Following the lead of soon-to-be Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's pledge to keep the House open for business in January, Harry Reid announced today that he will keep the Senate open for the first seven weeks of the year.

Reid also said he's doing away with the "do-nothing Congress" that Democrats campaigned against this year as they ousted the Republican majority in both chambers of Congress. The Nevada Democrat, who is wrapping up his final days as Senate minority leader, will take control of the Senate agenda when the new Congress takes the oath of office in January.

"We're going to put in some hours here that haven't been put in in a long time," Reid said. That means "being here more days in the week and we start off this year with seven weeks without a break. That hasn't been done in many, many years here." Read full article here