Senate

The Senate's top Republican credited neither President Obama nor President Bush for getting the master terrorist.

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) called on the public to be on guard for any suspicious activity in the wake of the killing of Osama bin Laden, which officials have said could prompt a domestic terrorist attack.

"This is a classic case of 'if you see something say something,’" said Lieberman, quoting a Department of Homeland Security campaign that encourages Americans to report suspicious activity to the government.

"The Pakistani army and intelligence have a lot of questions to answer," the Armed Services chairman said.

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said the killing of Osama bin Laden is a "strike of justice" for those were murdered on 9/11.

"This is a thunderous strike for justice for the thousands of my fellow New Yorkers — and citizens from all over the world — who were murdered on 9/11," Schumer said. "It took close to 10 years, but the world's most wanted terrorist has finally met his deserved fate.

"New York's heart is still broken from the tragedy of 9/11, but this at least brings some measure of closure and consolation to the victims and their families," Schumer said. 

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said he was "overjoyed" to learn of the death of Osama bin Laden. 

The Republican budget for 2012 has no chance of becoming law, Sen. Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) said Thursday. 

"Its a measure that's decidedly on the conservative side, if not far right, and edging toward the point where, in my opinion, there is no chance it could become national policy," Kohl said in an interview with the Wisconsin Radio Network.

The 2012 plan crafted by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) would cut $5.8 trillion in spending over 10 years and transform Medicare into a sort of voucher system, among other measures, to balance the budget by 2040 without raising taxes.

Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) said the U.S. debt structure could soon throw the country into financial turmoil.

GOP senator says it will remind voters that Senate Democrats don't have their own budget proposal.

The release of President Obama’s long-form birth certificate should end any doubts about his birthplace “for any reasonable person," Senate Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said on Wednesday.

But he predicted that some would still not be satisfied by the evidence.

“I just guarantee you: There will be people that say, ‘Oh, it’s still a problem,' " Durbin told WJBC radio in central Illinois. "He’ll never be able to prove it. If they weren’t there with photographic evidence at the moment of birth, these folks will never be happy.”

The Democratic lawmaker said the "birther movement was ridiculous" and Trump's reviving it was also silly.