Reid Comes Out Fighting

Leader Says Senate Won’t Cave

By Emily Pierce and David M. Drucker
Roll Call Staff

Jan. 7, 2009, 12 a.m.

As he begins to feel the full power of his nearly filibuster-proof Democratic majority, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) made clear Tuesday he plans to forcefully press his party’s prerogatives in the 111th Congress and will not allow an Obama White House to dictate the chamber’s agenda.

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Stier: Detecting a Bad Breast Cancer Bill

July 1, 11:28 a.m.

Who could blame hundreds of Members of Congress for joining with a colleague and breast cancer survivor, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), in co-sponsoring legislation aimed at promoting breast cancer education? The problem, according to leading breast cancer scientists and advocacy groups, is the bill would do more harm than good. Read Full Article