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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.

April 4, 2017

Mitch McConnell: GOP evening the score by using 'nuclear option' for Gorsuch

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has told Fox News' "The First 100 Days" that the GOP's use of the so-called "nuclear option" to confirm Judge Neil Gorsuch is their response to the Democrats' "breaking the rules of the Senate" in 2013.

March 29, 2017

Senators expand Russia investigation, amid scrutiny of House probe

Leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee announced Wednesday they are expanding their investigation of Russia’s interference in the U.S. presidential campaign and beyond, vowing to remain independent and “get to the bottom of this” – amid mounting controversy over a similar probe on the House side.

March 28, 2017

Schumer goes off on Trump supporter at NYC restaurant, witness says

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., caused a scene at a Manhattan restaurant when he began yelling at a wealthy and well-connected Donald Trump supporter that the POTUS is “a liar.”

March 20, 2017

Trump tells Louisville rally GOP health bill is chance to end 'ObamaCare catastrophe'

President Trump again went outside Washington to whip up support for House Republicans' healthcare bill, telling a rally in Louisville, Ky. that the legislation "is our chance to end ObamaCare and the ObamaCare catastrophe."

March 1, 2017

Sen. McConnell: Hope to replace ObamaCare in 'next month to six weeks'

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told Fox News' "The First 100 Days" that he hopes to see action on legislation to repeal and replace ObamaCare "within the next month to six weeks."