By Paul Harasim SEARCHLIGHT - In this gritty old mining town where disintegrating mobile homes dot the hillsides, U.S. Sen. Harry Reid strode into a collectibles store with a fistful of dollars.

By LAURIE KELLMAN WASHINGTON - New Democratic and Republican leaders, trying to break Senate gridlock, announced Tuesday that they will open the new Congress with a closed "bipartisan caucus" to set a more pleasant tone and speed up business.

By David Espo WASHINGTON -- House Democratic leaders are determined to sanction Rep.

By The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C. May 26--Boo to S.C. House Majority Leader Jim Merrill, R-Charleston, for his failure this week to grasp the spirit of the S.C. Freedom of Information Act. After S.C.

By Jim Siegel, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio Feb. 1--Democrats hoping to make gains in the legislature this year must do it while overcoming a huge fundraising disadvantage.