Harry Reid | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-05

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Harry Reid


00:02:08 1 Early life and early career
00:03:23 2 Early political career
00:03:33 2.1 State politics
00:05:06 2.2 U.S. Representative
00:05:41 3 U.S. Senate
00:05:45 3.1 Elections
00:07:49 3.2 Leadership
00:08:31 3.3 Committee assignments
00:08:46 4 Political positions
00:12:45 4.1 Conservation legacy
00:13:31 5 Criticism
00:18:04 5.1 Mitt Romney
00:19:20 5.2 Koch brothers
00:20:50 6 Cultural and political image
00:21:51 7 Personal life
00:23:45 7.1 Injury
00:24:18 7.2 Pancreatic cancer



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Harry Mason Reid (; born December 2, 1939) is a retired American politician who served as a United States Senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017. He served as the leader of the Senate Democrats from 2005 to 2017 and as the Senate Majority Leader from 2007 to 2015.
Reid began his public career as the city attorney for Henderson, Nevada, before winning election to the Nevada Assembly. Reid's former boxing coach, Mike O'Callaghan, chose Reid as his running mate in the 1970 Nevada gubernatorial election, and Reid served as Lieutenant Governor of Nevada from 1971 to 1975. After being defeated in races for the United States Senate and the position of Mayor of Las Vegas, Reid served as chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission from 1977 to 1981. From 1983 to 1987, Reid represented Nevada's 1st district in the United States House of Representatives.
Reid won election to the United States Senate in 1986 and served in the Senate from 1987 to 2017. He served as the Senate Democratic Whip from 1999 to 2005 before succeeding Tom Daschle as Senate Minority Leader. The Democrats won control of the Senate after the 2006 Senate elections and Reid became the Senate Majority Leader in 2007. He held that position for the last two years of George W. Bush's presidency and the first six years of Barack Obama's presidency. As Majority Leader, he helped pass major legislation such as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Dodd-Frank Act, and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Republicans took control of the Senate following the 2014 Senate elections, and Reid served as Senate Minority Leader from 2015 to his retirement in 2017.
Reid was succeeded as the Senate Democratic leader by Chuck Schumer, whose leadership bid had been endorsed by Reid. Along with Alben W. Barkley and Mike Mansfield, Reid is one of only three Senators to serve at least eight years as Majority Leader.