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September 18, 2017

Schumer, Pelosi say they have deal with Trump to protect 'Dreamers'

Democratic congressional leaders emerged from a meeting with President Donald Trump Wednesday vowing to pursue an agreement protecting immigrants who were brought illegally into the U.S. as children from deportation.

September 14, 2017

Trump vows 'no amnesty' for 'Dreamers,' says GOP leaders 'on board' with talks

President Donald Trump said Thursday that Republican congressional leaders were "very much on board" with negotiations to protect so-called "Dreamers"— hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who were brought into the U.S. illegally — from deportation.

August 17, 2017

Senate Democratic Leader Reid announces retirement

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid announced Friday he will retire at the end of his term, closing a long and controversial career in Congress that spanned four decades.

June 21, 2017

White House: Jobless benefits should be 'first new legislation' of 2014

The White House on Wednesday marked the new year by urging Congress to make extending unemployment benefits its top priority when lawmakers return to Washington.

June 21, 2017

Republican Senate candidates look to capitalize on Harry Reid's 'nuclear option'

Sen. Jerry Moran, executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, warned roughly 500 of the committee's top donors Monday that recent changes to the Senate's filibuster rules could hurt the economy and threaten energy and financial services sectors in particular.

June 21, 2017

Gallup poll: Harry Reid is the most unpopular congressional leader

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is the most unpopular of the top four Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress, according to a Gallup poll that suggests the American people might support them more if they got along better.

June 10, 2017

House, Senate committees want Trump tapes, Comey memos

House and Senate lawmakers leading the investigation into the Russia probe have asked the White House to produce tapes President Trump hinted might exist of a conversation between him and ousted FBI Director James Comey. They also made a formal request to the Comey camp for copies of the memos he testified he made to document the meetings.

May 16, 2017

Reid: Senate will vote on jobless benefits when members return Monday

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says his chamber will vote Monday on extending long-term jobless benefits and that he plans to outline his 2014 legislative agenda in the coming days.

April 30, 2017

'Hardly a success': Top Dem Schumer rips Trump over first 100 days

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. slammed President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office Sunday, saying Trump had "broken promises to the working people of America."

April 20, 2017

Senate leader investigating possible FBI deception about Texas terror attack

A powerful senator has launched an investigation into whether the Federal Bureau of Investigation knew about a planned 2015 attack by two ISIS-inspired terrorists at an anti-Muslim cartoon show in the Dallas area -- and misled his oversight committee about circumstances surrounding the event.