Harry Reid

The departing Senate minority leader spoke of plutocrats, George Orwell's advice to the press and the need for women to be in charge.
A provision would protect miners' health care benefits but not their dwindling pensions.
Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid bid farewell to the press, telling reporters their job will be more important than ever in the new environment.
“I think taking tough questions from journalists is part of the job, and I wish you all the very best," he said.
But some are unwilling to compromise unless Trump renounces the white nationalists who love him.
He said the president-elect can't heal America if he keeps Steve Bannon on his team.
With Bannon in the White House, "Donald Trump has chosen to champion the positions of neo-Nazis," said one Senate Democrat.
Party leaders are lining up behind the Minnesota progressive.
To prevent another election like this, some Democrats are calling for party leadership to become more "multi-ethnic."