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FILE - In this April 9, 2013, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks with reporters about gun control at the Capitol in Washington. To hear party operatives describe the fight for the Senate, it’s the boogeyman billionaires against the shifty septuagenarian. Reid has been relentless in his criticism against the wealthy industrialists Charles and David Koch (kohk), who fund a network of conservative groups. Now, Republicans are adjusting their plans and going after the 74-year-old Democratic Senate leader. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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Sen. J.P. Morrell, D-New Orleans, speaks to a Senate judiciary committee about his bill to lessen marijuana penalties on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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Sen. Fred Mills, R-Breaux Bridge, and Sen. Yvonne Dorsey-Colomb, D-New Orleans, listen during testimony to a Senate judiciary committee about a bill to lessen marijuana penalties on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Melinda Deslatte)
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U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., is interviewed at his Senate office in Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday, May 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
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Sen. Fred Dyson, R-Eagle River, speaks during debate on the Senate floor on an education bill on Monday, April 21, 2014, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
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Sen. Mike Dunleavy, speaks during debate on the Senate floor on an education bill on Monday, April 21, 2014, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
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Sens. Lesil McGuire, left, and John Coghill, the majority leader, speak with Senate President Charlie Huggins during a break in floor debate on an education bill on Monday, April 21, 2014, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
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In this April 20, 2014 photo, Senate Majority Leader John Coghill, second from left, R-North Pole, speaks to members during a break on the floor in Juneau, Alaska. The House and Senate plan to reconvene later Monday to try to reach resolution on an education package. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
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In this April 20, 2014 photo, state Sen. Berta Gardner, left, and state Sen. Anna Fairclough, right, speak during a break in the Senate floor session in Juneau, Alaska. The House and Senate plan to reconvene later Monday to try to reach resolution on an education package. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)
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FILE - In this Jan. 7, 2014 file photo, Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers, a Republican from Manchester, Ky., looks over the Senate shortly after it convened on the first day of the 2014 Kentucky General Assembly, in Frankfort, Ky. House and Senate leaders said that a pair of tax hikes and a minimum wage increase, all of which failed to become law, will play major roles in this fall 2014's pivotal races for the Kentucky legislature. (AP Photo/Dylan Lovan, File)
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In this April 17, 2014 photo, state Sen. Lou D'Allesandro is seen during the senate's debate to repeal the state's death sentence in Concord, N.H. D'Allesandro voted against repealing the death sentence. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
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In this April 17, 2014 photo, state Sen. Donna Soucy speaks in favor of repealing the state's death sentence in Concord, N.H. The senate later voted 12-12, which kept the century old death sentence on the books. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
