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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) were joined by other congressional Democrats at a demonstration outside the U.S. Supreme Court to ca…

Senate Democrats held a forum on Judge Merrick Garland’s nomination to the Supreme Court to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia. Top legal and government officials spoke about Judge Garl…

Senate Democrats held a news conference at the Supreme Court to urge their Republican colleagues to consider the nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to succeed Supreme Court Justice Antonin …

Members of the Senate Democratic and Congressional Black Caucuses spoke to reporters about the vacant Supreme Court seat and Republicans' opposition to considering any nominee before the pre…

Senate Democratic leaders held a news conference to outline their proposed bill, the “Not My Boss’s Business Act,” that would require employers to abide by the health care law contraception …

Senators Harry Reid (D-NV), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Charles Schumer (D-NY), and Patty Murray (D-WA) held a press conference urging Senate Republicans to extend unemployment benefits.

Senate Democrats spoke to reporters before taking a final vote on ENDA, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Each urged House Speaker John Boehner to put the bill up for a House vote, afte…

Following votes on a measure to re-open government and extend the debt ceiling, Senate Democratic leaders spoke to reporters and answered questions about the recent impasse in Congress.

Members of the Senate Democratic leadership spoke with reporters following the Senate passage on a party line 54-44 vote of a continuing resolution to keep the government funded until Novemb…

Senate Democratic leaders talked about the continuing resolution to fund the federal government past Tuesday, September 30, 2013. They urged the House to agree to the Senate version that str…

Senate Democratic leaders spoke to reporters and answered questions on Republican efforts to tie health care reform repeal to budget and fiscal legislation.

Senate Democratic leaders spoke to reporters after a meeting with President Obama on the Democratic economic agenda. They said they would continue to focus on protecting the middle class and…

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and others briefed reporters on the status of S. 649, the gun legislation he submitted the previous week.

Senate Democratic leaders spoke to reporters and answered questions about passage of a deficit reduction bill that also raised the debt ceiling. The measure passed by a vote of 74 to 26.

Democratic leaders spoke to reporters and answered questions on legislation to provide tax cuts for small businesses. The proposal would provide a one-year, 20% tax deduction for companies w…

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and other Democratic leaders talked to reporters after the Senate vote to block the Boehner Bill.

Senate Democratic leaders spoke to reporters and answered questions following a caucus meeting on strategy toward legislation of deficit reduction and the debt ceiling.

Democratic Senate leaders spoke to reporters about Bush administration supplemental spending requests for operations in Iraq, future debate on policy in Iraq, and legislative priorities of t…

Senate Democrats spoke to reporters following their leadership elections. Senator Reid was selected as the party’s choice to become Senate majority leader. They also answered questions from …

Senate Democrats talked about their plans for the thirty-hour Senate debate on several federal judicial nominations. They noted that 168 judges had been confirmed during the current administ…