Harry Reid

The Senate's top Democrat said Thursday that he and President Barack Obama will not approve a stopgap spending bill if it kicks Washington's unfinished budget business into next year, as some tea party conservatives are demanding.

Exasperated by a long-running fight over judicial nominees, a Republican senator pleaded with his colleagues to confirm Merrick Garland to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, often considered the second most important court in the nation.

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are fighting for support among Nevada Democrats, looking beyond the leadoff contests of Iowa and New Hampshire to a state that could play a pivotal role in the nomination fight.

New Jersey Republicans turned a campaign fundraiser featuring U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid into a rallying point.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he won't accept watered-down background checks as the price for pushing gun control legislation through the Senate.

Supporters of tougher gun laws have won a key vote in the Senate -- but according to Majority Leader Harry Reid, "The hard work starts now."

The Senate's top Democrat says there will be a showdown vote on Thursday on his party's effort to enact new gun restrictions.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says the government appears headed over the so-called fiscal cliff because of a lack of progress in bipartisan negotiations.