A look at Sen. Harry Reid's career
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![Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., died Dec. 28, 2021, of pancreatic cancer at 82. Here ' s a look back at his political career.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/567b5024d55ba1112aa8c13fba774254d1bf0f35/c=0-191-2998-1885/local/-/media/2016/12/16/USATODAY/USATODAY/636174950488881006-GTY-628635772.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., died Dec. 28, 2021, of pancreatic cancer at 82. Here's a look back at his political career.
Alex Wong, Getty Images![Reid is shown in a November 1992 file photo.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/0952a239fc8f9f265b9b67050241831a148e8f41/c=0-15-792-1071/local/-/media/2015/03/27/USATODAY/USATODAY/635630421805503793-SEN.-REID.E0103.jpg?width=495&height=660&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Reid is shown in a November 1992 file photo.
AP![Reid leans on a stack of documents pertaining to campaign finance reform during a news conference on Dec. 3, 1996, where the Democratic leadership for the 105th Congress was announced.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/85919b2b181b605b76e442beaebb728562297404/c=0-0-1983-1120/local/-/media/2015/03/27/USATODAY/USATODAY/635630415731763200-AP-CAMPAIGN-REFORM.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Reid leans on a stack of documents pertaining to campaign finance reform during a news conference on Dec. 3, 1996, where the Democratic leadership for the 105th Congress was announced.
Dennis Cook, AP![Reid speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing on gambling in amateur sports on March 29, 2000.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/aa0893b2278dbaed0e560e973f1d6c92dbcdf8a6/c=0-142-1618-1056/local/-/media/2015/03/27/USATODAY/USATODAY/635630415752668138-GAMBLE-SPORTS.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Reid speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing on gambling in amateur sports on March 29, 2000.
Michael Kleinfeld, GPN![Reid speaks at a Democratic forum on Social Security reform as then-senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sen. Chuck Schumer and Sen. Dick Durbin look on at Pace University on March 4, 2005, in New York City.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/ab7f20894c62983ae9409c3a22d3385e57281d12/c=18-0-2983-1675/local/-/media/2015/03/27/USATODAY/USATODAY/635630435887258485-72813MT007-Hillary-Clint.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Reid speaks at a Democratic forum on Social Security reform as then-senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sen. Chuck Schumer and Sen. Dick Durbin look on at Pace University on March 4, 2005, in New York City.
Mario Tama, Getty Images![Soon-to-be Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Reid and Schumer celebrate Democrats' victories at the Hyatt Regency hotel on Capitol Hill on Nov. 7, 2006.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/4468630e8e94626164e29347315ddffbe9807c79/c=0-188-3000-1883/local/-/media/2015/03/27/USATODAY/USATODAY/635630435889286576-26490CS055-Democratic-Le.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Soon-to-be Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Reid and Schumer celebrate Democrats' victories at the Hyatt Regency hotel on Capitol Hill on Nov. 7, 2006.
Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images![Reid pauses on the site of the Cyrus Noble Mine in Searchlight, Nev., on Dec. 2, 2006. On the cement foundation of what seems to part of a mining mill is his father's initials and the date 7/17/31.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/10cc64f0b869f41892a33aedf84732975161d6ab/c=0-178-3504-2158/local/-/media/2015/03/27/USATODAY/USATODAY/635630415921311705-XXX-HarryReid4.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Reid pauses on the site of the Cyrus Noble Mine in Searchlight, Nev., on Dec. 2, 2006. On the cement foundation of what seems to part of a mining mill is his father's initials and the date 7/17/31.
Steve Marcus, For USA TODAY![Reid at his house in Searchlight, Nev., on Dec. 2, 2006.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/10cc64f0b869f41892a33aedf84732975161d6ab/c=0-178-3504-2158/local/-/media/2015/03/27/USATODAY/USATODAY/635630415989331735-XXX-HarryReid6.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Reid at his house in Searchlight, Nev., on Dec. 2, 2006.
Steve Marcus, For USA TODAY![Reid speaks during a news conference to call for "a change of course in Iraq" on April 16, 2007, on Capitol Hill.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/7e482a443740f52337eba28dff4794963c9ca5ad/c=0-307-2996-2000/local/-/media/2015/03/27/USATODAY/USATODAY/635630435903795227-AXX-LETFEAT-25.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Reid speaks during a news conference to call for "a change of course in Iraq" on April 16, 2007, on Capitol Hill.
Alex Wong, Getty Images![Reid holds up draft legislation alongside then-Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs chairman Chris Dodd, D-Conn., as they speak to reporters on the status of legislative negotiations regarding the financial crisis on Sept. 26, 2008, on Capitol Hill.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/0f9a72b1939a395a520b24476b3cb160d098f3ce/c=0-92-2996-1784/local/-/media/2015/03/27/USATODAY/USATODAY/635630435903951234-AP-Financial-Meltdown.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Reid holds up draft legislation alongside then-Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs chairman Chris Dodd, D-Conn., as they speak to reporters on the status of legislative negotiations regarding the financial crisis on Sept. 26, 2008, on Capitol Hill.
Lauren Victoria Burke, AP![Obama and Reid tour Photovoltaic Array at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas on May 27, 2009, with Base Commander Col. Howard Belote.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/217257783db6c884210855acb2ff3553726f908c/c=0-215-2996-1908/local/-/media/2015/03/27/USATODAY/USATODAY/635630435896150884-AFP-US-POLITICS-OBAMA-REID.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Obama and Reid tour Photovoltaic Array at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas on May 27, 2009, with Base Commander Col. Howard Belote.
Jim Watson, AFP/Getty Images![Reid speaks to the press after a meeting between President Obama and the Democratic Caucus to push the health care reform plan at the Capitol on Dec. 6, 2009.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/07ba8853cb3bdcc68d7bacce859e88ea4688f7e4/c=0-429-4253-2832/local/-/media/2015/03/27/USATODAY/USATODAY/635630415772325020-AFP-US-POLITICS-HEALTHCARE-REID.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Reid speaks to the press after a meeting between President Obama and the Democratic Caucus to push the health care reform plan at the Capitol on Dec. 6, 2009.
Nicholas Kamm, AFP/Getty Images![Rep. Steny Hoyer, Reid and Pelosi talk before a bipartisan meeting to discuss health care reform legislation at the Blair House in Washington on Feb. 25, 2010.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/db8e83b8946783e025ce40d726305b2490f8f4d8/c=0-186-2048-1343/local/-/media/2015/03/27/USATODAY/USATODAY/635630435874777925-A06-healthcare-dems-26.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Rep. Steny Hoyer, Reid and Pelosi talk before a bipartisan meeting to discuss health care reform legislation at the Blair House in Washington on Feb. 25, 2010.
Getty Images![Reid speaks during an election night party after defeating Sharron Angle to win re-election on Nov. 2, 2010, in Las Vegas.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/e1a9a1384e350d26961ec0a6c844249280e01d01/c=0-159-4470-2684/local/-/media/2015/03/27/USATODAY/USATODAY/635630415775445160-AP-Nevada-Senate.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Reid speaks during an election night party after defeating Sharron Angle to win re-election on Nov. 2, 2010, in Las Vegas.
Eric Jamison, AP![President Obama meets with Reid and House Speaker John Boehner in the Cabinet Room of the White House on July 23, 2011, to discuss the debt.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/ac95664d8288c0d36d80259cb5ced267200229f7/c=0-392-4466-2915/local/-/media/2015/03/27/USATODAY/USATODAY/635630415859220919-AP-Obama-Debt-Showdown.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
President Obama meets with Reid and House Speaker John Boehner in the Cabinet Room of the White House on July 23, 2011, to discuss the debt.
Carolyn Kaster, APReid speaks at the Democratic National Convention on Sept. 4, 2012, in Charlotte, N.C.
H. Darr Beiser, USA TODAY![Reid waits for the Senate subway after a vote Dec. 17, 2013, on Capitol Hill.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/8ddee2e28f1aee5e06666259e070ceb8cb220a4e/c=0-281-4842-3016/local/-/media/2015/03/27/USATODAY/USATODAY/635630435927820305-GTY-457399277.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Reid waits for the Senate subway after a vote Dec. 17, 2013, on Capitol Hill.
Alex Wong, Getty Images![From left: Pelosi, McConnell, Reid and Boehner lock arms as they sing 'We Shall Overcome" during a ceremony to to mark the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on June 24, 2014.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/6c42e79219c3d24d024853f1f204b4dddbebf625/c=0-463-4514-3013/local/-/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2014/11/06/635508837881720283-GTY-451166628.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
From left: Pelosi, McConnell, Reid and Boehner lock arms as they sing 'We Shall Overcome" during a ceremony to to mark the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on June 24, 2014.
Drew Angerer, Getty Images![Obama meets with McConnell, Boehner, Reid and Pelosi in the Oval Office on Sept. 9, 2014.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/ca90d96eb769e81eff8b35e9bee6f5c03e523e86/c=0-106-2996-1799/local/-/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2014/11/16/635517699602630134-GTY-455049774.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Obama meets with McConnell, Boehner, Reid and Pelosi in the Oval Office on Sept. 9, 2014.
Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images![Boehner, Obama, Reid and McConnell meet at the White House on Nov. 7, 2014.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/70aa914be260f5dd8ed6e69bf2f894f172b88901/c=0-340-4654-2969/local/-/media/2014/12/12/USATODAY/USATODAY/635539928843306629-AP-Obama-Congress.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Boehner, Obama, Reid and McConnell meet at the White House on Nov. 7, 2014.
Evan Vucci, APBoehner, Reid and McConnell on Dec. 10, 2014.
Drew Angerer, Getty Images![Reid talks about his future and the agenda of the Democrats on March 4, 2015, during an interview with the Associated Press in his office on Capitol Hill.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/668076961c05b8cbebd25534a6827d7aff3f0313/c=0-483-4793-3191/local/-/media/2015/03/27/USATODAY/USATODAY/635630415837535946-AP-Reid.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Reid talks about his future and the agenda of the Democrats on March 4, 2015, during an interview with the Associated Press in his office on Capitol Hill.
J. Scott Applewhite, AP![Afghan President Ashraf Ghani greets Reid before giving an address to a joint meeting of Congress on March 25, 2015.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/41cadb01f06e79fcc442e4b1a99817237f71205b/c=0-177-4093-2489/local/-/media/2015/03/27/USATODAY/USATODAY/635630415781685440-EPA-USA-AFGHANISTAN-DIPLOMACY.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani greets Reid before giving an address to a joint meeting of Congress on March 25, 2015.
Michael Reynolds, European Pressphoto Agency![Reid talks to the media before the CNN Democratic presidential debate on Oct. 13, 2015, in Las Vegas.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/18855ebf4500b2d2f46c85163c5b2380a7b30cd7/c=0-0-2399-1355/local/-/media/2016/12/16/USATODAY/USATODAY/636174965273597322-AP-DEM-2016-Debate.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Reid talks to the media before the CNN Democratic presidential debate on Oct. 13, 2015, in Las Vegas.
John Locher, AP![Reid joins fellow Senate Democrats in watching President Obama announce his Supreme Court nominee, federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland, during an announcement in the Rose Garden on March 16, 2016.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/8192ad6df63627b10526b2b7e956fc9811f98e5a/c=0-429-4625-3042/local/-/media/2016/12/16/USATODAY/USATODAY/636174955464908697-AFP-550080630.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Reid joins fellow Senate Democrats in watching President Obama announce his Supreme Court nominee, federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland, during an announcement in the Rose Garden on March 16, 2016.
Saul, AFP/Getty Images![Reid talks with Sen. Bernie Sanders on Capitol Hill on June 9, 2016.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/b7961bef8cfd8053dc80460b951ecfa578ba757f/c=0-431-4346-2886/local/-/media/2016/12/16/USATODAY/USATODAY/636174955693453092-AP-APTOPIX-Reid-DEM-2016-Sanders.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Reid talks with Sen. Bernie Sanders on Capitol Hill on June 9, 2016.
Alex Brandon, APReid speaks during the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on July 27, 2016.
Robert Deutsch, Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY![Reid speaks at a campaign rally with President Obama for Hillary Clinton at Cheyenne High School on Oct. 23, 2016, in North Las Vegas, Nev.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/e3c5552823ef094dd8b5730a19500e3dcf117053/c=0-83-2995-1775/local/-/media/2016/12/16/USATODAY/USATODAY/636174955508433534-GTY-617639384.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Reid speaks at a campaign rally with President Obama for Hillary Clinton at Cheyenne High School on Oct. 23, 2016, in North Las Vegas, Nev.
Ethan Miller, Getty Images![Reid and Sen. Dick Durbin attend a news conference following a Democratic policy luncheon on Capitol Hill on Nov. 16, 2016.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/530625d815e1e083091146c86adb3bffcf1f9a5d/c=0-420-4093-2732/local/-/media/2016/12/16/USATODAY/USATODAY/636174955489089162-EPA-USA-SENATE.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Reid and Sen. Dick Durbin attend a news conference following a Democratic policy luncheon on Capitol Hill on Nov. 16, 2016.
Michael Reynolds, European Pressphoto Agency![Clinton, Reid and McConnell attend the unveiling of a portrait of Reid on Capitol Hill on Dec. 8, 2016.](/https/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/-mm-/e60c2a91ef71b711f9baed5b376f5686aaff1c86/c=0-209-4096-2523/local/-/media/2016/12/16/USATODAY/USATODAY/636174955492209222-EPA-USA-REID-PORTRAIT-UNVEILING.jpg?width=660&height=373&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Clinton, Reid and McConnell attend the unveiling of a portrait of Reid on Capitol Hill on Dec. 8, 2016.
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