It's not easy being the Senate majority leader. Especially now.

Three months before his election, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is finding his tactics on energy refom questioned by liberals as GOP operatives strategize how to defeat him this fall.

Campaign season is in full swing on Capitol Hill, playing a major role in stalling many high-profile bills.

Republicans handed Reid his second legislative defeat of the week Thursday when they blocked what had been considered a bipartisan small-business bill.

Lawmakers negotiated into the evening to keep the measure moving, but there was no deal as of press time.

The GOP voted as a bloc Tuesday to kill the Disclose Act, a priority of liberal...