Harry Reid: “The American people, in effect, reject the nuclear option because they see it for what it is, an abuse of power…”

The portraits of Senator Harry Reid and Senator Ted Stevens are the first additions to the leadership series since 2011.

Get rid of the filibuster. It’s nothing. As Barack Obama said at John Lewis’ funeral, it’s part of the leftovers from the days of slave owners. You have got to get rid of it. It’s very bad.

Let ‘em do it. Why in the world would we care? We were trying to protect everybody.

I didn’t have success because of my good looks, or because I was a genius. I had success because I worked harder than anybody else.