Nov 5th, 2008 · When Barack Obama and running mate Joe Biden take their oath of office on Jan. 20, Democrats will control both the White House and Congress for the first time since 1994. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada tells Steve Inskeep that voters want change, and they want Congress to get things done.
Sep 23rd, 2008 · The White House is pressuring Congress to pass a $700 billion rescue package the financial sector. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the Bush Administration's bill is a starting point, but is by no means the final product. Democratic lawmakers say they want to include more oversight, bankruptcy changes and executive pay caps.
May 1st, 2008 · There's no rush to decide the Democratic presidential nomination, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says. The Nevada Democrat, a superdelegate and party leader, also notes that he's not siding with either Sen. Hillary Clinton or Sen. Barack Obama just yet.
Apr 23rd, 2007 · Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) says that the failure of the war in Iraq has been "presidential" rather than military. Next week, President Bush is expected to veto a supplemental funding bill from Congress that will likely include a timetable for withdrawal. Melissa Block talks with Reid.
Apr 20th, 2007 · After more than 100 Iraq civilians were killed in bombings this week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he feels the war is lost. So the White House has challenged Democrats to take a politically risky move and "defund" the war.
Apr 10th, 2007 · Democratic Senate leaders say they're willing to sit down with President Bush to work out something on the Iraq funding bill -- but they also want a change in direction. The president says he is not negotiating.
Jan 11th, 2007 · Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) says he will ask senators to "belly up to the bar" and state their views of President Bush's plan to increase troop levels in Iraq by 21,500. "I don't think it is the worst policy blunder since Vietnam," Reid says, "I think it's the worst policy blunder in the history of our country."
Nov 12th, 2006 · Guest host Jacki Lyden gets insights into the presumptive Senate majority leader Harry Reid from a journalist who has explored his beginnings in a tiny Nevada settlement and traced his political career. That journalist, Elsa Walsh, wrote a profile of Reid last year in The New Yorker magazine.