Harry Reid On Senate Floor

Harry reid employed the so called nuclear option broke the senate rules to change the senate rules lowered the threshold for confirmation from 60 votes to 51 votes.

Harry reid on senate floor.

I think the time has come for the filibuster to go. Reid has no. Former senate majority leader harry reid tells cnn s chris cuomo he does not regret changing the rules to eliminate the need for 60 votes to end debate over judicial nominations which some argue. Senate majority leader harry reid d nv.

Former senate majority leader harry reid says he doesn t have any regrets about eliminating the senate s filibuster because it allowed democrats to pass key bills including the affordable care act and the dodd frank bill and to confirm members of president barack obama s cabinet. And it is a direct result of harry reid that we now have the most conservative cabinet in decades. By jeffrey toobi n. During the 2012 presidential campaign senate majority leader harry reid made an outrageous allegation that gop nominee mitt romney hadn t paid taxes for 10 years.

Harry mason reid r iː d. Reid began his public career as the city attorney for henderson nevada before winning election to the nevada. Reid who recently announced that he will not seek re election in 2016 first made the claim in an interview with the huffington post on july 31 2012. Harry reid on the senate the supreme court and a time for major change.

As we know he has refused to release his tax returns. A few days after the huffpo interview reid made the same charge on the senate floor this time claiming as fact that romney paid no taxes. Washington after months long threats and last minute deals to avoid a major rules change in the senate majority leader harry reid led the chamber in eliminating the 60 vote majority needed to vote on most presidential nominations. He led the senate s democratic conference from 2005 to 2017 and was the senate majority leader from 2007 to 2015.

Born december 2 1939 is an american retired attorney and politician who served as a united states senator from nevada from 1987 to 2017. Senate minority leader harry reid d nev confirmed the suspicions raised among republicans during the recent fight over the human trafficking bill. He lies on the senate floor.