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Harry Mason Reid (; born December 2, 1939) is an American politician and the senior United States Senator from Nevada, in office since 1987. A member of the Democratic Party, he has served as the Senate Majority Leader since January 2007, having previously served as Minority Leader and Minority and Majority Whip.

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They would be surprised how the American public would accept it, people from their individual states would accept it.

Found on FOX News 2 months ago Science

We felt it was more than just the housing crisis. It goes up and down the Strip. All of our businesses were in trouble. I can remember driving by strip malls, and they were closing, it was scary.

Found on CNN 7 months ago Politics

He and I had our differences, but no one ever questioned his patriotism. Our battles were strictly political battles, there's no question in my mind that Babe Ruth in this league would be Babe Ruth in this league that Babe Ruth in this league's in with Donald Trump in the league. President Trump wouldn't make the team.

Found on CNN 12 months ago Politics

It's the worst foreign policy decision in the history of our country, i made other mistakes, but that was a doozy.

Found on CNN 12 months ago Politics

The candidates running need not talk about how bad President Trump is, they just need to talk about what's good for the country. Everyone knows, even those people supporting knows what problems President Trump has.

Found on CNN 12 months ago Politics

I guess everything's fair, he found it, let him use it.

Found on CNN 12 months ago Politics

I watch [ Comey ] in the halls of, I think it was in Russell Office Building being so self-righteous I almost wanted to shout,' Where were you when we needed you ?'.

Found on CNN 12 months ago Politics

I think women have certain sensitivities that men don't have. Things dealing with violence. I think the best advocates we have for gun control are women. The best advocates we have for non-engagement in foreign wars, foreign entanglements, are women. I think women are just so improved the Senate, and this isn't something I read in a book. I watched it. I was there.

Found on CNN 12 months ago Politics

I’m not embarrassed or ashamed or sorry I got this thing going, i think it’s one of the good things I did in my congressional service. I’ve done something that no one has done before.

Found on FOX News 2 years ago Politics

President Obama is a courageous man. I could not be more grateful to him and his team for working with me to make this happen, and for everything he has done to protect public lands in Nevada. By designating Gold Butte a national monument, President Obama has shown once again why he is one of greatest environmental presidents in American history.

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Latest Headlines

My friend Keith Ellison is a terrific leader and a strong progressive who knows how to get things done, now is the time for new thinking and a fresh start at the DNC. Now is the time for Keith.

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Politics

How would the CIA and the other intelligence agencies brief this guy? How could they do that? I would suggest to the intelligence agencies, if you’re forced to brief this guy, don’t tell him anything, just fake it, because this man is dangerous.

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Latest Headlines

We are not doing anything into next year.

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Politics

Give it just a week or so.

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Politics

We have never recovered from that.

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Latest Headlines

There are many procedural things we can do. That's one thing we can do. Certainly, we've got that in our arrow quiver.

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Politics

The Republican Party has become without question the party of Trump.

Found on FOX News 3 years ago Politics

The Senate's constitutional duty transcends partisan bickering. The people of Iowa don't want a Senate that treats its constitutional duties differently based on who is in the White House.

Found on CNN 3 years ago Politics

I along with every other member of the Democratic caucus will be on the floor next week, the week after that, the week after that, as long as it takes to bring to the attention of America the failure of this Republican Senate to meet its constitutional mandate.

Found on CNN 3 years ago Politics

He never gave us his tax returns. Who was the brainchild who got him to do that? romney never gave us his tax returns. He did not -- he gave us his summary, he didn't give us our tax returns.

Found on CNN 3 years ago Politics

All I know, I can't imagine Romney having the gall coming after anybody's returns. Let's look at his.

Found on CNN 3 years ago Politics

If Republicans are afraid to bring their standard-bearer's policies up for votes, Democrats will hold Republicans accountable by seeking floor votes on Trump's policies ourselves.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

Legislation, I've said a thousand times, is the art of compromise. And I have found in the short time I've worked with Paul Ryan that he understands that, he (Ryan) reminds me a lot of Trent Lott.

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Politics

They worked for months and months on that legislation.

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Politics

He (Rubio) came up with really a good product. He walks away from it. He is so bad that he even wants to deport the DREAMers.

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Politics

He (Ryan) reminds me a lot of Trent Lott.

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Politics

Seriously, I feel good about the omnibus.

Found on FOX News 4 years ago Politics

Well he appears to me to be one of the people over there that would be reasonable, i mean, look at some of the other people. I'm a Paul Ryan fan.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Top News

Well he appears to me to be one of the people over there that would be reasonable, i mean, look at some of the other people. I'm a Paul Ryan fan.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

I did not think she, congresswoman from Hawaii, was running for president, so what she is concerned about?

Found on FOX News 4 years ago Latest Headlines

The push that Leader Pelosi and I really are going to stress more than anything else is speed, we don't want to wait. We want to move on this.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

That's painful work, but the pains going to be there no matter when we do it.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

We've been calling for responsible budget negotiations for months, if there are any talks, I will be invited.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

I would hope that Boehner would make it easier on the people who are going to follow him, get it all done before he leaves.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

The three of us agree that we want a short-term CR (continuing resolution). We want to make sure that the riders are off that. We want to make sure we have equal money for defense and non-defense.

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Politics

The outline he just gave has nothing to do with intellectual credibility. The agreement that was finalized last week dealt with one subject and one subject only. Whether or not Iran should have a nuclear weapon and the answer was resoundingly no.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

The Senate has spoken and has spoken with a clarion voice, the matter is over with. We should move on.

Found on FOX News 4 years ago Politics

Let's be clear about who is moving to end debate: it is the Republican leader and he alone who is moving to end debate. It is the Republican leader who filed a procedural motion last night to end debate.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Top News

You know in life, you don't always get what you want, and I wish I hadn't hurt myself.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Top News

I'm sorry I hurt myself doing something that I've been doing for years. But it's affected my stability. I'm getting better, i've been doing exercises for that. ... I can read now. Don't read nearly as fast as I used to. I had world-class speed reading ability. I don't have that anymore. But I'm doing just fine.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Top News

We're not there yet, maybe someday.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Top News

I'm sorry, I cannot hold back a smile, there are a lot of good reasons for this deal. But the best is that Cheney's against it. I mean, think about this: The architect of the worst foreign policy decision in the history of America - to invade Iraq. Look what it has done. Why would anyone with any degree of intelligence agree with him?

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

To have the Republicans with a straight face, after they have filibustered hundreds and hundreds of times issues that are of immense consequence to our country now come back and say, 'Well we shouldn't do it here,' so this is just, in effect, being kind of a poor loser. Because the fact is that how Leader McConnell can come out there without grimacing when he would say something like that is beyond my ability to comprehend.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

But there is no alternative. What he talks about is basically fluff, there is no alternative. What is the alternative? To have us alone? Have the international community walk away? We have negotiated this in good faith. It hasn't taken months. It's taken years. Years. This is the diplomatic breakthrough that will go down in history as one of the biggest diplomatic moves in the history of the world.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

Chuck will be the next leader, i am confident of that.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

We'll see what happens.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

Right now we know that the deal is not going to go any place because we have more than enough votes to sustain a presidential veto.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

Well, Donald Trump and the Republican gang that's running for president certainly hasn't hurt our chances, i think we're going to win back the Senate. ... But the one goal that I have, and I will be unrelenting on that, is to do everything I can to make sure that we retake the Senate.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Top News

Donald Trump is speaking for the Republican Party.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Top News

I think we're going to win back the Senate. ... But the one goal that I have, and I will be unrelenting on that, is to do everything I can to make sure that we retake the Senate.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Top News

There is no such thing as a better deal. There is no plausible alternative. There is no better deal.

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Top News

This agreement will stand.

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Politics

I’m going to do everything in my power to make sure the deal stands.

Found on FOX News 4 years ago Politics

Now it is incumbent on Congress to review this agreement with the thoughtful, level-headed process an agreement of this magnitude deserves.

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Energy

I've said publicly in Nevada on more than one occasion -- we have, one of our statues, is Pat McCarran, i think he should be put out to pasture some place. I think he doesn't represent the things I think our country stands for certainly what Nevada doesn't stand for. So the statues are important. They really send a message.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

We can do something about this sad, violent reality, we can expand gun background checks and prevent the mentally ill and criminal from buying guns. Is that asking too much? The people support it. It has bipartisan support. We should act to save lives by expanding background checks.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

The politics for her on this issue got a lot trickier.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

As far as I can tell, they did everything they could this time, yet they fell short.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

Today’s announcement has shown his tremendous courage.

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Politics

This trade bill is another example of how we have ignored in this Congress working men and women in this country.

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Politics

If he doesn't do that, it's going to be very difficult to get to the guts of this.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

Let’s not pretend the path from poverty like the one I traveled is still available to everyone out there as long as they work hard.

Found on Reuters 4 years ago Politics

She's never changed. She's 74 years old. She could win a beauty contest today. She is the nicest person. She has been a wonderful mother, a terrific wife to me. I wish there was a way I could express to everyone how fortunate I am.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Top News

I am a blessed man to have this 5 foot tall woman with me all these years.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Top News

As our relationship built, her parents came to the realization that it could be something serious and it was a very difficult time, the last few years of courtship, because they of course wanted her to meet somebody Jewish.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Top News

They said we did everything we could to stop the two of you ... we're going to do everything we can to make your lives a success, and they were wonderful.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Top News

The one good part about the accident is for the first time in our married life I was forced to do nothing. The first three weeks I couldn't do anything except feel sorry for myself. But I got over that, i wanted to make sure that I could take care of my caucus and so I did some pondering. I'm sure it had some bearing on my not running but it wasn't the decision-maker.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

Schumer has been as loyal to me, as good to me as anybody could be, once Schumer gets involved in something it's hard to get rid of him. He's a brilliant man. He loves the press. He's very strategic and he's been good to me and I felt it was an opportunity for him. He'll do a good job.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

Once they said that, I said to myself, that's something you shouldn't have said because don't put me up against a wall because I have nothing to do but fight, so I went to my caucus, and I got plenty of votes to change rules and so glad we did.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

The Koch brothers, no one would help me, they were afraid they'd go after them. So I did it on my own. That's what I felt I had to do.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

They can call it whatever they want. Romney didn't win did he? i called him into my office and told him he should take a look at it. He was stunned because I was first to suggest it to him.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

Frankly, one newspaper here in Nevada kept beating up on me and I said, 'I'm not going to let the bastards beat me,' and so I decided to run a last time.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

Since 1992, I haven't had a clearer path to re-election.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

I recognized a long time ago that there are people who can speak better than I can. There are people a lot better looking than I am. There are people smarter than I am. But there's nobody who can work harder than I work.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

I think I overestimated them. They underestimated me and I did OK.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

I called him into my office and told him he should take a look at it. He was stunned because I was first to suggest it to him.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

I care about Obama, he changed the world.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

My friend, Senator McConnell, don't be too elated. I am going to be here for 22 months. I am going to be doing the same thing I have done since I first came to the Senate.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

The man's father is a wonderful human being.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

This war is lost and the surge is not accomplishing anything.

Found on CNN 4 years ago Politics

No one I've seen is more qualified and experienced … than Loretta Lynch.

Found on FOX News 4 years ago Politics

If he sends something back that is vexatious with all these riders and anti-immigrant stuff, he won't be able to go to conference, and he has to understand that.

Found on FOX News 4 years ago Politics

I have never seen debate shut down as aggressively as when Senator McConnell refused to allow Democratic senators to debate their own amendments for a single minute, i’m disappointed that so far, the Republican Senate has spent all of its time on a special-interest giveaway to help a Canadian oil company ship foreign oil overseas.

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Politics

I’ve always been fairly confident in my ability to fight back, i ’ll continue to fight back. I ’m in the process of setting up for the next go-around.

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Latest Headlines

I don’t know how many people out there could sit down and do 250 sit-ups or do the strength exercise I did with those bands hundreds and hundreds of times -- hundreds of times -- every week, three times a week.

Found on FOX News 5 years ago Latest Headlines

They're very hopeful but this isn't anything that's a slam dunk. I had serious injury to my eye, there's blood accumulated there, and they're hoping that resolves itself. As long as the blood is in the eye it's hard to see.

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Politics

We all know if we change the bill, it's gone.

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Money

They're gone, they're not going to change anything in the bill. We've been told that many times.

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Money

Since 2011 we have lurched from crisis to crisis with the country constantly under the threat of shutdown or financial catastrophe, it’s a very bad habit and the American people are very, very tired of it.

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Most Read Articles

We've got his back.

Found on Reuters 5 years ago Politics

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