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Harry Reid: The 47 percent aren’t ‘using Cayman Islands tax shelters’
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) says that leaked tapes insulting the 47 percent of Americans who don’t pay income taxes as “dependant” on the government have given the world a “rare look at the real Mitt Romney.” Earlier this year, Reid had suggested that the Republican presidential nominee refused…
McCain: Reid wrong about Romney not paying taxes
There is no truth to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV) claim that GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney didn’t pay taxes for ten years, according to Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). In an interview with the Las Vegas Sun set to air on Tuesday evening, McCain said that his 2008 presidential…
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus: Harry Reid is a ‘dirty liar’
The chairman of the Republican National Committee on Sunday blasted Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) as a “dirty liar” for suggesting that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney had not paid taxes for a decade. In a recent interview with The Huffington Post, Reid claimed that someone who had…
Sen. Reid says Internet sales tax could pass in 2012
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) believes that Congress could pass an Internet sales tax this year, allowing states to collect sales taxes from online businesses that have no physical presence there. Reid said the legislation was “very fair” and would “help these little strip malls we have all over…
Senate Democrats blast GOP for voting against transparency, begin ‘midnight vigil’
Senate Democrats on Monday blasted their Republican colleagues for voting against the DISCLOSE Act and plan to give speeches late into the night during a “midnight vigil.” “Democrats sought to require large political donors to disclose their identities so voters could judge their motivations for themselves,” Senate Majority Leader Harry…
Reid accuses Republicans of trying to protect a handful of billionaires
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) on Monday questioned why Republicans in Congress believed wealthy individuals should be able to hide their political donations to campaign groups. “Thomas Jefferson once said, ‘The end of democracy will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations,’” he…
Harry Reid: Burn all the China-made Olympic outfits
WASHINGTON — The US-China Olympic rivalry heated up in an unfashionable way Thursday when a top US lawmaker suggested burning the US team’s outfits for the opening ceremony because they were made in China. “I’m so upset. I think the Olympic Committee should be ashamed of themselves,” Senate Majority Leader…
Sen. Rand Paul proposes ‘fetal personhood’ amendment to flood insurance bill
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) expressed his frustration on Tuesday at Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), who offered an anti-abortion amendment to legislation that would renew the flood insurance program. “I’m told last night that one of our Republican senators wants to offer an amendment — listen to this one…
Sen. Rand Paul blocks Iran sanctions bill
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Tuesday blocked legislation that would impose a new sanctions on Iran. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) had hoped to quickly pass the bill by unanimous consent. But Paul objected and introduced an amendment stating that any use of military force against Iran must be…
Reid: Keystone ‘won’t lower the price of oil’
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) says that Republican claims that the Keystone XL pipeline will create tens of thousands of jobs and lower the price of oil just aren’t true. “This is something Republicans have raised as an issue to lower the price of oil,” Reid told CNN’s Candy…
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