WASHINGTON The authors of the conventional wisdom in politics thought they knew a few things about Senate Majority Leader Harry Reids reelection campaign: Reid will have a war chest stocked with enough cash to almost guarantee a victory. The cluttered Republican field vying to challenge Reid will be ...

Washington As Democratic Rep. Dina Titus faces a challenging health care vote, how she eventually sells her position to voters could be as important to her political future as whether she votes yes or no.
House Democrats are nervous about voting for a bill that polls show majorities of Americans do not support. Yet Democrats are equally worried about heading ...

WASHINGTON — One of Harry ReidÕs great political strengths — his ability to cut deals — is now among the DemocratsÕ chief liabilities in the health care debate, as House Democrats are unwilling to pass the Senate majority leaderÕs bill that is loaded with extras. It has House Democrats considering an obscure but not unprecedented procedural maneuver: Move the health reform legislation as ...

WASHINGTON Emerging from a closed-door meeting of Democratic senators a day after losing his 60-seat majority to a stunning Republican electoral victory in Massachusetts, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid faced questions for which he had no easy answers. Democrats reached no clear consensus Wednesday on a path forward on their landmark health care bill or, for that matter, the rest ...