“I’m sure there are more people more capable than me, better looking than I am, more educated than I am, smarter than I am. But I have the job. And I try to do it as best I can, ” he declared Harry Reid in one of interviews in December 2016, weeks before leaving the Senate.
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“God bless Harry Reid, a dear friend and great man of our history,” said President Joe Biden in declaration. He praised, among other things, the merits of his former Senate colleague in enforcing measures in response to the financial crisis or his fight against efforts to privatize social insurance. “When Harry said he would do something, he did it. When he gave you his word, you could bet on it. This is how he managed to achieve results for the good of the country for decades, “said the President of the USA.
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As a Democrat leader, Reid has become the chief senate ally of former US President Barack Obama, according to Reuters. He thus played a significant role in pushing for health insurance reform known as Obamacare, which passed Congress despite strong Republican opposition.
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The son of a miner
Reid spent a total of 30 years in the Senate, preceded by four years in the House of Representatives. The miner’s son, who grew up in poor conditions in the small village of Searchlight south of Las Vegas, was the longest-serving member of the Nevada Congress, the AP reports. His career in top politics began in the 1960s and 1970s in the Nevada parliament and state administration and ended after the 2016 election, in which he no longer ran for serious injury.
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Hard to overstate how central Harry Reid was to the successes of the Obama years, among much else he accomplished in a lifetime of determined service. https://t.co/tM2Fu5hphv
– Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) December 29, 2021
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According to the AP, Reid was considered one of the toughest negotiators in Congress. The former amateur boxer once said that he would rather dance than fight, but that he can fight. Reuters writes that it did not avoid clashes with Republicans and disagreed with some party colleagues on environmental issues, arms control and abortion.
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Current Senate Democrat leader Chuck Schumer Reida marked for one of the greatest people he had ever met. “He was my leader, my mentor, one of my dearest friends,” he said. He then announced on Twitter that the flags at the Congress headquarters were being launched at half-mast in honor of the late senator. Reid was also praised by Republican Senator Mitch McConnell, who v declaration described his life journey from a “house without running water” to one of the most influential positions in Congress.
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