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NRSC Hires New PAC Director

The National Republican Senatorial Committee continued to beef up its staff this week in preparation for what is expected to be yet another difficult cycle for Senate Republicans.

Seat Burris

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) should end this self-created fiasco promptly — today would be a good day, when they’re scheduled to meet with Burris

Burris Arrives, Is Turned Away

“We’re not going to do any hypothetical stuff here. … Where we are in the future, we’ll have to take a look at that,” Reid told Roll Call in an interview.

One Last CODEL for Biden

Biden’s travel is allowable because the definition of a lame duck applies only to Senators who lost the general election or were not candidates for re-election and whose successors have already been

Chamber Cries Foul Over Democrats’ Early Agenda

“I think we’re disappointed they are ramrodding these bills through the way they are,” said Randel Johnson, the chamber’s vice president in charge of labor, immigration and employee benefits.

Reid Defiant on 2010

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), perhaps the top Republican target in the 2010 cycle, conceded in an interview Tuesday that he can be beat, but he said that he isn’t afraid to lose and that

Earmark Changes Unveiled

“I think they’ll be a little more conscious of what they’re likely to get funded rather than requesting funding for everything that crosses their desk,” he said.

Senator-in-Waiting Doesn’t Mind Delay

Amid all the excitement and pageantry surrounding the swearing in of new and re-elected Members on Tuesday, Ted Kaufman, Delaware’s Senator-in-waiting, said he didn’t mind waiting just little bit longer

Ethics Panels Facing Slow Start

Leaders in the Senate have likewise remained mum about the Ethics Committee, leaving the panel off of a list of chairmanships announced last month. A spokeswoman for Sen.

Heard on the Hill: Vitter Dissed

[IMGCAP(1)]Sex-scandal-singed Vitter was spotted navigating the Senate halls solo while his colleagues enjoyed the company of friends and family.

Democrats to Deny Burris a Senate Seat

.” That’s essentially what top Senate Democratic leaders intend to tell Roland Burris (D) today if he shows up on Capitol Hill as scheduled to be sworn in to fill Barack Obama’s Illinois Senate seat

Staffers Seek Hill Inspiration

Charles Konigsberg was working as minority chief counsel for the Senate Rules Committee when he founded the bipartisan Jewish Staff Forum in 1988.

Unpopular Reid Jabs Unpopular Bush — Again

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) took another opportunity Sunday to attack the unpopularity of President George W. Bush, despite his own mediocre polling numbers.