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Harry Mason Reid
24 United States Senate Majority Leader
Incumbent
Assumed office January 4, 2007
Deputy	Richard Durbin (whip)
Preceded by	Bill Frist
Senior United States Senator from Nevada
Incumbent
Assumed office January 6, 1987 Serving with John Ensign
Preceded by	Paul Laxalt
25 & 27 United States Senate Majority Whip
In office January 3, 2001 – January 20, 2001 June 6, 2001 - January 3, 2003
Preceded by	Don Nickles (2001)
Succeeded by	Don Nickles (2001) Mitch McConnell (2003)
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nevada 1st District
In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1987
Preceded by	James David Santini
Succeeded by	James Bilbray
Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
In office 1971–1975
Preceded by	Edward Fike
Succeeded by	Robert Rose
Personal details
Born	December 2, 1939 (age 67) Searchlight, Nevada
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Landra Gould
Profession	Lawyer

Harry Mason Reid (born December 2, 1939) is the senior United States Senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party.

Reid is the U.S. Senate Majority Leader in the 110th Congress. He assumed majority leadership after the Democratic Party won seated majority of the Senate in the 2006 congressional elections. Reid is the first Mormon to serve as Senate Majority Leader.

Background and family life

Reid was born in the small mining town of Searchlight, Nevada to Inez and Harry V. Reid. His nickname since childhood was "Pinky." Reid attended Basic High School in Henderson, where he had a history teacher Mike O'Callaghan, who would play a prominent role in his future.

Reid received his A.S. from Southern Utah State College in 1959 and in 1961 earned his B.S. from Utah State University. He moved to Washington, D.C. and worked as an officer for the U.S. Capitol Police while attending George Washington University for his law degree. Reid graduated in 1964 and returned to Nevada to work as a lawyer before entering politics.

Reid is a converted member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and is married to Landra Gould, a Mormon convert from Judaism. Her father, whose name was originally Israel Goldfarb, emigrated from his native Novograd, Ukraine in the early 1900s. Reid and his wife have five children, one of whom, Rory Reid, is an elected Commissioner for Clark County, Nevada, and another who recently ran for municipal office in Cottonwood Heights, Utah.

Although many have questioned how Reid can function as a Democrat in what many perceive to be an overwhelmingly Republican religion, Reid has defended his faith and politics, stating in an interview with Brigham Young University's Daily Universe that "I think it is much easier to be a good member of the Church and a Democrat than a good member of the Church and a Republican. But in all honesty... and that is a little facetious." Reid went on to say that Democrats' emphasis on assisting others, as opposed to what Reid considers Republican dogma to the contrary, as reasons he is a Democrat.

Nevada political career

Reid was elected to the Nevada State Assembly in 1967. He left after being elected lieutenant governor in 1970, the same year his mentor O'Callaghan was elected governor. He served in that office until 1974, when he ran for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Alan Bible. He lost by fewer than 600 votes to former Governor Paul Laxalt.

Reid then served as Nevada state gaming commissioner from 1977 to 1981, a post that subjected him to death threats. Reid's wife once found a bomb attached to one of their cars. A character in the film Casino played by Dick Smothers is based, in part, on Reid. Jack Gordon, the manager and future husband of singer LaToya Jackson, once tried to bribe Reid. Reid allowed the FBI to tape Gordon's attempt to bribe him with $12,000, at which point Reid attempted (unsuccessfully) to strangle Gordon, saying "You son of a bitch, you tried to bribe me!"

U.S. Congress

House of Representatives

Until the 1980 census, Nevada had only one member in the United States House of Representatives, but population growth in the 1970s resulted in a second district. Reid won the Democratic nomination for the 1st Congressional District, based in Las Vegas, in 1982, and easily won the general election. He served two terms in the House, from 1983 to 1987.

U.S. Senate

Elections

Reid was elected to the Senate in 1986, succeeding Laxalt. He was reelected in 1992, 1998 and 2004. In the 1998 race, he narrowly defeated his Republican opponent, future Senator John Ensign by 428 votes. In 2004, his Republican opponent was Richard Ziser, whom Reid defeated by a vote of 61%-35%.

Ensign won Nevada's other Senate seat in 2000. He and Reid have developed a fairly good relationship, despite their bruising 1998 contest. They frequently work together on Nevada issues. There have been unconfirmed rumors that the two have a gentleman's agreement not to actively campaign against each other.

Leadership positions

In 1999, Reid became Minority Whip, and the right hand man of Minority Leader Tom Daschle of South Dakota. He later became Majority Whip in 2001 when control of the Senate temporarily returned to the Democrats after Jim Jeffords left the Republican party. Reid once again became Minority Whip in the wake of the 2002 elections.

On November 16, 2004, Reid was elected Senate Democratic Leader and Minority Leader for the 109th Congress, following Daschle's defeat in his bid for reelection to the Senate.

On November 14, 2006, Reid was elected Senate Majority Leader for the 110th Congress.

Actions in the Senate

When Senate Republicans threatened to invoke the nuclear option over judicial nominations, Reid became one of the option's most fervent opponents. He threatened to virtually shut down Senate business if it were successfully invoked. However, when a group of moderate senators known as the Gang of Fourteen reached a compromise, he embraced the agreement with open arms.

During the Congressional recess of 2005, Reid suffered a "transient ischemic attack", also known as a mini-stroke. He sought medical help at the advice of his wife. A three day delay in disclosing the stroke to the press and public raised some questions.

On November 1, 2005, Reid moved that the Senate go into closed session, a very unusual action. The public was removed from the Senate chambers. The move was intended to draw attention to the continuing controversy as to the inaccuracy of intelligence that claimed Iraq had been in possession of weapons of mass destruction. When he called for the closed session, Reid expressed anger that a letter signed by Democratic senators to the White House demanding such an investigation had been answered by a form letter. The move was an attempt to get around the alleged stalling by Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS). Roberts had promised in July of 2004 to investigate the Bush administration's misuse of intelligence before the Iraq War, but has only released partial findings of the investigation to date and none at the time of the closed session.

During this closed session, Democrats demanded that the Republican majority finish its report on pre-war intelligence. Republicans decried this move as a political stunt as the investigation was already well under way. Reid contended that this investigation has been constantly delayed, and that this move was necessary to force an end to the delays.

In February 2006, Reid's Press Secretary Tessa Hafen resigned her office in order to run against Republican Representative Jon Porter in the 3rd Congressional District. Despite a strong show of support from Reid and others, Hafen lost the election by a narrow margin.

On March 22, 2006, Reid said, "We’ve been in Iraq longer than we were in World War II." On January 5, 2007 Reid (as Senate Majority Leader) joined with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in a letter to the President opposing his plans for the Iraq War troop surge of 2007, saying “Adding more combat troops will only endanger more Americans and stretch our military to the breaking point for no strategic gain.”

On May 18, 2006, Reid opposed a Constitutional amendment to make English the national language of the United States, calling the proposal "racist." Although Reid does "believe marriage should be between a man and a woman," on June 6, 2006, he opposed the Federal Marriage Amendment, contrary to the position of his own church leaders.

In remarks in 2006, Reid became a major backer of the hotly debated comprehensive immigration reform act known as the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007.

Committee memberships

• 108th Congress
  • Committee on Appropriations
  • Committee on Environment and Public Works
  • Special Committee on Aging
  • Select Committee on Ethics
  • Committee on Indian Affairs
• 109th Congress
  • Committee on Appropriations

Opinions and beliefs

Abortion and the Supreme Court

Harry Reid identifies himself as "pro-life," though his votes do not always fall in line with other "pro-life" senators who are, in general, Republican. Reid was a co-sponsor of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act of 1994, which set new rules and restrictions on pro-life protesters at abortion clinics. However, he has voted on numerous occasions for the ban on what Republicans term "partial-birth abortion," and in 2003 he supported substitute language that would have banned all late-term abortions, while allowing exceptions for the life and health of the woman involved. Although Reid received a 100% rating from NARAL in 2001, and from 1995 to 2004 voted with the interests of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association 68% of the time, in 2003 and 2004, Reid received 29% and 20% ratings, respectively, from NARAL Pro-Choice America.

In 2005, Reid voted against Supreme Court nominee John Roberts, in part because of strong opposition by fellow Democrats in the Senate and in Nevada to Robert's "pro-life" ideology. 64% of Reid's constituents in Nevada identify themselves as "pro-choice."

In 2006, Reid introduced legislation co-sponsored with Hillary Clinton that would fund abortion prevention efforts such as giving women broader access to contraception. In a press release about their "Prevention First Amendment," Clinton and Reid cite that for every dollar spent on pregnancy prevention, three are saved by pregnancy and birth-related expenses borne by Medicaid

The Bush Administration

Reid made headlines in May 2005 when he said of George W. Bush, "The man's father is a wonderful human being. I think this guy is a loser." Reid later apologized for these comments. Reid also called Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas an "embarrassment" and referred to Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan as a "political hack."

Death penalty

Reid is a strong supporter of the death penalty, having voted in favor of limiting death penalty appeals and executing criminals who were minors when they committed their crime.

Energy policy

Reid supports legislation that would cut $15 billion in tax breaks for large oil companies and put the money toward renewable energy sources. In an op-ed to the Reno Gazette Journal, Harry Reid wrote, "I am working on a bipartisan energy bill that will create thousands of Nevada jobs, save consumers money, address global warming, and make our country safer. We can do that by reducing our reliance on oil and investing in the renewable energy sources that are abundant in our state."

Ethics reform

In January 2007, Harry Reid brought an Senate ethics reform bill to a vote. These rules passed overwhelmingly on a bi-partisan basis. The ethics bill bars members from accepting gifts, meals and trips from lobbyists and organizations. It bars Senators from borrowing corporate jets for travel, and compels Senators to disclose the names of sponsors (or authors) of bills and projects, the purpose and the cost of the pet projects (also called earmarks), that in the past were added anonymously into large, complex spending bills.

Gun politics

Reid voted against the ban on semi-automatic firearms and in favor of the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, in favor of the Brady Bill and background checks at gun shows.

Immigration

Reid calls "immigration reform" one of his top priorities for the 110th Congress.. He supports the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 (S. 1348), but pulled it from the Senate floor because he believed too many amendments to the legislation were being introduced.

Reid supports the DREAM Act which would make it easier for young people who are not citizens of the United States, but are permanent residents, to attend college or university in the United States. The DREAM Act was introduced to the Senate by Senators Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Richard Durbin (D-IL)

Iraq War

Reid voted to authorize military force in Iraq in 1991 and 2003.

On April 19, 2007, Reid said of the situation in Iraq, "I believe, myself that the secretary of state, secretary of defense, and — you have to make your own decisions as to what the president knows — this war is lost and the surge is not accomplishing anything as indicated by the extreme violence in Iraq yesterday." Reid said he told President Bush he thought the war could not be won through military force, although he said the U.S. could still pursue political, economic and diplomatic means to bring peace to Iraq.

Later in the day on April 19, 2007, Reid clarified his comments on the Senate floor: "As long as we follow the President’s path in Iraq, the war is lost. But there is still a chance to change course and we must change course. No one wants us to succeed in the Middle East more than I do. But there must be a change of course. Our brave men and women overseas have passed every test with flying colors. They have earned our pride and our praise. More important, they deserve a strategy worthy of their sacrifice." Rep. Duncan Hunter, a ranking member of the House armed services committee, asked for Reid's resignation over his recent comments. Rep.Hunter stated in a letter that Reid's comments "can have no effect but to demoralize the brave men and women, who are honorably fulfilling their mission in Iraq, and to encourage our adversaries." In lieu of advancing the debate on strategy, Reid instead supports a "pull-out date" from Iraq. Critics claim that this is a policy leading to "defeatism" in dealing with the insurgency in Iraq.

In an April 22, 2007, appearance on FOX News Sunday, Reid's colleague Sen. Charles Schumer added further refinement by explaining, "The war is not lost. And Harry Reid believes this — we Democrats believe it — if we change our mission and focus it more narrowly on counterterrorism, going after an Al Qaida camp that might arise in Iraq. That would take many fewer troops out of harm's way. That's what we're pushing the president to do."

Two days later, on April 24, Vice President Dick Cheney criticized what he termed Reid's "blind opposition to the new strategy in Iraq," charging that "Sen. Reid himself has said that the war in Iraq will bring his party more seats in the next election." (Earlier in April, Reid had been quoted in the Washington Post as saying that "We're going to pick up Senate seats as a result of this war," and that "Senator Schumer has shown me numbers that are compelling and astounding.") Reid later responded, "I'm not going to get into a name calling match with the administration's chief attack dog" and that "I'm not going to get into a name-calling match with somebody who has a 9 percent approval rating." Reid's statement exaggerated public antipathy to Cheney; a Gallup poll conducted March 11-14, 2007, showed that 34% of those polled approved of Vice President Cheney. According to one poll, Reid's approval is 19% among voters nation-wide. There have been no recent polls done in his home state of Nevada where his constituency is relatively conservative.

Technology

Reid's voting record on technology is the following according to OnTheIssues.org

• Voted NO on restoring $550M in funding for Amtrak for 2007. (Mar 2006)
• Voted YES on disallowing FCC approval of larger media conglomerates. (Sep 2003)
• Voted YES on Internet sales tax moratorium. (Oct 1998)
• Voted YES on telecomm deregulation. (Feb 1996)
• Promoted internet via Congressional Internet Caucus. (Jan 2001)

Yucca Mountain

Harry Reid is a firm opponent of the Yucca Mountain federal nuclear waste repository, and is quoted as saying that the concept of which "is dead. It'll never happen." Reid, who has long been an opponent of the centralized nuclear waste facility in his home state, said he would continue to work to block completion of the project. "It's dying on its own. It's just happening. You don't need just a sudden demise. It's breathing really hard. Just let it lay there a while and it'll be dead," says Reid.

Controversy

Laughlin, Nevada, bridge project

Reid earmarked a spending bill to provide for building a bridge between Nevada and Arizona that would make land he owned more valuable. Reid called funding for construction of a bridge over the Colorado River, among other projects, 'incredibly good news for Nevada' in a news release after passage of the 2005 transportation bill. He owned 160 acres of land several miles from the proposed bridge site in Arizona. The bridge could add value to his real estate investment.

Criticisms

Republican criticism of donations

In the wake of the 2006 corruptions conviction of lobbyist Jack Abramoff, media criticism led over four dozen Republican Congressmen, as well as President Bush, to return campaign donations associated with Abramoff. Reid did not receive any contributions from Abramoff. Abramoff never gave money to Democrats.

According to an article in the Las Vegas Review Journal on Feb. 03, 2006, "The National Republican Senatorial Committee this week revived a charge that Reid received more than $50,000 from four tribes with gaming interests between 2001 and 2004 after they hired Abramoff. The Nevadan had received no money from those tribes before then, Republicans said." John Solomon, a reporter for the Associated Press, examined this charge as well as other charges against Reid in a series of articles for the Associated Press.

Reid had contact with some clients and lobbying partners of Abramoff, and Reid's campaign received over $60,000 in contributions from Native American Gaming interests that also hired Abramoff's firm. These Native American gaming interests gave Reid more than $50,000. Native American tribes that were clients of Jack Abramoff donated money to Reid after Reid's votes produced favorable results for the tribes. Reid's votes were also consistent with protecting Nevada's gaming interests. John Solomon and Sharon Theimer of the Associated Press reported that Reid collected donations around the time of each action. Ethics rules require senators to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest in collecting contributions around the times they take official acts benefiting donors." Reid opposed off-reservation gambling for over a decade before any donations were received. Native American interests also gave campaign donations to John Ensign, the Republican junior senator from Nevada, at the same time these interests gave money to Reid. Both Reid and Ensign oppose off-reservation gambling in an effort to protect Nevada gaming interests. Neither Reid nor Ensign were reprimanded by the Senate Ethics Committee.

John Solomon also reported that among dozens of contacts between Abramoff's lobbying team and Reid's office, were several discussions about a bill to raise the minimum wage of the Northern Mariana Islands. Solomon did not report that Reid was a co-sponsor of the bill that would have raised the minimum wage in the NMI, a bill Abramoff's clients opposed.

Reid was never investigated for ethics violations in the Republican controlled U.S. Senate. Reid described the Abramoff affair as "a Republican scandal," referring to Abramoff's felony conviction for making illegal contributions to Republican Congressman Bob Ney and Abramoff's close affiliation with the former House Majority Leader, Tom DeLay's Republican K Street Project. A spokesman said that Reid had never met Abramoff personally, that neither Reid nor his campaign has ever received money directly from Abramoff, and that his legislative work was done on behalf of his Nevadan constituents, and the large gaming interests in Nevada.

Jim Manley, Reid's spokesperson, told the Associated Press "All the actions that Senator Reid took were consistent with his long- held beliefs, such as not letting tribal casinos expand beyond reservations, and were taken to defend the interests of Nevada constituents."

Las Vegas land deal

On October 11, 2006, John Solomon reported that Harry Reid's member interest in a limited liability company (LLC) was allocated $1.1 million of the gross proceeds attributable to the sale of a parcel of land. In 1998, Reid bought a plot of land for $400,000, fair market value at the time. One of the sellers was a developer who arranged a land swap that Reid supported. In 2001, he transferred title of the land to the LLC. When the LLC sold the land in an arm's length transaction in 2004, Reid made a profit.

The LLC was formed by long-time friend and former casino attorney Jay Brown,. Reid's failure to disclose the change in the form of his asset holdings upon contribution to the LLC violates Senate rules according to former Federal Election Commission overseer Kent Cooper. Reid did disclose the 2004 sale as though he held the property in his individual name. In addition, Brown paid a small portion of Reid's taxes on the ownership stake, which constitutes basis for Brown and is corrected for at the land's sale resulting in higher taxes for Reid. Since Reid continued to own the land inside the LLC with the same basis he held it before contribution, he continued to report to Congress that he owned the land for 3 years after he transferred title to the LLC he partially owned. Reid's staff stated that he did not initially disclose the transfer of the land to the LLC because this transfer was not a change of ownership, but was simply Reid owning the land through an LLC instead of as an individual.

Reid directed his staff to amend the 2001 financial disclosure forms to reflect the transfer of title to the LLC. He also disclosed two other land transactions on the amended reports.

Condo gifts

On October 17, 2006, John Solomon of the Associated Press reported that Reid had used campaign donations to pay for $3,300 in Christmas gifts to the staff at the condominium where he resides. Federal election law prohibits candidates from using political donations for personal use. Reid's staff stated that his attorneys had approved use of the funds in this manner but that he nonetheless would personally reimburse his campaign for the expenses. That action notwithstanding, the conservative group Citizens United announced it had filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission to investigate the matter.

Popular culture

Reid had a cameo role in the movie Traffic.

Electoral history

After Reid's run for Senate in 1974 in which he lost narrowly to Paul Laxalt, Reid served as Nevada state gaming commissioner, as noted above. After the 1980 Census, Reid successfully ran for the new House district Nevada had been granted, and served two terms. In 1986, Reid was elected as Senator to replace the retiring Laxalt and has served in the Senate ever since.

Notes and references

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6. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid — AIPAC Policy Conference 2007
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64. Election Statistics from the Clerk of the House of Representatives

External links

• U.S. Senator Harry Reid, Reid's official Senate site
• United States Congress. "Harry Reid (id: r000146)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Federal Election Commission — Harry Reid, a site with campaign finance reports and data
• New York Times — Harry Reid News ongoing collection of news and commentary
• On the Issues — Harry Reid issue positions and quotes
• OpenSecrets.org — Harry Reid campaign contributions
• Project Vote Smart — Senator Harry Reid (NV) profile
• SourceWatch Congresspedia — Harry Reid profile
• Washington Post — Congress Votes Database: Harry Reid voting record
  • Give 'Em Hell Harry issues campaign site

Articles

• Biography from "The First 100 Persons Who Shaped Southern Nevada"
• Interview with Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid Buzzflash, August 1, 2005
• Profile of US Senator Harry Reid of Nevada About.com
• Harry Reid Is Not Boring by Chris Suellentrop, Slate, 22 December 2004
• mormoncentury.com — Why Reid supported stem cell research
• Senate Democratic leader Reid has mild stroke CNN, August 19, 2005
• Reid got $1 million in land sale AP, October 12, 2006

* From January 2001 until June 6, 2007; the control of the U.S. Senate fluctuated as there was a razor-thin majority. From January 3, 2001-January 20, 2001; Reid was the Senate Majority Whip because under a 50-50 control, the majority status is determined by the Vice-President's affiliation; at that time, the V.P. was Democrat Al Gore; after the inauguration of V.P. Dick Cheney on January 20, 2001; the control went to the Republicans. However, on June 6, 2001, Sen. James Jeffords of Vermont chose to leave the Republicans and caucus with the Democrats, giving a one seat advantage to the Democrats and making Reid the Majority Whip.

v t e United States Senate majority leaders
Lodge Curtis Watson Robinson Barkley White Lucas McFarland Taft Knowland Johnson Mansfield Byrd Baker Stevens (acting) Baker Dole Byrd Mitchell Dole Lott Daschle Lott Daschle Frist Reid McConnell Schumer Thune

v t e United States Senate minority leaders
Underwood Robinson McNary Austin McNary White Barkley Wherry Bridges Johnson Knowland Dirksen Scott Baker Byrd Dole Daschle Lott Daschle Lott Daschle Reid McConnell Reid Schumer McConnell Schumer

v t e Current United States senators
President: ▌ Kamala Harris (D) ‧ President pro tempore: ▌ Chuck Grassley (R)
AL: ▌ Tuberville (R)⎣ ▌ Britt (R) AK: ▌ Murkowski (R)⎣ ▌ Sullivan (R) AZ: ▌ Kelly (D)⎣ ▌ Gallego (D) AR: ▌ Boozman (R)⎣ ▌ Cotton (R) CA: ▌ Padilla (D)⎣ ▌ Schiff (D) CO: ▌ Bennet (D)⎣ ▌ Hickenlooper (D) CT: ▌ Blumenthal (D)⎣ ▌ Murphy (D) DE: ▌ Coons (D)⎣ ▌ Blunt Rochester (D) FL: ▌ Rubio (R)⎣ ▌ R. Scott (R) GA: ▌ Ossoff (D)⎣ ▌ Warnock (D) HI: ▌ Schatz (D)⎣ ▌ Hirono (D) ID: ▌ Crapo (R)⎣ ▌ Risch (R) IL: ▌ Durbin (D)⎣ ▌ Duckworth (D) IN: ▌ Young (R)⎣ ▌ Braun (R) IA: ▌ Grassley (R)⎣ ▌ Ernst (R) KS: ▌ Moran (R)⎣ ▌ Marshall (R) KY: ▌ McConnell (R)⎣ ▌ Paul (R) LA: ▌ Cassidy (R)⎣ ▌ Kennedy (R) ME: ▌ Collins (R)⎣ ▌ King (I) MD: ▌ Van Hollen (D)⎣ ▌ Alsobrooks (D) MA: ▌ Warren (D)⎣ ▌ Markey (D) MI: ▌ Peters (D)⎣ ▌ Slotkin (D) MN: ▌ Klobuchar (D)⎣ ▌ Smith (D) MS: ▌ Wicker (R)⎣ ▌ Hyde-Smith (R) MO: ▌ Hawley (R)⎣ ▌ Schmitt (R) MT: ▌ Daines (R)⎣ ▌ Sheehy (R) NE: ▌ Fischer (R)⎣ ▌ Ricketts (R) NV: ▌ Cortez Masto (D)⎣ ▌ Rosen (D) NH: ▌ Shaheen (D)⎣ ▌ Hassan (D) NJ: ▌ Booker (D)⎣ ▌ Kim (D) NM: ▌ Heinrich (D)⎣ ▌ Luján (D) NY: ▌ Schumer (D)⎣ ▌ Gillibrand (D) NC: ▌ Tillis (R)⎣ ▌ Budd (R) ND: ▌ Hoeven (R)⎣ ▌ Cramer (R) OH: ▌ Vance (R)⎣ ▌ Moreno (R) OK: ▌ Lankford (R)⎣ ▌ Mullin (R) OR: ▌ Wyden (D)⎣ ▌ Merkley (D) PA: ▌ Fetterman (D)⎣ ▌ McCormick (R) RI: ▌ Reed (D)⎣ ▌ Whitehouse (D) SC: ▌ Graham (R)⎣ ▌ T. Scott (R) SD: ▌ Thune (R)⎣ ▌ Rounds (R) TN: ▌ Blackburn (R)⎣ ▌ Hagerty (R) TX: ▌ Cornyn (R)⎣ ▌ Cruz (R) UT: ▌ Lee (R)⎣ ▌ Curtis (R) VT: ▌ Sanders (I)⎣ ▌ Welch (D) VA: ▌ Warner (D)⎣ ▌ Kaine (D) WA: ▌ Murray (D)⎣ ▌ Cantwell (D) WV: ▌ Capito (R)⎣    Vacant WI: ▌ Johnson (R)⎣ ▌ Baldwin (D) WY: ▌ Barrasso (R)⎣ ▌ Lummis (R)
▌ Republican: 52 ▌ Democratic: 45 ▌ Independent: 2

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