Harry Reid

Harry Reid
Harry Reid
Born	Harry Mason Reid; 1939-12-02; Searchlight, Nevada, U.S.
Alma mater	Southern Utah University, Utah State University
Religion	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Children	• Lana; • Rory; • Leif Josh; • Key
Spouse	Landra Gould
Member of	Banned from Russia 2015
Party	Democratic
	Senate Minority Leader
In office
	January 3, 2015 - January 3, 2017
Preceded by	Mitch McConnell
Succeeded by	Charles Schumer
	Senate Minority Leader
In office
	January 3, 2005 - January 3, 2007
Preceded by	Tom Daschle
Succeeded by	Mitch McConnell
	United States Senator from Nevada
In office
	January 3, 1987 Serving with Dean Heller - Present
Preceded by	Paul Laxalt, Harry Reid"strong class="error">Error: Invalid time." contains an extrinsic dash or other characters that are invalid for a date interpretation.Paul Laxalt
	Senate Majority Leader
In office
	January 3, 2007 - January 3, 2015
Preceded by	Bill Frist
Succeeded by	Mitch McConnell
	Senate Minority Whip
In office
	January 3, 2003 - January 3, 2005
	Senate Minority Whip
In office
	January 20, 2001 - June 6, 2001
	Senate Minority Whip
In office
	January 3, 1999 - January 3, 2001
	Senate Majority Whip
In office
	June 6, 2001 - January 3, 2003
	Senate Majority Whip
In office
	January 3, 2001 - January 20, 2001
	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nevada's 1st district
In office
	January 3, 1983 - January 3, 1987
	Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
In office
	January 4, 1971 - January 5, 1975

Gun control

Citing mass shootings, Harry Reid was "pushing for a vote on gun-control measures, including expanded background checks".^[1]

Name	Plaintiff(s)	Defendant(s)	Start	End	Description
Hedges v. Obama	Daniel Ellsberg Chris Hedges Noam Chomsky Jenifer Bolen Kai Wargalla Birgitta Jónsdóttir Alexa O'Brien	Barack Obama Leon Panetta John McCain John Boehner Harry Reid Eric Cantor Nancy Pelosi US Department of Defense Mitch McConnell United States of America	13 January 2012	28 April 2014	The plaintiffs challenged the 2012 NDAA contending that indefinite detention on "suspicion of providing substantial support" to groups such as al-Qaeda and the Taliban was so vague as to allow unconstitutional, indefinite detention of civilians based on vague allegations. The Court of Appeals struck down an initial agreement, and the US Supreme Court concurred, arguing that the plaintiffs could not prove they would be affected by the law, so had no standing to contest it.

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