused a request from Dow Jones to release his personal tax returns. Grassley, the senior Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, has criticized several Obama administration nominees who failed to pay taxes or to pay them on time.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid moved closer to clinching the 60 votes needed to clear a critical test for health reform Friday – picking up a confirmed yes from one moderate Democrat and bullish signs from another on the eve of Saturday’s vote.

REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst Sen. Kent Conrad Sen. Conrad sees 'outline of a compromise' for health-care reform By Chuck Haga | Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 GRAND FORKS, N.D. — The author of the cooperatives alternative to public option said today that a bill containing both co-ops and a public option might win favor in Congress yet this year.

SAN ANGELO, Texas —Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada finally realized that he did not have the votes to pass the massive cap-and-trade bill, S. 1733, and pulled the plug on it last week. Oh, it’s not dead-dead, because Reid and the Democratic leadership plan to bring it back in the spring of 2010.A majority of the Senate simply believe that this is a bad time to raise energy prices on ...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has recruited an all-star team of former senators — Biden, Daschle and Salazar. Read more...

Fox News host plans on becoming more active in the populist conservative movement he spawned.

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Progressive advocates for elders must be wondering, “With Democrats like that, who needs Republicans?”

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