Women for Harry Reid: News

Talking Points Memo, 8/15/10 - Sharron Angle has taken a long, winding journey on Social Security -- only to end up back in the same place, at least in some respects. She started off calling for the program to be phased out, then scrambled to walk that position back, and is now kind of creeping back toward the original -- perhaps unintentionally. In many ways, Angle's motions on this big issue reflect the classic pattern of a political campaign: Go to extremes for the primary, and inch to the middle for the general election.

MSNBC, 8/12/10 - How big of a political problem are Sharron Angle's past statements on Social Security?

Big enough that the Republican challenging Harry Reid in Nevada's Senate contest is now airing a TV ad in which she calls to "save" the entitlement program for seniors. "We have a contract with our seniors who have put into Social Security in good faith," she says in the advertisement. "I’d like to save Social Security by locking the lock box, putting the money back into the Trust Fund so government can no longer raid our retirement."

Black is white. Up is down. Eliminate means save. This is the world of Sharron Angle.
 
Having tanked in polls since winning the GOP nomination, Angle is now engaged in an attempt to rewrite history regarding her position on Social Security – now claiming she actually wants to save Social Security. The problem? Angle has spent her entire political career, escalated to a fever pitch during the Republican primary campaign, denouncing Social Security and promising to dismantle the program entirely.

CBS News, 5/12/10 - Solicitor General Elena Kagan, President Obama's nominee to the Supreme Court, kicked off a round of meetings on Capitol Hill today with a visit to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Las Vegas Review Journal, 5/10/10 - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the following upon President Barack Obama's announcement he will nominate Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court:

“President Obama has chosen a worthy nominee to replace Justice Stevens, a jurist who Americans have respected and admired for so many years. I am particularly pleased President Obama has chosen a nominee from outside the judicial monastery…”

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and his wife Landra attended Women for Reid Tea Event on Saturday at The Grove in South Reno. The event was hosted by women from across Northern Nevada, including Frankie Sue Del Papa, former Attorney General and Women for Harry Reid Co-Chair.

“All Nevadans, but especially women in Nevada, need Harry Reid fighting for them in the U.S. Senate,” explained Del Papa. “From leading the passage for the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to providing funding for the fight against breast cancer and expanding health care coverage to children with SCHIP, Senator Reid delivers on our issues.”

Meanwhile Reid’s opponents struggle to find new ways to bring nuclear waste to Nevada

LAS VEGAS – Today, Friends for Harry Reid released its newest Web video highlighting news reports from across the state crediting the Senator for winning a decades-long struggle to stop Nevada from becoming the nation’s nuclear waste dump.

The video includes journalists, analysts, and long-time Yucca opponents stating that the dump is dead because of one man: Harry Reid. It also shows Sue Lowden and Danny Tarkanian talking to groups about their eagerness to bring nuclear waste to Nevada.

LAS VEGAS – On the first anniversary of the signing of the historic Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, Sen. Reid’s campaign launched Women for Harry Reid, bringing together a bipartisan group of Nevada women from all regions of the state in support of Sen. Reid’s re-election campaign. From now until Election Day, the group will highlight Sen. Reid’s long track record standing up for issues important to Nevada women and families.

“Especially during these difficult economic times, there is no stronger advocate for Nevada’s women and families than Sen. Harry Reid,” said former Attorney General Frankie Sue Del Papa. “One year ago today, it was his leadership that finally got the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act signed into law, a giant step toward ensuring equal pay for equal work. From ensuring health care for children to combating domestic violence, Sen. Reid has proven time and again his leadership is crucial as Nevada’s voice in the United States Senate.”

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. , left, meets with Lilly Ledbetter, on Capitol Hill,in Washington Friday, Jan. 29, 2010. Reid and Ledbetter met on the one year anniversary when President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act reversing the 2007 Supreme Court decision that limited the statue of limitations on filing pay discriminating law suits.

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