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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid is not going quietly into retirement now that Donald Trump is the next president. While many of his Democratic colleagues released conciliatory statements this week after Trump’s victory, the retiring Nevada senator issued a blistering statement today that blamed Trump for fostering an atmosphere of negativity and fear that many in both parties are now saying they must move beyond. “If this is going to be a time of healing, we must first put the responsibility for healing where it belongs: at the feet of Donald Trump, a sexual predator who lost the popular vote...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Sunday urged the Justice Department to review federal charges against George Zimmerman who was acquitted in Sanford, Fla., of murder and manslaughter in the shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin. “I think the Justice Department is going to take a look at this. This isn’t over with and I think that’s good. That’s our system, it’s gotten better, not worse,” Reid said on NBC’s “Meet the Press”.

After Supreme Court Ruling, Senate to Hold Hearings on Voting Rights Act By Chris Good Jun 25, 2013 The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold hearings next month after the court on Tuesday invalidated the Voting Rights Act’s coverage formula, which determines which voting districts must gain pre-approval from the Department of Justice for voting policy and procedure changes. The court left standing Section 5, which requires states with histories of racial discrimination to seek such approval, only invalidating the formula that determines which districts fall under that provision. Congress last reauthorized the law in 2006. Read more about the Supreme...

Well, Harry Reid is resorting to desperate measures in order to try and regain some power in the Senate. Reports say that he is getting ready to use the so-called “nuclear option” to change the senate rules so that 60 votes are no longer needed to block a filibuster. And it looks like President Obama will support Reid’s efforts if the Republicans try to block upcoming nominations. “If Senator Reid decides to do something on nominations, the president has said he’ll be there to support him,” a Democratic aide told the Post. "This would take away the right to...

In a shock development Thursday evening, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) triggered a rarely-used procedural option informally called the “nuclear option” to change the Senate rules. The surprise move stunned Republicans, who did not expect Reid to bring heavy artillery to what had appeared to have been a hum-drum legislative knife fight. Reid appealed a ruling from the chair that Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) does not need consent to force a vote on a motion to suspend the rules to consider an amendment after cloture has already been approved. The maneuver is highly arcane but momentous. If...

Ilitch to be inducted into Hall of Fame on Monday The Associated Press 11/1/2003, 9:58 a.m. ET DETROIT (AP) — Mike Ilitch has directed the Detroit Red Wings through nine Division Championships, four Western Conference Championships and three Stanley Cup titles. On Monday, that leadership will take him into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto. Ilitch, 74, is to be inducted in the builder category, along with Canadian junior team coach Brian Kilrea. Players Grant Fuhr and Pat Lafontaine, a native of Wayne County's Waterford Township, also will be inducted. "It's a stupendous feeling," Ilitch told the Detroit Free...

<p>DETROIT -- Mike Ilitch, under whose ownership the Red Wings have risen from the depths of the NHL to win three Stanley Cups, was named to the Hockey Hall of Fame on Wednesday.</p> <p>"It's very humbling," Ilitch, 73, said. "When I received the call, I started to tremble and my eyes watered. I choked up."</p>