On the recordJanuary 27, 2014
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's legislation (S. 234)
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congress.govSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid's legislation (S. 234)
Reid's legislation aims to improve military pay and benefits.
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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.
But the purpose of politics that Harry Reid understood very well is to get stuff done.
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.
He has no regrets. He says he had to do it to save Obama’s presidency because of what the Republicans were doing to obstruct the president’s confirmation of judges and other legislative things.