WASHINGTON, March 27 (UPI) -- Democrats need to put moderates on the U.S. Supreme Court to balance Chief Justice John Roberts and Samuel Alito, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Friday.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., is working with top Democratic Party staffers to get up to speed in his new post, the Senate majority leader says.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi presented the new president and vice president with flags that flew over the U.S. Capitol as they were sworn in Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Leading Senate Democrats Monday said Roland Burris, a former attorney general from Illinois, is to be certified as the state's newest U.S. senator.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama signaled Wednesday the Senate will seat former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris as the junior senator from Illinois.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, who supported the Republican presidential ticket, should remain in the Democratic caucus, President-elect Barack Obama said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Opponents of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository said they're hopeful President-elect Barack Obama will put an end to the project.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Barack Obama's campaign said no to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's request to share Obama's $77 million for congressional races, insiders said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- Sen. Harry Reid, who is set to become U.S. Senate majority leader, announced Tuesday the Senate Democratic leadership for the 110th U.S. Congress.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Democratic leaders in the U.S. Senate, faced with the prospect of a narrow majority in the 110th Congress, have promised to seek a bipartisan agenda.
