Senator Harry Reid, Nevada - HarryReid.com

End discrimination

2013-05-16T19:07:46+00:00

This year we have an opportunity to pass it in the Senate and send it to the President's desk.

I'm hoping we can do just that, and I really need your help generating grassroots momentum.

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Review-Journal: Nevada institutions of higher learning receive $20 million grant to study solar ener

2013-05-15T13:32:18+00:00

Nevada higher education officials, along with U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., on Monday announced Nevada will receive a $20 million National Science Foundation grant to further the study of solar energy in the desert.

News3: Majority Leader wants bill on military sexual assault

2013-05-10T15:19:26+00:00

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says he wants legislation that would strip military officers of the ability to overturn convictions for sexual assault.

Reno Gazette-Journal: Time is right for reform of the immigration system

2013-05-06T03:27:42+00:00

Congress has made a good start at reforming the broken immigration system. It should finish the job.

Las Vegas Sun: Reid tells May Day rally: Country owes immigrants a �permanent solution�

2013-05-02T19:28:12+00:00

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid told the crowd, many of whom were waving U.S. flags and wearing either red, white or blue T-shirts: “We’re going to get it done.”

Las Vegas Sun: Sen. Reid to headline Las Vegas immigration rally

2013-05-01T19:23:29+00:00

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is set to headline an immigration rally on the Las Vegas Strip while others take place around the country.

Fox Reno: Reid announces more than $5 mil for Earth Day 2013 Project

2013-04-25T17:37:36+00:00

Nevada Senator Harry Reid announced that USDA Rural Development has approved a loan of $3,002,000 and a grant of $2,312,794

Las Vegas Sun: Nevada gets $7.4 million in grants to fight homelessness

2013-04-04T06:04:25+00:00

Democratic Sen. Harry Reid has announced $7.4 million in federal grants to fight homelessness in Nevada.

Review-Journal: Republican budget blueprint may cut off Nevada’s land deals

2013-03-22T23:36:04+00:00

A proposal to alter how the government sells off its excess public lands has raised antennas among Nevada members of Congress, at least some of whom fear it might cut off what has been a lucrative stream of funding to the state from the sale of federal property in Southern Nevada.

Las Vegas Sun: Light-hearted ribbing marks Nevada delegation’s first meeting

2013-02-15T16:03:34+00:00

Nevada’s delegation revived a tradition that’s been dormant for at least a congressional session Wednesday afternoon when they met en masse to talk through state issues in a room off the Senate floor.

Elko Daily: On Capitol Hill: Taking a stand for disabled veterans

2013-02-14T18:19:56+00:00

Across rural Nevada, veterans play an integral role in our communities. They are innovators, leaders and community builders.

Las Vegas Review Journal: Reid challenges Postal Service move to end Saturday delivery

2013-02-11T14:06:05+00:00

Sen. Harry Reid is challenging the U.S. Postal Service's move to halt Saturday delivery of first-class mail, saying that is a decision for Congress to make, and not the agency.

Los Angeles Times: Reid predicts the Senate will pass immigration reform

2013-02-05T22:41:49+00:00

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Sunday he is optimistic the Senate will pass immigration legislation, suggesting Republicans will have no choice but to join the push for a sweeping overhaul.

Fox Reno: Reid: Progress to be made in gender pay equality

2013-01-31T15:01:57+00:00

Four years ago today, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. That legislation – the first bill Barack Obama signed as President – was the single greatest legislative step to ensure women have every chance to be full, equal participants in the workforce since the Equal Pay Act of 1963.

But while this landmark legislation built on the legacy of the Equal Pay Act and narrowed the pay gap, it still hasn’t closed that gap. So the Senior Senator from Maryland, Senator Barbara Mikulski, introduced the Paycheck Fairness Act last Congress.

Las Vegas Sun: Immigration overhaul? GOP, Democrat senators vow action

2013-01-29T16:44:14+00:00

Side by side, leading Democratic and Republican senators pledged Monday to propel far-reaching immigration legislation through the Senate by summer providing a possible path to citizenship for an estimated 11 million people now in the U.S. illegally.

Fox 5: Harry Reid touts record Vegas tourism year

2013-01-28T17:21:18+00:00

Southern Nevada-native and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid touted Las Vegas' record 2012 visitation numbers.

Las Vegas Sun: Reid insists immigration reform must include path to citizenship

2013-01-22T23:49:41+00:00

Majority leader lays out 2013 agenda, top priorities

Tahoe Bonanza: Tahoe-area volunteers’ efforts help in adoption of pancreatic cancer law

2013-01-11T21:10:40+00:00

President Barack Obama made history in the fight against pancreatic cancer by signing the Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act into law recently.

Fox Reno: Wind energy project wins international award

2013-01-09T20:07:06+00:00

Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern) recently announced that its Spring Valley Wind facility in Ely, Nevada has been awarded the Wind Project of the Year Award by POWER-GEN International.

Las Vegas Sun: Boulder City�s Gene Segerblom, a former Nevada assemblywoman, dies at 94

2013-01-08T21:49:28+00:00

Among the works of noted Southern Nevada artist/photographer Cliff Segerblom is a poignant 1941 photo he took of his wife, Gene, sitting at the edge of a cliff near Boulder Dam, gazing with wonder and hope, perhaps toward the distant future.

Fox Reno: Reid announces $2.7 Mil for Tahoe-Douglas Fire district

2013-01-07T16:15:03+00:00

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Nevada Senator Harry Reid announced today that the Tahoe-Douglas Fire District will be receiving a $2,701,896 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as part of the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Program.

The SAFER grant funds will be used to increase the number of firefighters, as well as to develop better emergency readiness capabilities.

Las Vegas Sun: Inouye remembered as �a giant of the Senate�

2012-12-18T19:09:38+00:00

Sen. Harry Reid looked obviously shaken as he eulogized his longtime colleague and friend Dan Inouye, Hawaii’s senior senator, who died of reported respiratory complications Monday afternoon. He was 88.

“He is certainly one of the giants of the Senate,” Reid said in an impromptu speech that was frequently punctuated by the senator exhaling long, deep breaths. “We will all miss him, and that’s a gross understatement. I wish I were capable of saying more. But that’s all I can say.”

The Hill: Reid: Michigan right-to-work legislation an ‘assault’ on unions

2012-12-11T21:38:09+00:00

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Monday criticized efforts by state Republican legislators in Michigan to enact a "right-to-work" law, arguing that the move was part of an effort to undercut union power nationwide.

Michigan's legislature is set to vote on the bill in about a week.

The right-to-work legislation bans unions from requiring members to pay dues while also earning benefits that were negotiated between unions and employers. Critics of the legislation say it dramatically undercuts unions' bargaining power.

Elko Daily: LA buying $1.6B power from tribal solar plant

2012-12-05T19:46:26+00:00

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The largest solar power plant on tribal lands in the United States is expected to go online in southern Nevada’s desert in 2016 under a new 25-year, $1.6 billion deal approved by Los Angeles city council to buy solar power produced on the Moapa River Indian Reservation.

The 250-megawatt solar farm 30 miles northeast of Las Vegas will generate enough electricity for 118,000 homes more than 280 miles away in Los Angeles.

William Anderson, chairman of the Moapa Band of Paiutes, said some 910,000 photovoltaic panels will be built on 2,000 acres on the 71,680-acre reservation.

WSJ: Senators Push for Bill to Advance Online Poker

2012-12-05T19:09:18+00:00

As Congress debates the federal budget, a Democratic senator strongly backed by Nevada casino interests and a Republican senator staunchly opposed to betting are working together to push an online-gambling bill into the mix.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Arizona Republican Sen. Jon Kyl are seeking language in a legislative package during the lame-duck session that could expand some forms of online wagering and would limit others. Among other things, the bill would create an Office of Online Poker Oversight under the Department of Commerce.

LVRJ: Reid backs Obama fiscal approach; Heller mum

2012-11-09T14:39:05+00:00

WASHINGTON - Sen. Harry Reid on Friday seconded President Barack Obama's insistence that federal deficit cuts must start with more taxes from people earning above $250,000. Nevada Republicans in Congress were either silent or dismissive of the call. "On Tuesday, Americans from across the political spectrum made it clear that they want a balanced approach to tax policy that asks millionaires and billionaires to pay a little bit more," said Reid, the Senate majority leader and top Democrat. "The sooner Republicans come to grips with this reality, the sooner we can forge an agreement to avoid the fiscal cliff and prevent a tax hike on middle-class Americans."

ABC13: Inauguration ticket drawing announced for Nevada residents

2012-11-09T14:38:37+00:00

Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) -- Nevadans will have an opportunity to win a ticket to the 57th quadrennial Presidential Inauguration on Dec. 10.

Nevada Sen. Harry Reid announced today that his office will be holding a drawing for a limited number of tickets.

Salon: Election’s forgotten winner: Harry Reid

2012-11-08T14:37:39+00:00

In the immediate aftermath of any election, lists of winners and losers quickly proliferate. Putting aside the obvious choices — Barack Obama and Mitt Romney — the loser lists have included Karl Rove, anti-gay marriage advocates, older white men and Paul Ryan, while non-white millennials, reproductive rights, early voters and Nate Silver top many of the winners lists.

But there’s one often-overlooked name on the 2012 list of big winners: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. In an election that reaffirmed status quo control of the presidency, Senate and House, Reid was arguably the biggest winner among the national leadership troika that includes him, Obama and Republican Speaker John Boehner.

Huffington Post: Harry Reid: ‘We Are Not Going To Mess With Social Security’

2012-11-08T14:34:25+00:00

Top Democrats in the U.S. Senate are saying this week that they won't push changes to Social Security as part of a deal to reduce the federal budget deficit.

"We are not going to mess with Social Security," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told reporters as he left a news conference Wednesday, according to Reuters.

Politico: Senate election results: Harry Reid emboldened by big gains

2012-11-07T14:29:02+00:00

It was the mantra repeated over and over again in Senate GOP rallies across the country — vote Republican and kick Harry Reid out of his job as majority leader.

But Reid not only survived the attacks, Senate Democrats dominated election night and Reid comes out empowered with a larger majority and shows no signs of leaving his top post in the Senate anytime soon.