Senator Harry Reid

Democrat  •  Nevada  •  6th Term  •  Sworn In 1983
Current Term 2005 - 2010 View All
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10/26/09
Sen. Harry Reid announces support of public option

...the strongest bill coming from a meld of the two bills, the HELP bill and the Finance bill. I feel good about the consensus that was reached within our caucus and with the White House. And we're all optimistic about reform because of the unprecedented m

10/26/09
Nevada Sen. Harry Reid faces tough re-election

...SEARCHLIGHT, Nev. (AP) — Along a curve of desert highway near the gated home of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, mechanic Bill Johnson is struggling to keep his checkbook balanced. With Nevada's economy poisoned by recession and the nation's highest

10/26/09
Nevada Sen. Harry Reid faces tough re-election

...SEARCHLIGHT, Nev. (AP) — Along a curve of desert highway near the gated home of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, mechanic Bill Johnson is struggling to keep his checkbook balanced. With Nevada's economy poisoned by recession and the nation's highest

10/26/09
Reid says Health care bill to have public option

...Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. gestures while speaking on health care reform during a news conference, Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)In this Oct. 21, 2009, photo, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid

10/26/09
RE: Harry Reid

... is launching another please-let-this-become-viral campaign: encouraging conservatives to create flaming effigies of Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev. ...

Source: The Washington Independent
10/26/09
Public Option In Senate Bill, Sen. Harry Reid Says

...bullet," and that the bill will include non-profit co-ops, a measure agreed to in the Finance Committee negotiations. Sen. Harry Reid said today that the unified bill he negotiated with the White House and the chairmen of two other committees debating h

10/25/09
Healthcare lobbyist bundles contributions for Senate Dems

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) attracted the most money bundled by lobbyists in the third quarter. Lobbyists including Tony Podesta of the ...

Source: The Hill
10/25/09
RE: Harry Reid

The senators' remarks came after Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, told President Obama on Thursday that he would try to press for a government-run ...

Source: New York Times
10/25/09
RE: Harry Reid

Scott Stanzel, former deputy press secretary to President Bush, said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is having a hard enough time whipping up a simple, ...

Source: FOXNews
10/25/09
President Sets Fast Fund-Raising Pace as 2010 Midterms Loom

President Barack Obama, right, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at a Las Vegas fund-raiser for the senator in May. Just last week, the president raised ...

Source: Wall Street Journal
10/25/09
Abdullah supports troop increase, but within a broader plan

Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) bemoaned critics of President Obama, including former Vice President Dick Cheney, who say he's taking too long to make a ...

Source: Washington Post
10/25/09
AP News in Brief at 5:58 pm EDT

In general, the bill taking shape in private talks led by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada is designed to answer President Barack Obama's call to ...

Source: The Associated Press
10/25/09
Government has poor financial track record

As Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Chris Dodd and President Barack Obama's cast of usual suspects sit behind closed ...

Source: Las Vegas Sun
10/25/09
RE: Harry Reid

Undoubtedly it is Sen. Harry Reid's position as Senate majority leader that influenced the president's decision. Reid represents Nevada, the home of Yucca ...

Source: Mid Columbia Tri City Herald
10/25/09
RE: Harry Reid

Majority Leader Harry Reid has suggested the chamber may have to wait until next year to vote on legislation putting a price on carbon, in part because of ...

Source: Wall Street Journal
10/25/09
RE: Harry Reid

And they are writing this entire bill. I don't think the American people like that very much," said Sen. John McCain Sunday on CBS's "Face the Nation."

Source: Wall Street Journal
10/25/09
Harry Reid's train wreck

...when first we practice to deceive," wrote Sir Walter Scott in his 1808 poem, "Marmion." I doubt Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has read "Marmion." But he now has a pretty good idea of what Sir Walter Scott meant. Democrats have been tying th

10/25/09
Harry Reid: A Mormon in the middle

A few Catholic bishops said during the 2004 presidential campaign that they would refuse Democratic Sen. John Kerry communion for his position on abortion. ...

Source: Salt Lake Tribune
10/25/09
Schumer resuscitates public option plan

Now Democratic congressional aides say Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is likely to include a public option in the compromise reform bill that's expected ...

Source: Buffalo News
10/25/09
Harry Reid: A Mormon in the middle

...elected Mormon in the church's history, says he's faced this for years. And he's not offended. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., takes time in his Capitol office to show the Book of Mormon he keeps in his desk. He keeps an extra to give away.

10/25/09
RE: Harry Reid

Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (R) speaks, as Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) (L) listens, about legislation to end the exemption of health insurers ...

Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
10/25/09
Budget sleight-of-hand

Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., earlier this month initiated a letter to Democratic Majority Leader Harry Reid saying that he and nine co-signers would have a hard ...

Source: Indianapolis Star
10/25/09
Feingold: No Public Option A "Strong Reason" Not To Support Reform

Part of the administration's reasoning is that if you don't have Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) on board, you end up losing the votes of a handful of ...

Source: AlterNet
10/25/09
RE: Harry Reid

SEN. HARRY REID, D-NEV.: I support a public option. STEPHANOPOULOS: New life for the public option. Is it back for good? SEN. OLYMPIA J. SNOWE, R-MAINE: In ...

Source: ABC News
10/25/09
Gun Owners Win Opening Battle of Obamacare

You have stymied the shady tactics used by Barack Obama, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi to try to pass the ObamaCare bill and -- in the opening salvo of the ...

Source: Opposing Views
10/24/09
Republican rally in Reno targets Reid's re-election

"While Republicans rally in knee-jerk defense of the status quo, Sen. Harry Reid will continue delivering for Nevadans with fresh ideas to turn the economy ...

Source: Reno Gazette Journal
10/24/09
RE: Harry Reid

Both are seeking Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's seat. Reid is running for a fifth term next year. Former Rep. Jon Porter, who lost to Democrat Dina ...

Source: The Associated Press
10/24/09
Reid delivers $100 million in federal funding

Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., has announced federal funding for Nevada projects totaling more than $100 million. $62 million in the defense authorization bill ...

Source: Nevada Appeal
10/24/09
RE: Harry Reid

In the Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., select committee chairmen and senior White House officials are meeting nightly in search of a bill that ...

Source: The Associated Press
10/24/09
RE: Harry Reid

Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., has announced federal funding for Nevada projects totaling more than $100 million. $62 million in the defense authorization bill ...

Source: Nevada Appeal

Official website: http://reid.senate.gov/
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Phone: 202-224-3542
Fax: 202-224-7327

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