...administration and has broad bipartisan support, but for weeks it was blocked by a handful of Democrats -- Sens. Richard Bryan of Nevada, Paul Wellstone of Minnesota and Ernest Hollings of South Carolina among them. They had objected to extending...

...supporters will get a chance this year to muster 60 votes to break a certain filibuster by Nevada's senators. Sen. Richard Bryan, D-Nev., warned gambling advocates in his state recently that the ban would likely pass by a veto-proof majority...

...designed for long-term storage of waste and will remain highly radioactive for thousands of years. But Reid and Sen. Richard Bryan, D-Nev., maintained that the waste can be kept in dry casks at reactor sites for as long as 100 years, and by...

...impeachment trial. -- Former Republican Rep. John Ensign won the Nevada seat being vacated by retiring Democratic Sen. Richard Bryan. -- Sen. Zell Miller, D-Ga., appointed to replace the late GOP Sen. Paul Coverdell, easily won the remaining...