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Democratic Senator Harry Reid of Nevada. Senator Reid's current term expires in 2011.

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Harry Reid Rips WaPo’s David Broder On Senate Floor

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Saturday said the Senate shouldn't " focus on a man who has been retired for many years and writes a column once in a while ." This comment was directed at Washington Post columnist David Broder whose article to be published Sunday and already available online was harshly criticial of the healthcare bills in both chambers of Congress. Given Broder's well-known stance as a left-leaning writer, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) referred to the piece in his opening remarks to Saturday's healthcare legislation debate noting that the Post's " distinguished senior columnist, certainly not a political conservative, ... Read Full Story

The Hill: Dems push plan to subsidize lost hours

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Senate Democrats crafting a job creation bill are considering a proposal to give money to workers who cut their hours in order to avoid layoffs. A bill sponsored by Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) would give unemployment compensation to employees who accept a reduced work schedule to allow their companies to avert layoffs or to hire more employees. Reed’s proposal for work-sharing was mentioned during the Senate Democrats’ lunch Tuesday, when Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) announced that an initiative focusing on jobs would soon be a priority, Reed’s office said. Read Full Story

Senate Leader Harry Reid faces tough re-election

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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 foreclosure and bankruptcy rates, business at Johnson's boat-repair shop has nose-dived 40 percent since last year. He cannot afford health insurance, and his sewer bill jumped to $875 a year. "I really have to pose a question: Harry, what have you done for me lately?" asks Johnson, who vows to vote against Reid and other incumbents unless health care is made affordable. Johnson's exasperation demonstrates the problems Reid ... Read Full Story

Anti-abortion bid may have unintended effect

CARSON CITY The biggest fans of social conservative Richard Zisers newly filed anti-abortion ballot initiative might be Nevada Democrats facing the ballot in 2010. With the top of the partys ticket likely to be the uncharismatic duo of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and his son, gubernatorial candidate and Clark County Commission Chairman Rory Reid, political observers say an issue like abortion could mobilize the Democratic base. The top of the Democratic ticket right now doesnt inspire a lot of enthusiasm, said Erik Herzik, professor of political science at University of Nevada, Reno. If you throw in a red meat issue like abortion rights, ... Read Full Story

Senate Dems unveil $849B health bill

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Wednesday unveiled a sweeping health care bill that would expand health insurance coverage to 30 million more Americans at an estimated cost of $849 billion over 10 years. Read Full Story
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Open Letter to Harry Reid
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Firedoglake has a section entitled "FDL Action" in which I found an easy way to send Senator Harry Reid a little bit of my mind on the health care debate & the matter of the need for a government-run public option intact: I doubt this message will reach you Senator Reid but it is important to impress that I support reconciliation not as a matter of due course but as pertaining to the current circumstances...  
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Harry Reid’s steady hand
In the Democratic-run Senate, there are enough votes to pass meaningful health care reform legislation largely along the lines offered by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada — if it were simply about the legislation’s merits. There are just 40 Republicans in the Senate, but over the weekend this tyranny of the minority tried to block the Senate from even discussing the legislation, which would be the most significant health care...  
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Claims Dems Have 60 Votes … Arkansas Sen...
According to breaking reports, Senate Majority leader Harry Reid claims that he has the 60 votes to move ahead on historic and terrible health care legislation that will destroy private health care in America. The scorched earth health care policy moves forward as Dems have 60 votes … government take over of health care debate moves forward. [...]  
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Dems search for public option fix
MSNBC - Found 6 hours agoFrom NBC's Ken Strickland Senate Democratic aides say that Majority Leader Harry Reid and his leadership team have begun searching for a fix on the public option. At least four Democratic Senate moderates made it clear this weekend they would block the final passage if it included the current ... Health care bill moves forward, but how far? - CNN With discord in the...  
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Harry Reid’s hopes hitched to health care reform bill
You would have thought they were rock stars, not graying politicians, the way Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and his top lieutenants were welcomed at a Senate reception the day after Reid’s health care bill was introduced.  
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