Harry Reid

Yes, we both would like to see a different Senate this year--with fewer filibusters and procedural delays and more opportunities for debate and amendments. In many cases, the problem is not necessarily in the Senate rules, it is in the…

This has been an exciting day, the beginning of the 112th Congress. It has been I think a historic day. The debate has been very good. The exchange between the Republican leader and I set the stage, I hope--at least that is what I…

I would like to propose a new working group on executive nominations headed by Chairman Schumer and Ranking Member Alexander of the Rules Committee. We will develop the details of this effort in the coming weeks, but I think a Senate level…

I just got something on my desk today about a woman who is going to be--well, she was in the hospital a year and a half and is expected to be there for 2 more years as a result of eating some contaminated food. So it is so important. I am…

I would ask my friend, why, if these bills enjoy bipartisan support--and they did--why were they not brought before the full Senate and passed? I think I would say to my friend, I expect it is because you had other priorities. And this is…

But I would say this to my friend from Washington, remember, this bill, which is 1,900 pages long, consists of the work of 12 subcommittees.

Yes. And things that Senator Cochran did not want in, Senator Inouye, being the gentleman he is, said: OK. That is what I will tell my caucus.

Yes. To Senator Cochran's credit, there were things he thought should not be in the bill that Senator Inouye was putting together. Senator Inouye, to his credit, said: OK, it does not go in. Everything people wanted in this bill--in…

Yes, and it satisfied what we had debated here on a number of occasions and voted on, the so-called Sessions-McCaskill number. So we did that. This is not a big balloon that we just threw up to see how it would work out. Senator McConnell…

It doesn't take a person with a PhD to understand that I differ with what my friend, the senior Senator from Kentucky, said, things that don't indicate what history is in the Senate. We have been facing 87 filibusters this Congress. For…

I was told within the last 24 hours that we had bipartisan support to pass this bill. Many told -- I shouldn't say that, many is a word that's too large -- but a number of Republican senators told me that they'd like to see it pass.

I could not imagine the talent he had and I have witnessed since that time. The State of Indiana is losing a superb Senator in Evan Bayh. Senator Bayh announced his retirement earlier this year and is wrapping up his second term, where he…

I don't need to hear the sanctimonious lectures of Senator Kyl and DeMint to remind me of what Christmas means.

My question, Madam President, is where were their concerns about Christmas as they have had filibuster after filibuster on major pieces of legislation during this entire Congress, not once, but 87 times?

I don't need to hear the sanctimonies lectures of Senator Kyl and DeMint to remind me of what Christmas means.

This resolution concerns a request for testimony and representation in a criminal action pending in Minnesota State Court. In this action, protesters have been charged with trespass for occupying Senator Al Franken's St. Paul, Minnesota…

The only way we can have some control over amendments is to do it that way. The answer to my friend's question--would I fill the tree--the answer is yes.

He's using his senatorial power to go and pay back the people who have donated the most to his campaign.

The online poker bill I'm working on is good for the country and for Nevada. Finally, the revenue and jobs from this multibillion-dollar industry will stay where it belongs, here in America.

This has been taking months to do this, months. And the time has gone, as Senator Levin has said, to stop playing around with this.

He is using his senatorial power to go and pay back the people who have donated the most to his campaign.

The online poker bill I am working on is good for the country and for Nevada. Finally, the revenue and jobs from this multibillion-dollar industry will stay where it belongs, here in America.

We have a lot of things to do in a short period of time. Let's run over what we have to do. We have a tax issue. We've got the funding issue. We've got the START treaty. We've got the defense bill. And we have the DREAM Act. We have the…

This has been taking months to do this -- months. And the time has gone, as Senator Levin has said, to stop playing around with this.

Yes. I will file cloture on the 9/11 situation in New York, the firefighters negotiation matter. The third would be the DREAM Act, and the fourth would be giving seniors a $250 COLA.