Harry Reid

Type: Person

Name: Harry Reid (Harry Mason Reid)

Title: United States Senator from Nevada

Organization: U.S. Senate

Date of Birth: 02/12/1939

Place of Birth: Searchlight, Nevada

Nationality: United States

Fact Sheet: Biography for Harry Reid

First reported 13 mins ago - Updated 13 mins ago - 1 reports

Mitt Romney

VENTS: Tuesday, May 21, 2013

0 comments“So the former IRS chief regrets the tea party treatment. He only regrets being caught. I am a proud tea party member and my civil rights have been violated. No one can tell me that IRS employees on their own targeted Tea Party and religious ... [Published Daily News-Sun - 13 mins ago]

Entities: Harry Reid, Tea Party Movement, Mitt Romney

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 25 mins ago - 2 reports

FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency

Harry Reid promises ‘everything in our power’ to help Oklahoma recover

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada spoke on the Senate floor today regarding the devastating tornadoes that struck Oklahoma. Here are his remarks as prepared for delivery:Our hearts go out to the families whose loved ones were lost, injured or ... [Published Las Vegas Sun - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Harry Reid, Tornado, Craig Fugate, first responders, FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 2 reports

Barack Obama

U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee approves immigration reform bill

WASHINGTON, May 21 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday evening approved a comprehensive immigration legislation that grants 11 million undocumented immigrants currently living in the country an earned path to citizenship.The legislation ... [Published People.com.cn - 1 hour ago]

Entities: US Senate Judiciary Committee, Immigration, Barack Obama, Patrick Leahy

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 3 hours ago - 3 reports

Tom Daschle

"Politico" Reports Feud Over SD Senate Seat

The newspaper "Politico" is reporting on a bit of a rift between former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle and his successor Senator Harry Reid of Nevada.And it has to do with next year's South Dakota senate race.The newspaper says Daschle's backing of ... [Published KDLT - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, Tom Daschle, Harry Reid

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 3 reports

Reid to delay Senate votes on most Obama nominees until July

WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that he will delay votes on several of President Obama’s nominees for key posts until July, a decision raising the prospect that he’ll seek further changes to Senate rules that would allow executive ... [Published Morning Call - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Harry Reid, Barack Obama, Mitch McConnell, Executive Agency, Jeff Merkley

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

Harry Reid

Reid fundraiser draws designer audience

A look at Nevada politics by the staff of the Las Vegas Review-Journal and Stephens Media Washington Bureau. The Political Eye is also on Facebook and Twitter.Follow on: The Political EyeLAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNALFar from Searchlight, Sen. Harry Reid held ... [Published Las Vegas Review Journal - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Harry Reid, Oleg Cassini, Fundraising

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 3 reports

Nancy Pelosi

Lawmakers hand Myanmar leader prisoner list

WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers are asking Myanmar President Thein Sein (tane sane) to free nearly 250 political prisoners.Thein Sein met Tuesday with members of the Senate and House on Capitol Hill, a day after he became the first Myanmar leader to visit the ... [Published Miami Herald - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Myanmar/Burma, Thein Sein, Nancy Pelosi, Mitch McConnell, Harry Reid

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

Reid: We'll 'do everything we can to help Oklahoma'

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid discusses federal emergency funding for areas in Oklahoma that were hit by Monday's tornado. ... [Published NBCNews.com - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Harry Reid, Tornado, emergency

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 18 hours ago - 2 reports

Prosecutors in Whittemore trial shift focus in effort to show he lied to FBI

Tuesday morning update:After calling eight former or current Wingfield Nevada Group employees to the stand, where they told of 2007 contributions to and money from Harvey Whittemore, prosecutors shifted the focus late Monday and will likely continue that ... [Published Reno Gazette-Journal - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Harry Reid, Donations, FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation, Jon Porter

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 20 hours ago - 2 reports

Reid Mulls Nuclear-Style Filibuster Reform For Nominations

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is telegraphing his intention to reduce or eliminate the filibuster for nominations this summer if Republicans follow through with their threats to block President Obama's upcoming nominees."If he were allowed ... [Published Talking Points Memo - 20 hours ago]

Entities: Harry Reid, Republican Party (US), Barack Obama

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 2 reports

Nevada lawmakers 'all over the map' on immigration reform

Technically speaking, it isn’t time for the Nevada delegation to influence immigration reform.No Silver Stater sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, entering its second week of weighing amendments to the “Gang of Eight” proposal that has emerged as ... [Published Las Vegas Sun - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Dean Heller, Steven Horsford, Joe Heck, Immigration, Harry Reid

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 3 reports

Opinion: GOP leaders have to sell immigration reform to base

The biggest stumbling block to immigration reform is no longer politics. It is how to market the deal to conservatives.The deal is done in both the House and the Senate. All that is left is for Republicans to make a show of being tough on undocumented ... [Published The Hill - May 20 2013]

Entities: Republican Party (US), Immigration, Biometrics, Harry Reid, Barack Obama

Quotes

Reid, says Merkley, "has clearly conveyed that the deal he made hasn't been honored as it was struck. the leadership is absolutely recognizing that this is unacceptable."

David Sarasohn: On U.S. Senate rules, a prospect of a nuclear July [Published Oregonian - 2 hours ago]

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