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April 7, 2011 10:24 AM

Looking More Like Shutdown: Reid

BY Richard Sisk

 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) popped out on the Senate Floor Thursday morning to warn that a government shutdown loomed as talks with the GOP on reaching a budget deal were hitting the wall.

"I'm not nearly as optimistic as I was" the night before when he emerged from a White House sitdown with President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to predict that agreement was near, Reid said.

Reid quickly launched into the political blame game, charging that Republican foot-dragging on abortion and clean air were the two issues blocking a deal. "The issue is ideology, not (budget) numbers," Reid said.

Reid spoke ahead of another White House sitdown later Thursday with Boehner, Obama and Vice President Joe Biden.

 

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January 4, 2011 10:30 AM

Mikulsi Goes For Record

BY Richard Sisk

When she’s sworn in for a fifth term on Wednesday, Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) will have the record as the longest-serving woman in the history of the Senate.
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Mikulski, 74, was set to top the 24 years served in the Senate by the late Sen. Margaret Chase Smith (R-Me.).
When Mikulski came to the Senate in 1986, she was also the first woman Democrat to be elected to the Senate in her own right. Others had filled out unexpired terms.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who began his own Senate career on the same day as Mikulski, said that “In the spirit of Margaret Chase Smith, whose record she surpasses, Barbara has never stopped fighting for those who need an advocate.”

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