Democrat from Nevada
Harry Reid is the Majority Leader in the U.S. Senate.
Recent statements involving Harry Reid
Says U.S. Senate Democrats "have gone without any budget at all" for more than 1,000 days.
With recent growth "it is very clear that private-sector jobs have been doing fine."
"President Obama has declared disasters in 48 of 50 states this year."
There was a "loss of eight million jobs during the Bush eight years."
"Hispanic unemployment has been ticking down from an all-time high of 13.9 percent because of the policies we’ve implemented."
Recent stories featuring Harry Reid
Fact-checking the Republican debate in Nevada:
Herman Cain's 9-9-9 tax plan was under attack early from the GOP field. Later Mitt Romney and Rick Perry collided over immigration.
Fact-checking claims on jobs from across the nation:
On the heels of a better-than-expected jobs report, we take a look at recent jobs-related fact-checks in PolitiFact and its state affiliates -- and find many of the claims wanting.
Readers weigh in on Cantor's "blank check" claim :
We received more than 120 comments about our False rating on Cantor's recent claim that a Democratic plan to lift the debt ceiling would give the president a "blank check." Most of the comments took issue with Cantor, but a few were directed angrily at us. We thought we’d share a sampling of the response.
Fact-checking the claims about (un)employment:
The job numbers for June are worse than expected; we review some recent Truth-O-Meter items on employment.
Are Republicans moving the goalposts on the budget debate?:
We review the evidence available outside the closed-door negotiations.
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