Right now we know that the deal is not going to go any place because we have more than enough votes to sustain a presidential veto.

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Everybody else, including the rich people, are willing to pay mor... by Harry Reid

Everybody else, including the rich people, are willing to pay more. They want to pay more.

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We're going to hear an earful, but it's going to be an earful of wonderment and happiness that people waited for for a long time.

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It is no surprise that the Republican-controlled Senate intelligence committee has once again caved in to the wishes of the White House and refused even to open an investigation. We cannot effectively legislate on the NSA spying issue if we do not know the facts, and we will not know them if the Republican-controlled intelligence committee persists in refusing to do its job.

Social Security is not in crisis. It's a crisis the president's c... by Harry Reid

Social Security is not in crisis. It's a crisis the president's created, period.

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We focused attention on what some believe are the flaws in the process leading to Senate consideration of the bill and the flaws of the bill itself.

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The Iraq war can only be won diplomatically, politically and economically, and the president needs to come to that realization.

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Now remember, we've already done more than a billion dollars worth of cuts. We've already done that. So we need to get some credit for that.

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President Bush is a liar. He betrayed Nevada and he betrayed the country... All Americans should be concerned, not just because he lied to me or the people of Nevada and indeed all Americans, but because the President's decision threatens Americans' lives.

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Legislation is the art of compromise. by Harry Reid

Legislation is the art of compromise.

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We would be somewhat foolish to work out something on stopping us from going over the cliff and then a month or six weeks later Republicans pull the same game they did before and say, 'We're not going to do anything - unless this happens, we're not going to agree to increasing the debt ceiling.' I agree with the president, it has to be a package deal.

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Some said he couldn't take on the insurance companies that were ripping us off. But President Obama made the tough and right call to save lives, save Medicare and ensure no one goes broke just because they get sick.

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Anarchists have taken over (the GOP). by Harry Reid

Anarchists have taken over (the GOP).

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They say you can never step in the same river twice. New water flows in, replacing the old and continually renewing the river. The Senate is the same.

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We all know if we change the bill, it's gone. by Harry Reid

We all know if we change the bill, it's gone.

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[Social Security ] is not in crisis at this stage. Leave Social Security alone. We have a lot of other places we can look that is in crisis. But Social Security is not.

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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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My staff tells me not to say this, but I'm going to say it anyway. In the summer because of the heat and high humidity, you could literally smell the tourists coming into the Capitol. It may be descriptive but it's true.

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I understand that during [Sonia Sotomayor's] career, she's written hundreds and hundreds of opinions. I haven't read a single one of them, and if I'm fortunate before we end this, I won't have to read one of them.

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If you're over age 50, the internet is something you're just lear... by Harry Reid

If you're over age 50, the internet is something you're just learning about.

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The National Endowment of the Humanities is the reason we have in northern Nevada every January a cowboy poetry festival. Had that program not been around, the tens of thousands of people who come there every year would not exist.

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