In the second session, the th Congress enacted out of 3, introduced bills 4. Comparatively, the th Congress had 7. For more information pertaining to Reid's voting record in the th Congress, please see the below sections.
On May 22, , the Senate passed HR , which was used as a legislative vehicle for trade legislation with the titles "Trade Act of " and the "Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of ," by a vote of The bill proposed giving the president trade promotion authority TPA. TPA, also known as fast track authority, allows the president to negotiate trade deals that cannot be amended by Congress.
Congress casts a simple up or down vote on a trade agreement, and the legislation only requires a simple majority for approval. The bill also included a statement of trade priorities and provisions for trade adjustment assistance.
Reid voted with 30 other Democratic senators against the bill. Reid was one of 31 Democrats to vote against the bill. On May 5, , the Senate voted to approve SConRes11 , a congressional budget proposal for fiscal year , by a vote of The non-binding resolution will be used to create 12 appropriations bills to fund the government before funding runs out on October 1, The vote marked the first time since that Congress approved a joint budget resolution.
All 44 Democrats , including Reid, voted against the resolution. The bill "authorizes FY appropriations and sets forth policies for Department of Defense DOD programs and activities, including military personnel strengths. It does not provide budget authority, which is provided in subsequent appropriations legislation. The bill increased military and domestic spending levels and suspended the debt ceiling until March On May 7, , the Senate voted to approve HR - A bill to provide for congressional review and oversight of agreements relating to Iran's nuclear program, and for other purposes, by a vote of The bill required President Barack Obama to submit the details of the nuclear deal with Iran for congressional review.
Congress had 60 days to review the deal and vote to approve, disapprove or take no action on the deal. During the review period, sanctions on Iran could not be lifted. All 43 Democratic senators who voted, including Reid, approved the bill. Hire More Heroes Act of On September 10, , the Senate voted to filibuster the measure to disapprove of the Iran nuclear deal by a vote of Reid voted with 39 Democrats and two Independents against proceeding to the measure of disapproval.
Hire More Heroes Act of follow up votes On September 15, , the Senate voted for a second time to filibuster the measure to disapprove of the Iran nuclear deal by a vote of The amendment proposed prohibiting "the President from waiving, suspending, reducing, providing relief from, or otherwise limiting the application of sanctions pursuant to an agreement related to the nuclear program of Iran.
It became law on June 2, Reid voted with 29 Democrats , 43 Republicans and one independent in favor of the bill. The bill proposed withholding federal funding from "sanctuary jurisdictions" that violate the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of and other federal immigration laws.
In addition, the bill proposed increasing "penalties for individuals who illegally reenter the United States after being removed" and providing "liability protection for State and local law enforcement who cooperate with Federal law enforcement. The second session of the th Congress enacted into law out of the introduced bills 7 percent. Comparatively, the th Congress had 4.
The nomination was confirmed by the Senate on March 7, , with a vote of 63 - Most Democrats supported the nomination, while Republicans were somewhat divided with roughly one-third supporting the nomination. On September 26, , in regards to the government shutdown, Reid said that there would be no concessions from the Senate on Obamacare to avoid a government shutdown. Reid and other Democratic leaders said that they would only accept a clean continuing resolution. He refused to say whether he would accept a one-week continuing resolution from House members, which could have been a last-minute safety valve if the two chambers did not agree on a longer solution.
During the shutdown in October , the Senate rejected, down party lines, every House-originated bill that stripped the budget of funding for the Affordable Care Act. A deal was reached late on October 16, , just hours before the debt ceiling deadline. The bill to reopen the government, H. Federal employees also received retroactive pay for the shutdown period. The only concession made by Senate Democrats was to require income verification for Obamacare subsidies.
Reid voted with the Democratic Party for the bill. Reid voted for H. The bill passed the Senate on January 31, , with a vote of 64 - The purpose of the bill was to temporarily suspend the debt ceiling and withhold the pay of members of Congress until a budget could be passed. The vote largely followed party lines with Democrats overwhelmingly supporting it and many Republicans in opposition to the bill. The amendment was rejected by the Senate on June 18, , with a vote of 39 - The purpose of the amendment was to require the completion of miles of fence described in the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of before registered provisional immigrant status may be granted.
It would also require miles of fence be completed before the status of registered provisional immigrants may be changed to permanent resident status. The vote followed party lines. Reid voted for S. The bill was passed by the Senate on February 12, , with a vote of 78 - The purpose of the bill was to combat violence against women, from domestic violence to international trafficking in persons.
All 22 dissenting votes were cast by Republicans. Reid voted for the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in and while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. The bill was passed in the Senate by an 89 - 8 vote on January 1, Reid said that he was not worried about the Healthcare. By that time, there will be a lot of people on it that have already signed up. The policies are only for one year. What he said was true.
If you want to keep the insurance you have you can keep it. The problem is … we did not put the bill into effect that way. Reid spoke to the Senate in support of military intervention in Syria.
Americans cannot allow that. My mind returns to that turning point in the world history when the United States of America faced down an evil regime that murdered millions of innocent citizens. Millions and millions of civilians and prisoners of war were murdered by gas in Nazi death camps.
On May 10, , news broke that various branches of the Internal Revenue Service IRS had specifically targeted conservative groups' applications for tax-exempt status beginning during the tea party surge in The agency was accused of separating tax-exempt applications by searching for political terms such as "tea party" and "patriot.
The flagging continued, however, when the criteria was changed in January to look out for groups educating on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The targeting included allegations that tea party groups were forced to provide information not asked of other tax exempt groups. Examples of this included requests for donor information, Facebook posts, resumes and political intentions of group officials and connections to other groups.
He still testified at the hearings the next day. As a result of this scandal, Republicans and many Democratic members of Congress , including Reid, publicly called for a deeper investigation into these matters. The House Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on May 17 during which it was disclosed that the Obama administration was made aware of the targeting on June 4, On May 20, Senators Max Baucus and Orrin Hatch sent a written inquiry regarding the process for how the agency reviewed applications for tax exempt status.
The letter also requested any correspondence between White House officials and the IRS mentioning c organizations. During the May 22 House committee hearing on the issue, Lois Lerner, head of the IRS tax-exempt organizations office, declined to answer questions citing her Fifth Amendment right. Reid owned acres of undeveloped land in Bullhead City. With Ted Cruz, I am sure this will help him raise more money.
But my disappointment is the so-called moderates who went along with this vote after vote after vote. Einstein said this, pure definition of insanity is somebody who does something over and over and over again and expects a different result.
So that was my No. He specifically mentioned a good relationship with Sen. Harry Reid, Coburn's sentiments were not so positive. According to attendees, Coburn referred to Reid as an "absolute a--hole. On November 21, , Reid invoked the "nuclear option," cutting the vote threshold required for executive branch nominees to reach the floor for confirmation votes to a simple majority vote. The rule change came after Senate Republicans blocked three D.
Circuit Court judges from confirmation. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell stated, "Some of us have been around here long enough to know that the shoe is sometimes on the other foot. The "nuclear option" was not popular with John McCain either. Prior to giving a speech on the floor criticizing the change, McCain told Reid, "I'm going to kick the crap out of you. The rule change passed by a vote of , with three Democrats voting against the change.
Reid apparently grew fond of Rand Paul despite ideological differences. In December , he said, "I met in the last few days with Rand Paul, spent a lot of time with him, and I have grown to really like him. And I find that throughout the Republicans. I think they want to get things done. He was beat by Jeff Sessions , who held the floor for 33 hours. The race for Nevada's open U.
Senate seat was one of Ballotpedia's nine competitive battleground races in Reid and outside groups heavily influenced the race and were partially responsible for the negative tone and numerous attack ads. All that cash washed away nearly any real policy discussion, as attacks flew claiming Cortez Masto was incompetent and corrupt while Heck was a stooge for the billionaire Koch Brothers.
In her victory speech, Cortez Masto commented on her status as the first Latina elected to the Senate, saying, "It's not just about making history.
Don't you think it is about time that we had diversity in the U. Don't you think it's about time that our government mirrors the people we serve every day? After insisting for months that he would seek re-election in , Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid D-NV released a video on March 27, , stating that he would not run in after all. In the video , where he can be seen with an eye injury he acquired in a January accident, Reid outlines his reasons for retiring in He stated, "We have to make sure that the Democrats take control of the Senate again.
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Reid was re-elected to the U. Senate in The Personal Gain Index U. Congress is a two-part measurement that illustrates the extent to which members of the U. Congress have prospered during their tenure as public servants.
It consists of two different metrics:. Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets. Reid ranked as the 32nd most wealthy senator in Between and , the average annual percentage increase for a member of Congress was Filings required by the Federal Election Commission report on the industries that give to each candidate.
Using campaign filings and information calculated by OpenSecrets. From , Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by GovTrack , Reid was a moderate Democratic leader as of July The website OpenCongress tracks the voting records of each member to determine with whom he or she votes most and least often.
The results include a member from each party. According to the website GovTrack, Reid missed of 9, roll call votes from January to September This amounts to 1. The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. He ranked 9th on the list of the lowest paid Democratic senatorial staff salaries and ranked 35th overall of the lowest paid senatorial staff salaries in Overall, Nevada ranked 42nd in average salary for senatorial staff.
The average U. Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted in the previous year.
Click the link above for the full ratings of all members of Congress. Reid ranked 20th in the liberal rankings in Reid ranked seventh in the liberal rankings in Reid ranked 18th in the liberal rankings in The website OpenCongress tracks how often members of Congress vote with the majority of the chamber caucus. Reid voted with the Democratic Party Delegate to the DNC click to expand.
Reid was a superdelegate to the Democratic National Convention from Nevada. Reid supported Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination. Superdelegates in were automatic delegates to the Democratic National Convention, meaning that, unlike regular delegates, they were not elected to this position.
Also unlike regular delegates, they were not required to pledge their support to any presidential candidate, and they were not bound by the results of their state's presidential primary election or caucus.
In , superdelegates included members of the Democratic National Committee, Democratic members of Congress, Democratic governors, and distinguished party leaders, including former presidents and vice presidents. All superdelegates were free to support any presidential candidate of their choosing at the Democratic National Convention.
Nevada had 43 delegates at the Democratic National Convention. Of this total, 35 were pledged delegates. National party rules stipulated how Democratic delegates in all states were allocated. Pledged delegates were allocated to a candidate in proportion to the votes he or she received in a state's primary or caucus. A candidate was eligible to receive a share of the state's pledged delegates if he or she won at least 15 percent of the votes cast in the primary or caucus.
There were three types of pledged Democratic delegates: congressional district delegates, at-large delegates, and party leaders and elected officials PLEOs.
Congressional district delegates were allocated proportionally based on the primary or caucus results in a given district. At-large and PLEO delegates were allocated proportionally based on statewide caucus results.
Eight party leaders and elected officials served as unpledged delegates. These delegates were not required to adhere to the results of a state's primary or caucus. Note: Please contact us if the personal information below requires an update. In , Reid married his high school sweetheart, Landra Gould. They have five children, a daughter and four sons.
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Harry Reid takes on the Koch brothers. Harry Reid's bad phone manners. Harry Reid on marriage: 'I am a blessed man'. Harry Reid on his Nevada upbringing. Birth date: December 2, Birth place: Searchlight, Nevada. Birth name: Harry Mason Reid. Read More. Father: Harry Reid Sr. Mother: Inez Jaynes Reid. Marriage: Landra Gould Reid present. Education: Utah State University, B. Other Facts. He was a middleweight amateur boxer. Reid and his wife both converted to the LDS church in college.
He had been raised nonreligious and his wife was raised Jewish. November 4, - Wins election to the US Senate. November 3, - Wins a second term in the Senate.
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