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Harry Reid, a Democrat, is the majority leader in the United States Senate. He was born in the mining town of Searchlight, Nevada, and in 1970, at the age of 30, Harry Reid became the youngest lieutenant governor in Nevada history. Harry Reid won the first of two terms in the United States House of Representatives in 1982. Nevadans elected Harry Reid to the Senate in 1986, and he won re-election in 1992, 1998 and 2004.
Harry Reid, a Democrat, is the majority leader in the United States Senate. He was born in the mining town of Searchlight, Nevada, and in 1970, at the age of 30, Harry Reid became the youngest lieutenant governor in Nevada history. Harry Reid won the first of two terms in the United States House of Representatives in 1982. Nevadans elected Harry Reid to the Senate in 1986, and he won re-election in 1992, 1998 and 2004.
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President Clinton urges Senate action on healthcare
With Senate leaders navigating a tricky path to move healthcare legislation forward, Democrats on Tuesday received a blunt warning from the president who tried in vain to provide universal coverage 15 years ago -- and who suffered the political...Tags: Insurance, Abortion, The White House, Laws, Barack Obama
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Clinton urges Senate Democrats to pass health bill, saying imperfect bill better than no action
AP Special CorrespondentWASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton urged Senate Democrats on Tuesday to pass health care legislation by year's end, pointedly telling skittish lawmakers that an imperfect bill is preferable to another failure like the one he and the...Tags: Julie Davis, Dianne Feinstein, Abortion, Migration, Corruption
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Bill Clinton Joins Health Debate
The Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton knows just how high the political stakes are in the fight to overhaul America's health care system. His failed attempt to revamp the delivery of medical care contributed to the Republican takeover...Tags: Insurance, Abortion, Medical Services, Barack Obama, Laws
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Health care issues: The public insurance plan
A look at key issues in the health care debate: THE ISSUE: Should Americans have the option of getting health insurance from a government plan that competes with private companies? THE POLITICS: Many Democrats want to do away with private insurance...Tags: Insurance, Medical Services, Business Enterprises, Congressional Budget Office, Government Health Care
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Healthcare bill's tough sell in the House signals tougher fight ahead
With the struggle over healthcare entering an even tougher phase, President Obama has hit both a milestone and a speed bump in his dual pursuit of a major overhaul of the nation's medical system and a rebirth of progressivism in America.
House approval...Tags: Insurance, Jim McGovern, Abortion, George Bush, CBS Corp.
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House Democratic, House GOP and Senate Democratic health care bills compared
Associated Press WritersWASHINGTON (AP) — A comparison of the health care bills before Congress. The Democratic-controlled House passed its legislation on a 220-215 vote Saturday night. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous. In the Senate, Majority Leader Harry...Tags: Insurance, Employers, Business, Instrument Engineering, Migration
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Health Care Reform Bill Faces Uphill Battle in Senate
Associated Press WriterThe most senior African American in Congress offered some unsolicited advice Monday to President Barack Obama on how to get his signature health care bill through a balky Senate: knock their heads together. "The president could take a few pages from...Tags: Insurance, Abortion, Laws, Barack Obama, Finance
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Health Care Overhaul Faces Stone Wall In Senate
Associated PressWASHINGTON -- Don't look for the Senate to quickly follow the House on health care overhaul. A government health insurance plan included in the House bill is unacceptable to a few Democratic moderates who hold the balance of power in the Senate. They'...Tags: Insurance, Abortion, Drugs and Medicines, The White House, Barack Obama
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Military Update: Coburn blocks benefits bill
More than a month after a new fiscal year began Oct. 1, the House and Senate are still pressing to pass a group of bills to improve veterans' benefits and health programs, rolling them together in "omnibus" legislative packets. The omnibus bills can then...Tags: Breast Cancer, Government Debt, Family, Budgets and Budgeting, Defense
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Tough fight in Senate awaits health care bill
Tribune Newspapers-- As the struggle over health care enters an even tougher phase, President Barack Obama has hit both a milestone and a speed bump in his dual pursuit of a major overhaul of the nation's medical system and a rebirth for liberals in America. House...Tags: Jim McGovern, Abortion, Medical Services, George Bush, Barack Obama
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Health pressure shifts to Senate
-- Hours after the House passed a major health care overhaul bill, the White House was stepping up pressure on the Senate for quick action, with President Barack Obama appearing Sunday in the Rose Garden to call on senators to "take up the baton and bring...Tags: Richard Durbin, Athletics, Track and Field, National Government, Democratic Party, The White House
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Historic healthcare overhaul passes House
The House of Representatives on Saturday approved the most sweeping healthcare legislation since the creation of Medicare 44 years ago, giving a boost to President Obama's campaign to guarantee health coverage to almost all Americans.
The gargantuan...Tags: Insurance, Abortion, Family, U.S. House of Representatives, Drugs and Medicines
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