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'Harry Reid'

Candidate Cotton's latest: An attack on Harry Reid

Sen. Tom Cotton, aiming for the first presidential ticket available, continues to grab headlines, today with a Senate speech blasting Democratic leader Harry Reid. Here's Politico's report.
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Reid slams GOP obstruction; McConnell may never consider a Democratic nominee

Mitch McConnell says stuff. The results are ugly.
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Tom Cotton, the sword rattler, stands alone. Is he scared?

Steve Benen writes of U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton's "unique" opposition to the Iran nuclear deal.

Mark Pryor told Democratic donors he'd like to see Harry Reid replaced as Majority Leader

Tom Cotton is relentless in attempting to nationalize the Senate campaign, so much so that he can descend into repetitive verbal tics that sound like English as spoken by an iPhone talking points app. His OPM ("Obama per minute") rate is often in double digits. Of course in addition to Obama, and Pelosi (Latin for devil-woman, according to my GOP sources), Cotton and other Republican candidates love talking about Harry Reid, the Democratic Majority Leader. This has apparently become a bummer for incumbent Sen. Mark Pryor, who suggested at a private fundraiser that Harry Reid be replaced as Majority Leader.
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Bogeyman

What do Nancy Pelosi, Charles and David Koch, Barack Obama and Harry Reid have in common besides causing loathing at the mere mention of their names?

Compromise on federal minimum wage unlikely, Pryor maintains opposition

Sen. Mark Pryor made the case for a raise in the state minimum wage today in a guest editorial, but he maintains opposition to the federal minimum wage increase. Pryor hopes to energize voters around a minimum wage fight while also keeping his distance from President Obama and other Senate Democrats. With a compromise effort likely a non-starter, the federal minimum wage bill appears dead.
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Sen. Harry Reid leaning toward "nuclear option" on court vacancies

Remember when Rep. Tom Cotton ludicrously said that President Barack Obama was "court packing" by fulfilling his constitutional obligation to nominate judges to fill vacancies on the federal bench, in this case the three vacancies on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit?

Mitt Romney: 'I have paid taxes every year, and a lot of taxes'

Talking Points Memo has the latest on the Mitt Romney tax watch. Romney says he has, too, paid taxes, without offering specifics.
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FAA deal reached

A deal was reached to end the FAA shutdown

Debt ceiling non-compromise updates

Slate has a running update of debt ceiling talks.
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You want spending cuts? Democrats have them

Politico notes that Democratic Sen. Harry Reid's budget plan cuts spending more than Republican John Boehner's plan.

It may get personal in debt-limit end game

With Aug. 2 now only days away, the grown-ups in Washington are starting to engage in serious discussions toward a resolution of the debt-ceiling imbroglio
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