House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and others pay tribute to former Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who died Dec. 28 at age 82.
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The late Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Wednesday.
Reid, who served Nevada in the upper chamber for three decades, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in early 2018. He died Dec. 28 at age 82.
Reid was the longest-serving senator in Nevada's history and presided over the upper chamber as majority leader from 2007 to 2015. He gained a reputation for soft-spoken ruthlessness as he clawed his way from Nevada’s lieutenant governor’s office to the pinnacle of the U.S. Senate.
The tradition of using the Capitol Rotunda to pay tribute to distinguished Americans began in 1852. Lying in state is an honor that has been bestowed on only 35 people in 169 years, according to the Office of the Historian.
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good riddance to another career politician who leached off american tax dollars.
Rest in peace Harry, you will never be forgotten you did a lot for the Senate even back when Reagan and Bush Sr. were being war mongers, as well as being Mitch McConnell’s polar opposite you definitely were the only one to keep turtle face in check