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We found ourselves in a hole that I didn't dig, but I have dug, dug and dug to try to get out of that hole.

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Harry Reid
Age: 84
Born: 1939
Born: December 2
City Attorney
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United States Senator
Searchlight
Nevada
Harry Mason Reid
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This 21st century economy holds great promise for our people. But unless we give all Americans the skills they need to succeed, countries like India and China will take good-paying jobs that should be ours.
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The threat to change Senate rules is a raw abuse of power and will destroy the very checks and balances our founding fathers put in place to prevent absolute power by any one branch of government.
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The president is now having to deal with a Congress. He's never had to do that before. The president in the past, he has just done whatever he wanted. He had a big rubberstamp here up on Capitol Hill, whatever he wanted, they stamped OK. That's not the way it is now.
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We in the Senate refer to Sen. Gillibrand as the hottest member.
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How are my ribs? They're so meaningless it's hard to believe.
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I was born and raised in the high desert of Nevada in a tiny town called Searchlight. My dad was a hard rock miner. My mom took in wash. I grew up around people of strong values - even if they rarely talked about them.
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The man's father is a wonderful human being. I think this guy is a loser.
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Some said he shouldn't save Detroit. But President Obama made the tough and right call to save more than a million American jobs in an important, iconic industry.
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It's been obvious that [Republicans]'re doing everything they can to make [Obama] fail. And I hope, I hope - and I say this seriously - I hope that's based on substance and not the fact that he's African-American.
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