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Harry Reid, a Democrat, is the majority leader in the United States Senate. He was born in the mining town of Searchlight, Nevada, and in 1970, at the age of 30, Harry Reid became the youngest lieutenant governor in Nevada history. Harry Reid won the first of two terms in the United States House of Representatives in 1982. Nevadans elected Harry Reid to the Senate in 1986, and he won re-election in 1992, 1998 and 2004.
Harry Reid, a Democrat, is the majority leader in the United States Senate. He was born in the mining town of Searchlight, Nevada, and in 1970, at the age of 30, Harry Reid became the youngest lieutenant governor in Nevada history. Harry Reid won the first of two terms in the United States House of Representatives in 1982. Nevadans elected Harry Reid to the Senate in 1986, and he won re-election in 1992, 1998 and 2004.
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Federal Judge Strikes Down Obama Health Care Overhaul
ABC26 NewsA federal judge declared the Obama administration's health care overhaul unconstitutional Monday, siding with 26 states that argued people cannot be required to buy health insurance. Senior U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson agreed with the states that the...Tags: North Dakota, Wyoming, Health, Utah, U.S. Supreme Court
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House approves oil spill bill; stalled in Senate
ABC26 NewsThe House has approved a bill to boost safety standards for offshore drilling and remove a liability cap for oil spills, but a partisan fight in the Senate will likely delay action on a response to the Gulf oil spill until Congress returns from its summer...Tags: U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington (U.S. state), Democratic Party, Environmental Pollution, Energy
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John Kennedy Has Been Given New Life
October 24, 2008...Just when it seemed that it was hopeless for Republican U.S. Senate candidate John Kennedy, the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) gave him new life. After the NRSC first announced that they would withdraw funding from...Tags: Karl Rove, Wages and Pensions, Barack Obama, Mary L Landrieu, Politics
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Why The Double Standard, Senator Landrieu?
ABC26 NewsSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is supposedly a champion of African Americans and advocate of civil rights for all. However, a much different image emerges from the new book, "Game Change." Reid is quoted as touting the chances of Barack Obama...Tags: Racism, Mary L Landrieu, Democratic Party, African Americans, Television
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Senate Majority Leader Reid fund-raiser canceled
ABC26 NewsSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid has canceled plans for a fundraiser this weekend in New Orleans. Reid had been set for a Saturday fund raiser, hosted by fellow Democrat Mary Landrieu, but business in Washington, including work on health care...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Health, Medical Services, Washington (U.S. state), Elections
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Mary Landrieu: Louisiana's Bionic Woman
ABC26 NewsIs Senator Mary Landrieu Louisiana's $300 million woman? In exchange for her cloture vote to move the healthcare bill forward, Landrieu secured big money for the state's Medicaid program. According to Landrieu, the state needed the "fix" and "she was...Tags: John McCain, Health, Mary L Landrieu, Politics, Social Issues
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Sen. Landrieu's Vote On Health Care Legislation Unites Democrats
ABC26 NewsIn a show of unity, Senate Democrats sealed a 60-vote majority needed to advance health care legislation Saturday ahead of an evening showdown with Republicans eager to doom the bill and inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. Two final...Tags: Health, Instrument Engineering, Corporate Crime, Arkansas, Mary L Landrieu
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Yucca Mountain critic picked to head nuclear panel
WASHINGTON — Stirring the lingering debate over storing nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, President Obama tapped Yucca critic Allison Macfarlane as the new chairwoman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The nomination of Macfarlane, an...
Tags: John McCain, Nuclear Power, Barack Obama, Politics, Washington, DC
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Kingsley Guy: Democrats' spending leading U.S. to disaster
If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, then the folks with the white coats need to pay visits to the offices of President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House...Tags: Personal Income, Finance, Health, Bill Clinton, Calvin Coolidge
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Congress sounding increasingly like teenagers, study says
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.WASHINGTON -- If it sounds like the debates in Congress have devolved to that of teenagers, it’s because they have. The level of discourse in the House and Senate has dropped a full grade level -- to the equivalent of a sophomore in high school,...Tags: Tea Party Movement, Crime, Law and Justice, Mick Mulvaney, Justice System, Barack Obama
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Top nuclear regulator resigns amid GOP criticisms
WASHINGTON -- The chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission who was championed by watchdogs for his cautious approach to nuclear power but criticized by Republicans in Congress for an overly hard-charging style has announced he will step down....
Tags: Nuclear Power, Japan Nuclear Emergency (2011), Barack Obama, Politics, Natural Resources
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Saturday letters to the editor
Protect us from Fish and Wildlife Service Re article dated on May 10 "US [Fish and Wildlife Service may protect eastern diamondback rattlesnakes" A few months ago,they also passed laws to protect killer sharks. Who is,I wonder, going to protect me from...Tags: Mormon, Christianity, Joe Biden, Delray Beach, Barack Obama
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