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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) criticized Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney for comments his campaign staff made to the Boston Globe saying he would “not honor deportation exemptions” for young illegal immigrants if he takes office.

“Gov. Romney has set an unfortunate deadline for hundreds of thousands of DREAMers: get approval under President Obama’s deferred action before inauguration, or risk being deported if Romney is sworn in,” Reid said in a statement Wednesday. 

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) went after GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney for not being forthcoming about his own taxes or his tax plan for the American people.

“Mitt Romney could clear up these issues tomorrow if he would simply release his tax returns and release the details of his tax plan,” Reid said in a statement Tuesday. “Instead, he's asking the American people to just trust him. Mitt Romney does not seem to understand that trust is earned — and not by playing shell games with the American people.”

Reid’s comments came after a New York Times article about Romney’s use of offshore accounts. 

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) applauded Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano’s announcement Monday directing immigration officials to consider LGBT family ties when evaluating eligibility for relief.

Napolitano’s decision said that DHS’s prosecutorial discretion policy concerning immigrants that pose no risk to national security would now cover those in same-sex relationships.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) is urging Congress, following the November elections, to crack down on misleading pitches that lure college students into taking on student loan debt for little in return.

Blumenthal introduced a bill that would require colleges to disclose information such as cost of attendance, student outcomes, academic offerings and procedures for withdrawing and filing complaints.

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) asked Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez on Thursday to enforce voting rights laws following a news report of efforts by Tea Party-linked groups to intimidate voters.

The Los Angeles Times reported Thursday that a group called “True the Vote,” affiliated with the Tea Party, has asked that more than 2,100 names be remove from Ohio's voter rosters despite complaints from legitimate voters.

Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) ripped into Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney for his comments about “47 percent” of Americans.

“In the privacy of the event Mitt Romney spilled what he really thinks,” Lautenberg said on the floor Thursday. “This is a man running for president … these comments are disturbing coming from anybody but coming from him, it’s a disgrace.”

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) once again took to the Senate floor Wednesday to speak out against the spending plan of vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.).

“People need to know what’s in that Ryan budget,” Harkin said on the floor Wednesday. “A budget is a blueprint for the future of where you want to go.”

Reid hammered Romney on his "47 percent" comment and repeated his charge that Romney doesn't pay income tax

Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) said she’s supporting a bill that would help establish a national museum dedicated to women's history.

"Women's history is American history," Mikulski said in a statement Monday. "Women have been trailblazers throughout our history, using grit, passion and determination to seize the day and to make a difference. … A National Women's History Museum will be a fitting tribute to recognize their lasting legacy while inspiring future generations of women and girls."

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), in his continued quest to discredit vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-Wis.) budget, said Ryan’s plan would take the country back more than 100 years.

“This is turning America back to where this country was before Roosevelt — not Franklin, I mean Theodore,” Harkin said on the Senate floor Thursday. “That’s how far back this budget would take us.”