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Hot Rod Revved Up	Tue Aug 28 19:55:27 the reason Harry Reid has not put up an Obuma budget for a vote is because he realizes just how dangerous Obuma is and he is trying to sobotage his reelection chances? DISCUSS.
Nimatzo iChihuaha	Tue Aug 28 19:59:13 Harry Reid From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For other people named Harry Reid, see Harry Reid (disambiguation). Harry Reid United States Senator from Nevada Incumbent Assumed office January 3, 1987 Serving with Dean Heller Preceded by Paul Laxalt Senate Majority Leader Incumbent Assumed office January 3, 2007 Deputy Dick Durbin Preceded by Bill Frist Senate Minority Leader In office January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 Deputy Dick Durbin Preceded by Tom Daschle Succeeded by Mitch McConnell Senate Minority Whip In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 Leader Tom Daschle Preceded by Don Nickles Succeeded by Dick Durbin In office January 20, 2001 – June 6, 2001 Leader Tom Daschle Preceded by Don Nickles Succeeded by Don Nickles In office January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 Leader Tom Daschle Preceded by Wendell Ford Succeeded by Don Nickles Senate Majority Whip In office June 6, 2001 – January 3, 2003 Leader Tom Daschle Preceded by Don Nickles Succeeded by Mitch McConnell In office January 3, 2001 – January 20, 2001 Leader Tom Daschle Preceded by Don Nickles Succeeded by Don Nickles Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nevada's 1st district In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1987 Preceded by James David Santini (At-large) Succeeded by James Bilbray 25th Lieutenant Governor of Nevada In office January 1971 – January 1975 Governor Mike O'Callaghan Preceded by Edward Fike Succeeded by Robert Rose Personal details Born Harry Mason Reid December 2, 1939 (age 72) Searchlight, Nevada, U.S. Nationality United States Political party Democratic Spouse(s) Landra Gould Children Lana Reid Rory Reid Leif Reid Josh Reid Key Reid Residence Searchlight, Nevada, U.S. Alma mater Southern Utah University Utah State University George Washington University Profession Attorney Religion The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) Signature Website reid.senate.gov Harry Mason Reid (born December 2, 1939) is the senior United States Senator from Nevada, serving since 1987. A member of the Democratic Party, he has been the Senate Majority Leader since January 2007, having previously served as Minority Leader and Minority and Majority Whip. Previously, Reid was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Nevada's 1st congressional district, and served in Nevada local and state government as city attorney of Henderson, a state legislator, the 25th Lieutenant Governor, and chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission. As Senate Majority Leader and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Harry Reid has achieved a more senior elected position in the United States government than any Mormon in history. Also, if he completes his term as Senate Majority Leader of the 112th Congress, he will be one of only six senators to serve at least six years as Majority Leader along with Mike Mansfield, Alben Barkley, Lyndon Johnson, Robert Byrd, and George Mitchell. Contents 1 Early life, education, and early career 2 Early political career 2.1 State politics 2.2 U.S. Representative 3 U.S. Senate 3.1 Elections 3.2 Leadership 3.3 Committee assignments 4 Political positions 5 Criticism 6 Cultural and political image 7 Personal life 8 References 9 External links Early life, education, and early career Reid was born in Searchlight, Nevada, the third of the four sons of Inez Orena (née Jaynes), a laundress, and Harry Vincent Reid, a miner.[1] His paternal grandmother was an English immigrant from Darlston, Staffordshire. Reid's boyhood home had no indoor toilet, hot water or telephone.[1] Searchlight had no high school, so Reid boarded with relatives 40 miles away in Henderson, Nevada, to attend Basic High School[1] where he played football, and was an amateur boxer.[2] While at Basic High he met future Nevada governor Mike O'Callaghan, who was a teacher there. Reid attended Southern Utah University and graduated from Utah State University where he double majored in political science and history.[3] Reid also minored in economics from the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business.[4] He then went to George Washington University Law School earning a J.D. while working for the United States Capitol Police. Early political career Further information: Electoral history of Harry Reid State politics He returned to Nevada after law school and served as Henderson city attorney before being elected to the Nevada Assembly in 1968. In 1970, at age 30, Reid was chosen by O'Callaghan as his running mate for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada. Reid and his mentor O'Callaghan won the race and Reid served as lieutenant governor from 1971 until 1974, when he ran for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Alan Bible. He lost by fewer than 600 votes to former Governor Paul Laxalt. In 1975, Reid ran for mayor of Las Vegas and lost to Bill Briare.[5] Reid served as chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission from 1977 to 1981. When Jack Gordon, LaToya Jackson's future agent and husband, offered Reid a $12,000 bribe to approve new games for casinos, Reid brought in the FBI to tape Gordon's bribery attempt and arrest him. After FBI agents interrupted the transaction, as prearranged, Reid lost his temper and began choking Gordon, saying "You son of a bitch, you tried to bribe me!" Gordon was convicted in 1979 and sentenced to six months in prison.[1] In 1981, Reid's wife found a bomb attached to the family station wagon; Reid suspected it was placed by Gordon.[1] U.S. Representative Prior to the 1980 Census, Nevada had only a single at-large member in the United States House of Representatives, but population growth in the 1970s resulted in the state picking up a second district. Reid won the Democratic nomination for the 1st district, based in Las Vegas, in 1982, and easily won the general election. He served two terms in the House, from 1983 to 1987. U.S. Senate Elections In 1986, Reid won the Democratic nomination for the seat of retiring two-term incumbent Republican Senator Paul Laxalt. He defeated former at-large Congressman Jim Santini, a Democrat who had turned Republican, in the November election. He coasted to reelection in 1992. However, he barely defeated 1st District Congressman John Ensign in 1998 in the midst of a statewide Republican sweep. In 2004, Reid won reelection with 61 percent of the vote, gaining the endorsement of several Republicans. Ensign was elected to Nevada's other Senate seat in 2000. He and Reid have a very good relationship, despite their bruising contest in 1998. The two frequently worked together on Nevada issues until Ensign was forced to resign his Senate seat.[6] While Reid won the Democratic nomination with 75% of the vote in the June 8 primary, he faced a competitive general election for the 2010 Senate race in Nevada. Reid engaged in a $1 million media campaign to "reintroduce himself" to Nevada's voters.[7] He defeated Republican challenger Sharron Angle in the general election. Leadership From 1999 to 2005, Reid served as Senate Democratic Whip, as minority whip from 1999 to 2001 and again from 2003 to 2005, then as majority whip from 2001 to 2003 (except for a brief period from January–May 2001). From 2001 to 2003, he served as chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee. Reid succeeded Tom Daschle as minority leader in 2005 and became majority leader after the 2006 elections. He was re-elected majority leader without opposition by the Democratic caucus on November 18, 2008, winning all 57 votes.[8] Committee assignments Select Committee on Intelligence (Ex officio) Political positions Main article: Political positions of Harry Reid President Barack Obama shakes hands with Reid after signing the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009 on March 30, 2009. Reid speaking at the State Children's Health Insurance Program Art Exhibit press conference Reid has scored a lifetime conservative rating of 19% from the American Conservative Union (ACU),[9] and a 2008 liberal rating of 70% from the Americans for Democratic Action (ADA).[10] Other independent ratings include a 29% rating in 2003 from NARAL, the abortion pro-choice group,[11] and a 57% rating from Planned Parenthood in 2006.[12] Reid has spearheaded several initiatives while in Congress. In 2006, Reid co-sponsored the "Prevention First Amendment" with Hillary Clinton, which would fund abortion prevention efforts, such as giving women broader access to contraception; however the bill faced Republican opposition and failed.[13] In January 2007, Reid brought a Senate ethics reform bill to a vote to bar congressional members from accepting gifts, meals, and trips from lobbyists and organizations employing them, as well as barring Senators from borrowing corporate jets for travel and compelling them to disclose the names of sponsors, or authors, of bills and specific projects. The bill passed 96–2.[14] In the 111th Congress, Reid shepherded the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act through the Senate. Regarding specific issues, Reid believes that Roe vs. Wade should be overturned and in 1999, he voted against an amendment that explicitly expressed support for Roe v. Wade.[15] He has stated that he believes in a restricted right to abortion, stating that "abortions should be legal only when the pregnancy resulted from incest, rape, or when the life of the woman is endangered."[16] He has also voted several times to ban the "intact dilation and evacuation" or "partial-birth abortion" procedure.[17] Reid has supported embryonic stem cell research.[18] Regarding same-sex marriage, Reid had stated before that he believed "...marriage should be between a man and a woman." However he came out in favor of same sex marriage in 2012. He voted in favor of the Defense of Marriage Act but against the Federal Marriage Amendment.[19] In regard to local issues, Reid has firmly opposed the proposed Yucca Mountain federal nuclear waste repository in Nevada.[20] Reid has opposed the legalization of online poker in the past, but has more recently changed his position, a move that some have argued was influenced by "the hundreds of thousands of dollars Las Vegas casinos contributed to his re-election campaign".[21] Reid called immigration reform one of his top priorities for the 110th Congress. He supports the DREAM Act the (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act), which would allow certain U.S. high school grads who had arrived in the U.S. illegally as children, conditional legal status so they could attend college or enlist in the military. They could then obtain permanent legal residency after completing two years of military service or two years of college.[22] In June 2009, Reid announced his intention to enact a new guest worker program as part of a comprehensive immigration reform bill.[23] Reid has supported the use of force in the Middle East but in September 2007 he called for a drastic change in strategy.[citation needed] In January 1991 he voted to authorize the first Gulf War.[24] quoting John F. Kennedy's 1963 State of the Union speech on the Senate floor, saying "the mere absence of war is not Peace."[25][26] He also voted in support of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.[27][28] In March 2007 he voted in favor of "redeploying U.S. troops out of Iraq by March 2008",[28] and later that year, he said, "As long as we follow [President Bush's] path in Iraq, the war is lost."[29] Reid has also advocated the outlawing of prostitution in Nevada[30] Criticism Over the years Reid has been criticized at times by both sides of the political aisle. Liberal critics have argued that Reid was not doing enough to end the American military presence in Iraq,[31] and that he allowed Senate Republicans to create a 60-vote bar for passage of bills without a Democratic filibuster.[32][33][34] Reid has also been criticized for several potentially self-enriching tactics. In 2005, Reid earmarked a spending bill to provide for building a bridge between Nevada and Arizona that would make land he owned more valuable. Reid called funding for construction of a bridge over the Colorado River, among other projects, "incredibly good news for Nevada" in a news release after passage of the 2006 transportation bill. He owned 160 acres (65 ha) of land several miles from the proposed bridge site in Arizona. The bridge could add value to his real estate investment.[35] A year later it was reported that Reid had used campaign donations to pay for $3,300 in Christmas gifts to the staff at the condominium where he resides;[36] federal election law prohibits candidates from using political donations for personal use. Reid's staff stated that his attorneys had approved use of the funds in this manner, but that he nonetheless would personally reimburse his campaign for the expenses. Those reports notwithstanding, the conservative group Citizens United announced it had filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission to investigate the matter.[37] A series of investigative reports in the Los Angeles Times[38][39][40][41] suggested that Reid had introduced legislation and imposed pressure on regulatory agencies to advance the business interests of his close friend Harvey Whittemore, a Nevada attorney-lobbyist who contributed heavily to Reid's campaigns and leadership fund and who employed Reid's son Leif as his personal attorney. With Reid's help, Whittemore was able to proceed with construction of a $30 billion planned golf course development, Coyote Springs, a project heavily criticized by environmental groups for reasons including its projected effects on several endangered species.[42][43] In 2006, the National Republican Senatorial Committee attempted to associate Reid with the Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal by pointing out he had "received more than $50,000 from four tribes with gaming interests between 2001 and 2004 after they hired Abramoff". Reid denied any wrongdoing, and media reported that the Center for Responsive Politics, a non-partisan research group, had produced an analysis showing a general increase in the amount and number of contributions by Indian tribes since the late 1990s.[44][45] Reid apologized on January 9, 2010, for racially tinged comments he had made when Obama was campaigning for president. In private conversations, Reid had remarked that Obama could win the Presidency because the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obama—to whom he referred as being "light-skinned" and "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one". These comments had been recently revealed by journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann in Game Change, their book about the 2008 election. In addition to his public apology, Reid called Obama to apologize; Obama accepted his apology, stating that as far as he was concerned, the book was closed on the incident.[46][47][48] RNC Chairman Michael Steele and Senators John Cornyn and Jon Kyl called on Reid to resign his leadership position in the Senate, citing Majority Leader Trent Lott resigning because of a statement relating to race. However, multiple experts said there was virtually no chance of such a thing happening. DNC Chairman Tim Kaine and Senators Dianne Feinstein and Jack Reed expressed support for Reid and confidence he would retain his leadership position, and another senior Democrat indicated Reid has "produced supportive statements from key African American leaders in the Congress and civil rights community".[49] In August 2010, Harry Reid spoke in front of National Council of La Raza: "I don't know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be a Republican, OK. Do I need to say more?"[50] The following day, Dr. Manny Alvarez and Republican Senator Marco Rubio, both of Hispanic descent, spoke out against Reid's remarks.[51] During the summer of 2012, Reid said during an interview with the Huffington Post that he had received information from an unidentified investor in Bain Capital that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney did not pay any taxes for 10 years.[52] The accusation was repeated on the Senate floor by Reid on August 2, 2012.[53] On the following Sunday's political morning talk shows, several Republicans disagreed with Reid.[54] According to CBS News, Romney stated, "Let me also say, categorically, I have paid taxes every year -- and a lot of taxes. So Harry is simply wrong." PolitiFact.com's Truth-O-Meter rated the accusation as "Pants on Fire!"[55] CBS also reported that Romney had submitted 23 years of tax returns to the John McCain campaign in 2008, when he was being vetted for the vice presidential nomination. Although McCain did not review all the tax returns himself, he stated "Nothing in these tax returns showed that he did not pay taxes."[56] Cultural and political image Reid speaks during the third night of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Part of Harry Reid's confrontation with Frank Rosenthal while chair of the Nevada Gaming Commission is reenacted in the 1995 movie Casino.[57][58] Reid had a role in the movie Traffic (2000), in which he played himself.[59] He appeared along with Senator Sam Brownback and then Senator Barack Obama in the 2007 documentary film Sand and Sorrow, which details the genocide in Sudan.[60] Reid was elected to the Gaming Hall of Fame in 2001.[61] Personal life In 1959, Reid married his high school sweetheart, Landra Gould. They have five children, a daughter and four sons. Their eldest son, Rory Reid, was an elected Commissioner for Clark County, Nevada, of which he became Chairman, and 2010 Democratic nominee in the election for Governor of Nevada. Another son recently ran for municipal office in Cottonwood Heights, Utah.[62] According to Opensecrets.org, as of 2010, Reid is worth anywhere from $3.3 million to $10.3 million.[63][64] Reid (who was raised agnostic) and his wife (who was born to Jewish immigrant parents and grew up in Henderson), converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (nicknamed the Mormon or LDS Church) while he was a college student.[1] In a 2001 interview he said, "I think it is much easier to be a good member of the Church and a Democrat than a good member of the Church and a Republican." He went on to say that the Democrats' emphasis on helping others, as opposed to what he considers Republican dogma to the contrary, is the reason he's a Democrat.[65] He delivered a speech at Brigham Young University to about 20,000 students on October 9, 2007, in which he expressed his opinion that Democratic values mirror Mormon values.[66][67] Several Republican Mormons in Utah have contested his faith because of his politics, such as his statements that the church's backing of California's Proposition 8 wasted resources.[68] In September 2011, Reid's wife was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. She is currently undergoing treatment.[69] References ^ a b c d e f Walsh, Elsa (August 8, 2005). "Minority Retort: How a pro-gun, anti-abortion Nevadan leads the Senate's Democrats". The New Yorker. Retrieved March 17, 2008. ^ Smith, Christopher (June 9, 2001). Senate's New Majority Whip: Senator Harry Reid of Nevada. 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Pissflaps McGee Member	Tue Aug 28 20:01:52 lol
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WilliamTheBastard Member	Wed Aug 29 11:35:38 BUT BUT BUT I THOUGHT YOU LIBERALS WOULD BE ALL OVER THIS! I GUESS NOW WE SEE WHO THE HYPOCRITE IS. LOL!
Rugian Member	Wed Aug 29 11:37:20 I thought nimatzo's article about Harry Reid was quite informative and germane to the matter at hand.
Nimatzo iChihuaha	Wed Aug 29 11:45:47 Thank you Rugian. By popular demand I will post it again. Harry Reid From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For other people named Harry Reid, see Harry Reid (disambiguation). Harry Reid United States Senator from Nevada Incumbent Assumed office January 3, 1987 Serving with Dean Heller Preceded by Paul Laxalt Senate Majority Leader Incumbent Assumed office January 3, 2007 Deputy Dick Durbin Preceded by Bill Frist Senate Minority Leader In office January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 Deputy Dick Durbin Preceded by Tom Daschle Succeeded by Mitch McConnell Senate Minority Whip In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 Leader Tom Daschle Preceded by Don Nickles Succeeded by Dick Durbin In office January 20, 2001 – June 6, 2001 Leader Tom Daschle Preceded by Don Nickles Succeeded by Don Nickles In office January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 Leader Tom Daschle Preceded by Wendell Ford Succeeded by Don Nickles Senate Majority Whip In office June 6, 2001 – January 3, 2003 Leader Tom Daschle Preceded by Don Nickles Succeeded by Mitch McConnell In office January 3, 2001 – January 20, 2001 Leader Tom Daschle Preceded by Don Nickles Succeeded by Don Nickles Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nevada's 1st district In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1987 Preceded by James David Santini (At-large) Succeeded by James Bilbray 25th Lieutenant Governor of Nevada In office January 1971 – January 1975 Governor Mike O'Callaghan Preceded by Edward Fike Succeeded by Robert Rose Personal details Born Harry Mason Reid December 2, 1939 (age 72) Searchlight, Nevada, U.S. Nationality United States Political party Democratic Spouse(s) Landra Gould Children Lana Reid Rory Reid Leif Reid Josh Reid Key Reid Residence Searchlight, Nevada, U.S. Alma mater Southern Utah University Utah State University George Washington University Profession Attorney Religion The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) Signature Website reid.senate.gov Harry Mason Reid (born December 2, 1939) is the senior United States Senator from Nevada, serving since 1987. A member of the Democratic Party, he has been the Senate Majority Leader since January 2007, having previously served as Minority Leader and Minority and Majority Whip. Previously, Reid was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Nevada's 1st congressional district, and served in Nevada local and state government as city attorney of Henderson, a state legislator, the 25th Lieutenant Governor, and chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission. As Senate Majority Leader and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Harry Reid has achieved a more senior elected position in the United States government than any Mormon in history. Also, if he completes his term as Senate Majority Leader of the 112th Congress, he will be one of only six senators to serve at least six years as Majority Leader along with Mike Mansfield, Alben Barkley, Lyndon Johnson, Robert Byrd, and George Mitchell. Contents 1 Early life, education, and early career 2 Early political career 2.1 State politics 2.2 U.S. Representative 3 U.S. Senate 3.1 Elections 3.2 Leadership 3.3 Committee assignments 4 Political positions 5 Criticism 6 Cultural and political image 7 Personal life 8 References 9 External links Early life, education, and early career Reid was born in Searchlight, Nevada, the third of the four sons of Inez Orena (née Jaynes), a laundress, and Harry Vincent Reid, a miner.[1] His paternal grandmother was an English immigrant from Darlston, Staffordshire. Reid's boyhood home had no indoor toilet, hot water or telephone.[1] Searchlight had no high school, so Reid boarded with relatives 40 miles away in Henderson, Nevada, to attend Basic High School[1] where he played football, and was an amateur boxer.[2] While at Basic High he met future Nevada governor Mike O'Callaghan, who was a teacher there. Reid attended Southern Utah University and graduated from Utah State University where he double majored in political science and history.[3] Reid also minored in economics from the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business.[4] He then went to George Washington University Law School earning a J.D. while working for the United States Capitol Police. Early political career Further information: Electoral history of Harry Reid State politics He returned to Nevada after law school and served as Henderson city attorney before being elected to the Nevada Assembly in 1968. In 1970, at age 30, Reid was chosen by O'Callaghan as his running mate for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada. Reid and his mentor O'Callaghan won the race and Reid served as lieutenant governor from 1971 until 1974, when he ran for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Alan Bible. He lost by fewer than 600 votes to former Governor Paul Laxalt. In 1975, Reid ran for mayor of Las Vegas and lost to Bill Briare.[5] Reid served as chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission from 1977 to 1981. When Jack Gordon, LaToya Jackson's future agent and husband, offered Reid a $12,000 bribe to approve new games for casinos, Reid brought in the FBI to tape Gordon's bribery attempt and arrest him. After FBI agents interrupted the transaction, as prearranged, Reid lost his temper and began choking Gordon, saying "You son of a bitch, you tried to bribe me!" Gordon was convicted in 1979 and sentenced to six months in prison.[1] In 1981, Reid's wife found a bomb attached to the family station wagon; Reid suspected it was placed by Gordon.[1] U.S. Representative Prior to the 1980 Census, Nevada had only a single at-large member in the United States House of Representatives, but population growth in the 1970s resulted in the state picking up a second district. Reid won the Democratic nomination for the 1st district, based in Las Vegas, in 1982, and easily won the general election. He served two terms in the House, from 1983 to 1987. U.S. Senate Elections In 1986, Reid won the Democratic nomination for the seat of retiring two-term incumbent Republican Senator Paul Laxalt. He defeated former at-large Congressman Jim Santini, a Democrat who had turned Republican, in the November election. He coasted to reelection in 1992. However, he barely defeated 1st District Congressman John Ensign in 1998 in the midst of a statewide Republican sweep. In 2004, Reid won reelection with 61 percent of the vote, gaining the endorsement of several Republicans. Ensign was elected to Nevada's other Senate seat in 2000. He and Reid have a very good relationship, despite their bruising contest in 1998. The two frequently worked together on Nevada issues until Ensign was forced to resign his Senate seat.[6] While Reid won the Democratic nomination with 75% of the vote in the June 8 primary, he faced a competitive general election for the 2010 Senate race in Nevada. Reid engaged in a $1 million media campaign to "reintroduce himself" to Nevada's voters.[7] He defeated Republican challenger Sharron Angle in the general election. Leadership From 1999 to 2005, Reid served as Senate Democratic Whip, as minority whip from 1999 to 2001 and again from 2003 to 2005, then as majority whip from 2001 to 2003 (except for a brief period from January–May 2001). From 2001 to 2003, he served as chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee. Reid succeeded Tom Daschle as minority leader in 2005 and became majority leader after the 2006 elections. He was re-elected majority leader without opposition by the Democratic caucus on November 18, 2008, winning all 57 votes.[8] Committee assignments Select Committee on Intelligence (Ex officio) Political positions Main article: Political positions of Harry Reid President Barack Obama shakes hands with Reid after signing the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009 on March 30, 2009. Reid speaking at the State Children's Health Insurance Program Art Exhibit press conference Reid has scored a lifetime conservative rating of 19% from the American Conservative Union (ACU),[9] and a 2008 liberal rating of 70% from the Americans for Democratic Action (ADA).[10] Other independent ratings include a 29% rating in 2003 from NARAL, the abortion pro-choice group,[11] and a 57% rating from Planned Parenthood in 2006.[12] Reid has spearheaded several initiatives while in Congress. In 2006, Reid co-sponsored the "Prevention First Amendment" with Hillary Clinton, which would fund abortion prevention efforts, such as giving women broader access to contraception; however the bill faced Republican opposition and failed.[13] In January 2007, Reid brought a Senate ethics reform bill to a vote to bar congressional members from accepting gifts, meals, and trips from lobbyists and organizations employing them, as well as barring Senators from borrowing corporate jets for travel and compelling them to disclose the names of sponsors, or authors, of bills and specific projects. The bill passed 96–2.[14] In the 111th Congress, Reid shepherded the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act through the Senate. Regarding specific issues, Reid believes that Roe vs. Wade should be overturned and in 1999, he voted against an amendment that explicitly expressed support for Roe v. Wade.[15] He has stated that he believes in a restricted right to abortion, stating that "abortions should be legal only when the pregnancy resulted from incest, rape, or when the life of the woman is endangered."[16] He has also voted several times to ban the "intact dilation and evacuation" or "partial-birth abortion" procedure.[17] Reid has supported embryonic stem cell research.[18] Regarding same-sex marriage, Reid had stated before that he believed "...marriage should be between a man and a woman." However he came out in favor of same sex marriage in 2012. He voted in favor of the Defense of Marriage Act but against the Federal Marriage Amendment.[19] In regard to local issues, Reid has firmly opposed the proposed Yucca Mountain federal nuclear waste repository in Nevada.[20] Reid has opposed the legalization of online poker in the past, but has more recently changed his position, a move that some have argued was influenced by "the hundreds of thousands of dollars Las Vegas casinos contributed to his re-election campaign".[21] Reid called immigration reform one of his top priorities for the 110th Congress. He supports the DREAM Act the (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act), which would allow certain U.S. high school grads who had arrived in the U.S. illegally as children, conditional legal status so they could attend college or enlist in the military. They could then obtain permanent legal residency after completing two years of military service or two years of college.[22] In June 2009, Reid announced his intention to enact a new guest worker program as part of a comprehensive immigration reform bill.[23] Reid has supported the use of force in the Middle East but in September 2007 he called for a drastic change in strategy.[citation needed] In January 1991 he voted to authorize the first Gulf War.[24] quoting John F. Kennedy's 1963 State of the Union speech on the Senate floor, saying "the mere absence of war is not Peace."[25][26] He also voted in support of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.[27][28] In March 2007 he voted in favor of "redeploying U.S. troops out of Iraq by March 2008",[28] and later that year, he said, "As long as we follow [President Bush's] path in Iraq, the war is lost."[29] Reid has also advocated the outlawing of prostitution in Nevada[30] Criticism Over the years Reid has been criticized at times by both sides of the political aisle. Liberal critics have argued that Reid was not doing enough to end the American military presence in Iraq,[31] and that he allowed Senate Republicans to create a 60-vote bar for passage of bills without a Democratic filibuster.[32][33][34] Reid has also been criticized for several potentially self-enriching tactics. In 2005, Reid earmarked a spending bill to provide for building a bridge between Nevada and Arizona that would make land he owned more valuable. Reid called funding for construction of a bridge over the Colorado River, among other projects, "incredibly good news for Nevada" in a news release after passage of the 2006 transportation bill. He owned 160 acres (65 ha) of land several miles from the proposed bridge site in Arizona. The bridge could add value to his real estate investment.[35] A year later it was reported that Reid had used campaign donations to pay for $3,300 in Christmas gifts to the staff at the condominium where he resides;[36] federal election law prohibits candidates from using political donations for personal use. Reid's staff stated that his attorneys had approved use of the funds in this manner, but that he nonetheless would personally reimburse his campaign for the expenses. Those reports notwithstanding, the conservative group Citizens United announced it had filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission to investigate the matter.[37] A series of investigative reports in the Los Angeles Times[38][39][40][41] suggested that Reid had introduced legislation and imposed pressure on regulatory agencies to advance the business interests of his close friend Harvey Whittemore, a Nevada attorney-lobbyist who contributed heavily to Reid's campaigns and leadership fund and who employed Reid's son Leif as his personal attorney. With Reid's help, Whittemore was able to proceed with construction of a $30 billion planned golf course development, Coyote Springs, a project heavily criticized by environmental groups for reasons including its projected effects on several endangered species.[42][43] In 2006, the National Republican Senatorial Committee attempted to associate Reid with the Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal by pointing out he had "received more than $50,000 from four tribes with gaming interests between 2001 and 2004 after they hired Abramoff". Reid denied any wrongdoing, and media reported that the Center for Responsive Politics, a non-partisan research group, had produced an analysis showing a general increase in the amount and number of contributions by Indian tribes since the late 1990s.[44][45] Reid apologized on January 9, 2010, for racially tinged comments he had made when Obama was campaigning for president. In private conversations, Reid had remarked that Obama could win the Presidency because the country was ready to embrace a black presidential candidate, especially one such as Obama—to whom he referred as being "light-skinned" and "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one". These comments had been recently revealed by journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann in Game Change, their book about the 2008 election. In addition to his public apology, Reid called Obama to apologize; Obama accepted his apology, stating that as far as he was concerned, the book was closed on the incident.[46][47][48] RNC Chairman Michael Steele and Senators John Cornyn and Jon Kyl called on Reid to resign his leadership position in the Senate, citing Majority Leader Trent Lott resigning because of a statement relating to race. However, multiple experts said there was virtually no chance of such a thing happening. DNC Chairman Tim Kaine and Senators Dianne Feinstein and Jack Reed expressed support for Reid and confidence he would retain his leadership position, and another senior Democrat indicated Reid has "produced supportive statements from key African American leaders in the Congress and civil rights community".[49] In August 2010, Harry Reid spoke in front of National Council of La Raza: "I don't know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be a Republican, OK. Do I need to say more?"[50] The following day, Dr. Manny Alvarez and Republican Senator Marco Rubio, both of Hispanic descent, spoke out against Reid's remarks.[51] During the summer of 2012, Reid said during an interview with the Huffington Post that he had received information from an unidentified investor in Bain Capital that presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney did not pay any taxes for 10 years.[52] The accusation was repeated on the Senate floor by Reid on August 2, 2012.[53] On the following Sunday's political morning talk shows, several Republicans disagreed with Reid.[54] According to CBS News, Romney stated, "Let me also say, categorically, I have paid taxes every year -- and a lot of taxes. So Harry is simply wrong." PolitiFact.com's Truth-O-Meter rated the accusation as "Pants on Fire!"[55] CBS also reported that Romney had submitted 23 years of tax returns to the John McCain campaign in 2008, when he was being vetted for the vice presidential nomination. Although McCain did not review all the tax returns himself, he stated "Nothing in these tax returns showed that he did not pay taxes."[56] Cultural and political image Reid speaks during the third night of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Part of Harry Reid's confrontation with Frank Rosenthal while chair of the Nevada Gaming Commission is reenacted in the 1995 movie Casino.[57][58] Reid had a role in the movie Traffic (2000), in which he played himself.[59] He appeared along with Senator Sam Brownback and then Senator Barack Obama in the 2007 documentary film Sand and Sorrow, which details the genocide in Sudan.[60] Reid was elected to the Gaming Hall of Fame in 2001.[61] Personal life In 1959, Reid married his high school sweetheart, Landra Gould. They have five children, a daughter and four sons. Their eldest son, Rory Reid, was an elected Commissioner for Clark County, Nevada, of which he became Chairman, and 2010 Democratic nominee in the election for Governor of Nevada. Another son recently ran for municipal office in Cottonwood Heights, Utah.[62] According to Opensecrets.org, as of 2010, Reid is worth anywhere from $3.3 million to $10.3 million.[63][64] Reid (who was raised agnostic) and his wife (who was born to Jewish immigrant parents and grew up in Henderson), converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (nicknamed the Mormon or LDS Church) while he was a college student.[1] In a 2001 interview he said, "I think it is much easier to be a good member of the Church and a Democrat than a good member of the Church and a Republican." He went on to say that the Democrats' emphasis on helping others, as opposed to what he considers Republican dogma to the contrary, is the reason he's a Democrat.[65] He delivered a speech at Brigham Young University to about 20,000 students on October 9, 2007, in which he expressed his opinion that Democratic values mirror Mormon values.[66][67] Several Republican Mormons in Utah have contested his faith because of his politics, such as his statements that the church's backing of California's Proposition 8 wasted resources.[68] In September 2011, Reid's wife was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer. She is currently undergoing treatment.[69] References ^ a b c d e f Walsh, Elsa (August 8, 2005). "Minority Retort: How a pro-gun, anti-abortion Nevadan leads the Senate's Democrats". The New Yorker. Retrieved March 17, 2008. ^ Smith, Christopher (June 9, 2001). Senate's New Majority Whip: Senator Harry Reid of Nevada. 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WilliamTheBastard Member	Wed Aug 29 11:46:43 ^ good article.
Hot Rod Revved Up	Wed Aug 29 11:53:18 LOL, Nimatzo lies again. He said yesterday that he wasn't going to spam those near the bottom of the page which is where this was headed until I ttt it. The kid lies more than I do.
Nimatzo iChihuaha	Wed Aug 29 11:56:56 Shut up you cunt, this thread was at the top already. Maybe your cunt eyes should read the time stamp on the post prior to my wiki article?
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