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Las Vegas, NV – Nevada Senator Harry Reid today announced a $4,650,523 million grant for three electric buses in Reno that will travel from the Riverwalk District to the University of Nevada, Reno.  The Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County will receive the funding for three 35-foot composite-body electric buses that will replace three diesel buses. “These clean buses will extend the life of Reno’s downtown bus system for years to come, which is good news for tourists, college students and Nevadans commuting to and from work,” Reid said.  “The electric buses are designed for efficiency in Northern Nevada’s high...

The Democratic Senate terrorists, lead by Mullah Harry Reid, had pledged to release the 74,000 hostages they have been holding for weeks and passed the FAA extension passed by the House in mid-July. The terrorist had claimed that they took the 74,000 hostages to protest $16 million in cuts for 13 little-used airports, but that has been proven false. The FAA extension passed by the House July 20th include a waiver provision allowing the Secretary of Transportation to waive the cut. The Sec. of Transportation has said he will grant waivers. Since the 13 little-used airports were not in danger...

Just out from CNN's Lisa Desjardins BREAKING - NEW Dem. debt plan: Reid to offer at "least $2.5 Trillion" in deficit redux w/ no revenue increases, Dem. source tells CNN. NEW REID PLAN: "At least $2.5 T in deficit redux" w/ no revenue increases. BUT, unclear what baseline he's using and what he'd cut. REID PLAN: Dem aide tells our @tedbarrettcnn they think it meets GOP call for dollar-for-dollar spending cuts with debt increase.

Just when you thought open borders Democrats could not possibly be more out of touch with American workers, comes this gem. Sen. Maj. Leader Reid (D-NV), even when confronted with multiple sources of data, denies both that illegal aliens work on construction jobs in his state at ALL (they do), or that E-Verify is effective in weeding out illegals from jobs in the first place (it is). Reid opposed making E-Verify mandatory for construction firms working on Federal "Stimulus" jobs. (There is no reason whatsoever to oppose such an amendment unless one is trying to purposely protect illegal aliens on...

As oil from a spill spread in the Gulf of Mexico and the Times Square terror investigation continued apace, the Senate took time out on Tuesday for some very important business: car appreciation.It’s official: The passage of Senate Resolution 513 designates July 9 as Collector Car Appreciation Day. On the Senate floor, Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) voice dripped with contempt as he ordered the presiding officer to read the resolution, filled with lines about the importance of automobiles and how they “have provided the inspiration for music, photography, cinema, fashion.” The resolution “encourages the people of the United States...

Officials say the wife of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is in serious condition after a truck slammed into the back of the vehicle she and her daughter were riding on Interstate 95.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel to stop assigning deadlines to Congress for finishing the health care reform bill. In a House-Senate leadership meeting on health care Tuesday, she essentially told Emanuel to "cool it," according to one Hill Democratic aide -- an account confirmed by a second aide. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman told reporters that lawmakers made it clear to Emanuel that "we don't feel that we want any deadline assigned to us." "We want to pass the bill," Waxman said. "We don't feel we have to have any...

The Senate bill won’t do much to rein in the insurance costs for the individual market based on data from the Congressional Budget Office and America’s Health Insurance Plans. The CBO today released an analysis (pdf) of the lowest-cost option for insurance on the health exchange in the Senate bill, known as the “Bronze Plan”:

If Majority Leader Harry Reid can’t start pulling troops out of Iraq, he doesn’t want to start paying them any more either. After an amendment to begin withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq within 120 days failed to receive the 60 votes needed to proceed, Reid set the entire defense authorization bill aside. By doing so, he shelved a 3.5 percent pay raise for all uniformed service personnel, $4 billion in equipment upgrades and a new program to treat traumatic brain injuries. To increase pressure on Republicans to support the measure, sponsored by Sen. Carl Levin (D.-Mich.) and Sen. Jack Reed...

Reid: President Bush Admits His Iraq Policy Has Failed 10/22/2006 4:37:00 PM To: National Desk Contact: Jim Manley or Rebecca Kirszner, 202-224-2939, both of the Office of Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid today issued the following statement on reports that the Bush Administration is drafting a timetable for the Iraqi government to address sectarian divisions and to assume a larger role in securing the country. "The apparent decision by the Bush Administration to draft a timetable for the Iraqis to assume a larger role in securing their country hopefully...