Harry Reid and Modern Senate Procedure

Harry Reid

Serving as Senate Democratic Leader and Majority Leader, Harry Reid exerted tight control over chamber operations to advance major policy initiatives. Under the Obama administration, he played a pivotal role in passing landmark legislation, including the Affordable Care Act and Dodd-Frank financial reforms. He dramatically altered modern Senate procedure in 2013 by deploying the "nuclear option" to eliminate the 60-vote filibuster threshold for most judicial and executive nominees.

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Year	Harry Reid
1939	Early life in the poor mining town of Searchlight (Period: Late 1930s – early 1950s, Location: Searchlight, Nevada, United States) Birth of Harry Reid (Period: December 2, 1939, Location: Searchlight, Nevada, United States)
1940	Searchlight Elementary School (Period: 1940s, Location: Searchlight, Nevada, United States)
1947	Cold War (Age: 7 years old, Period: Around 1947–1991, Location: United States, Soviet Union, Europe, and Other Regions Worldwide)
1950	Boxing activities in high school (Age: 10 years old, Period: Early 1950s, Location: Henderson, Nevada, United States) Basic High School (Age: 10 years old, Period: Early 1950s – late 1950s, Location: Henderson, Nevada, United States) College of Southern Utah, now Southern Utah University (Age: 10 years old, Period: Late 1950s, Location: Cedar City, Utah, United States)
1959	Utah State University (Age: 19 years old, Period: 1959–1961, Location: Logan, Utah, United States) Marriage (Harry Reid, Landra Gould, Age: 19 years old, Period: 1959, Location: Utah, United States, exact city and venue unknown)
1961	George Washington University Law School (Age: 21 years old, Period: 1961–1964, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)
1969	Election to the Nevada Assembly (Age: 29 years old, Period: 1968 election, 1969–1970 term in office, Location: Nevada, United States) Nevada State Assemblyman (Age: 29 years old, Period: 1968 election, 1969–1970 term in office, Location: Nevada, United States)
1971	Appointment as Lieutenant Governor of Nevada (Age: 31 years old, Period: 1971–1975, Location: Nevada, United States) Lieutenant Governor of Nevada (Age: 31 years old, Period: 1970 election, 1971–1975 term in office, Location: Nevada, United States)
1974	Run for the 1974 United States Senate election (Age: 34 years old, Period: 1974, Location: Nevada, United States) Candidacy in the 1974 U.S. Senate election (Age: 34 years old, Period: 1974, Location: Nevada, United States)
1975	Run for Mayor of Las Vegas (Age: 35 years old, Period: 1975, Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States)
1977	Appointment as Chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission (Age: 37 years old, Period: 1977–1981, Location: Nevada, United States)
1979	Bribery offer by Jack Gordon (Age: 39 years old, Period: Late 1970s, arrested and convicted in 1979, Location: Nevada, United States)
1980	Allegations surrounding the relationship with Frank Rosenthal (Age: 40 years old, Period: 1979, allegations reported in early 1980s, Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States)
1983	Election to the U.S. House of Representatives (Age: 43 years old, Period: Elected 1982, served January 1983 – January 1987, Location: Nevada's 1st congressional district, United States, Washington, D.C.) Candidacy and victory in the 1982 U.S. House of Representatives election (Age: 43 years old, Period: 1982 election, 1983–1987 term in office, Location: 1st congressional district of Nevada, United States)
1987	Election to the U.S. Senate (Age: 47 years old, Period: Elected 1986, served January 1987 – January 2017, Location: Nevada, Washington, D.C., United States) U.S. Senator from Nevada (Age: 47 years old, Period: 1986 election, January 1987–January 2017 term in office, Location: Nevada, Washington, D.C., United States)
1995	Co-Chairman of the Democratic Policy Committee (Age: 55 years old, Period: 1995–1999, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)
1999	Appointment as Senate Democratic Whip (Age: 59 years old, Period: 1999–2005, Location: Washington, D.C., United States) Senate Democratic Whip (Age: 59 years old, Period: 1999–2005, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)
2005	Appointment as Senate Minority Leader (Age: 65 years old, Period: 2005–2007, 2015–2017, Location: Washington, D.C., United States) Senate Democratic Minority Leader (Age: 65 years old, Period: 2005–2007, 2015–2017, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)
2006	Issues surrounding land transactions and omissions in asset reports (Age: 66 years old, Period: 2001 land transfer, 2004 sale, 2006 reported and investigated, Location: Nevada, Washington, D.C., United States)
2007	Appointment as Senate Majority Leader (Age: 67 years old, Period: January 2007–January 2015, Location: Washington, D.C., United States) Senate Democratic Majority Leader (Age: 67 years old, Period: January 2007–January 2015, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)
2009	Enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Obamacare (Age: 69 years old, Period: 2009–2010, Location: Washington, D.C., United States)
2012	Concerns over conflict of interest surrounding the 2014 Searchlight land and mining rights sale (Age: 72 years old, Period: 2012–2014, Location: Searchlight, Nevada, United States)
2015	Exercise equipment accident at home in 2015 (Age: 75 years old, Period: January 1, 2015, Location: Private residence near Las Vegas, Nevada, United States)
2017	Announcement of no intention to run in the 2016 Senate election and retirement from politics (Age: 77 years old, Period: Announced March 2015, retired January 2017, Location: Washington, D.C., Nevada, United States)
2019	Lawsuit against the manufacturing company regarding the 2015 exercise equipment accident (Age: 79 years old, Period: Filed lawsuit in 2015, jury verdict in 2019, Location: Nevada, United States, etc.)
2021	Renaming to Harry Reid International Airport (Age: 82 years old, Period: December 14, 2021, Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, United States) Death of Harry Reid (Age: 82 years old, Period: December 28, 2021, Location: Residence in Henderson, Nevada, United States)
2022	Death and lying in state in the United States Capitol (Age: 1 years after death, Period: Passed away December 28, 2021, memorial service January 12, 2022, Location: Henderson, Washington, D.C., Searchlight, Nevada, United States)

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Legislative operations	Newt Gingrich Tom DeLay Tom Foley Dennis Hastert Dick Armey Richard Gephardt Robert Michel David Bonior Trent Lott Tom Daschle Bob Dole George Mitchell Harry Reid
Domestic policy	Bill Clinton Newt Gingrich Daniel Patrick Moynihan Tom DeLay John Kasich John Breaux Ted Kennedy Chris Dodd Paul Ryan

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