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In this Dec. 2, 2014, file photo, then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Harry Reid labeled ‘most vulnerable Democrat incumbent’ in upcoming Senate race

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

The dark photo posted by Sen. Harry Reid on Twitter, shows him sitting in a chair with a bandage across his forehead and eye, speaking with Sens. Richard Durbin on Illinois, Patty Murray of Washington and Charles E. Schumer of New York. (@SenatorReid)

Harry Reid looks like he went ‘through the windshield of a car,’ Dick Durbin says

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014. President Barack Obama does not support a Senate push to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to the Texas Gulf coast, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Tuesday, hours before a scheduled vote. Republican leaders promised to take it up again next year if the Senate fails to advance the measure, or if Obama vetoes it. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Harry Reid ditches first day of Congress over exercise injuries

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C., in this Sept. 30, 2014, file photo. More than a dozen potential Republican candidates are contemplating White House bids in 2016 in what's shaping up as a crowded and diverse field. (AP Photo/ Richard Shiro, File)

Rand Paul promises GOP-led Senate will ‘vote, vote, vote’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Republicans seem intent on using Harry Reid's own "nuclear option" against him. (Associated Press)

GOP taking wait-and-see approach for rule change

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

High expectations: Mitch McConnell has many challenges ahead. He will have to find a way to work with the White House, Senate Democrats and the conservative wing of his own party. (Associated Press)

Mitch McConnell, new Senate majority leader, equipped to succeed in tough job

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2014 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Reid was hospitalized after suffering an injury while exercising in his Nevada home. His office says Reid broke a number of ribs and bones in his face. The injury occurred when a piece of equipment Reid was using to exercise broke, causing the senator to fall. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Harry Reid discharged from hospital after breaking ribs, facial bones

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet L. Yellen said earlier this month the Fed remains opposed to stricter oversight of its monetary policy decisions, and Reuters reported she and other Fed officials are lobbying Capitol Hill to drop the audit push. (Associated Press)

Federal Reserve audit push gains momentum with Republican Senate majority

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., during an interview with The Associated Press at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014. &quot;How many times did we have the point of the week?&quot; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said about Democratic tactics in an interview with The Associated Press last week. &quot;It was designed to make us walk the plank. It had nothing to do with getting a legislative outcome.&quot; (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Congress finishes up, its members still grumbling

By ALAN FRAM - Associated Press

Yucca Mountain

Land, water rights needed for Nevada nuclear dump

By Ken Ritter - Associated Press

Tom Coburn cast his final vote as a senator Tuesday night, and was the first to flee the chamber floor, returning to the citizen part of "citizen legislator." By Wednesday afternoon he was back in Oklahoma, driving to his home in Muskogee. (Associated Press)

Tom Coburn rankles Harry Reid in farewell Senate disputes

By Stephen Dinan and S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Sen. Mike Lee, Utah Republican used $258,556 of campaign contributions to pay the salary for Benjamin James Burr, his wife's nephew. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Mike Lee: ‘Crazy’ to think Harry Reid wouldn’t ‘move heaven and earth’ for Obama nominees

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Dec. 12, 2104, as the Senate considers a spending bill. The House has passed an additional stopgap spending to make certain the government doesn't shut down at midnight Saturday when current funding authority runs out. The move would give the Senate additional time to process a $1.1 trillion government-wide spending bill. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

EDITORIAL: Ted Cruz gives Harry Reid a Senate win on Obama nominees

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) talks with reporters after the Senate voted on a $1.1 trillion spending bill to fund the government through the next fiscal year on on Saturday, Dec. 13, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Ted Cruz’s moves on spending bill roil Republicans

By DONNA CASSATA - Associated Press

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, tried to take a stand on immigration enforcement and scuttled a deal arranged by Senate GOP leaders, thus allowing Democrats more time to approve key nominees before they lose control of the Senate at the end of the year. (Associated Press photographs)

Spending bill battle exposes intraparty rifts among Democrats, Republicans

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Dec. 2, 2014, file photo, then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks with reporters following a closed-door policy meeting at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Congress passes $1.1 trillion spending bill

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Michael Steel, John Boehner’s spokesman, caught on hot mic cursing at reporters

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Outgoing Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Liberals seek to reboot Democratic party with ‘Big Ideas Project’

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2014 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., right, listens as President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with Congressional leaders in the Old Family Dining Room of the White House in Washington. In speeches, negotiations, and congressional hearings, several key Democrats are disregarding the White House in ways large and small. The White House has responded with an extraordinary veto threat and a round of Obama calls to Democrats urging them to stand up against their own leadership. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Harry Reid: Dems lost 2014 midterms because of botched Obamacare rollout

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

Illustration on changes in political party dominance by M. Ryder/Tribune Content Agency

JEFFREY BIRNBAUM: Democrats liberated from Obama, Congress will work

By Jeffrey H. Birnbaum