Late yesterday, Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD), Barbara A. Mikulski (D-MD), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Mark Warner (D-VA) and Jim Webb (D-VA) wrote a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), urging the use a pro forma session of Congress in order to offer a solution.

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The Democratic proposal which was sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), squeaked by with a 51-48 vote.

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) told reporters yesterday that he would like to see the U.S. Senate address climate change.

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At the pro forma session, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), presumably standing alone, will call for unanimous consent to pass the bill.

FORBES: Airline Taxes, Job Cuts Tied to Fights Over Subsidies and Unions

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) had promised the bill would be on the president's desk by the end of the week.

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Speaking outside the Senate chamber, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) tried to put the best face on the latest version of the war-funding bill.

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) pulled the measure from the floor Thursday night because it fell 15 votes short of the number needed to move it on to final passage.

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Now they have been joined Rep. Shelly Berkley (D-NV), who in July announced her intention to introduce legislation which would cut the tax rate for foreign earnings from 35 percent to 25 percent.

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But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) cried foul, claiming that the Republicans had backed out of a bipartisan compromise, and promised that the Senate would not take up the matter until the House came around.

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Harry Reid (D-NV), the Senate majority leader.

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Update: Late Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) announced that a deal had been reached to take the final votes on the bill, originally expected this week, the week of May 6th, when the Senate returns from a one-week recess.

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