Harry Reid: “I ask that the chairman be recognized. She tried to get recognition, and she couldn't. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore.…”

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.

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

I didn't make it in life because of my athletic prowess. I didn't make it because of my good looks. I didn't make it because I'm a genius. I made it because I worked hard.

But the purpose of politics that Harry Reid understood very well is to get stuff done.