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Harry Reid

Former

Democrat · NV · U.S. Senate

No longer in office — profile reflects their service in the 114th–119th Congresses (2015–present).

Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)

LeftCenterRight

Issue profile

FiscalHealthImmig.GunsAbortionEnviron.CrimeDefenseEconomyForeignCivil R.Educ.GovtJudicial
Taxes & Fiscal
D+0.50
Healthcare
D+0.94
Immigration & Border
D+0.83
Guns
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
R+1.00
Environment & Energy
D+0.85
Crime & Policing
D+1.00
Defense & Veterans
D+0.52
Economy & Labor
D+0.31
Foreign Policy & Trade
D+0.57
Civil Rights & Social
R+0.47
Education
Government & Democracy
R+1.00
Judicial & Executive Nominations
D+1.00

Each issue runs left right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.

How they score against the parties

Harry Reid's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.

On the political map

Harry Reid (the large ringed dot) among every current member of Congress and the party platforms.

Socially conservativeSocially progressiveEconomic leftEconomic rightReid

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Most and least aligned members

Treating Reid's 14 issue scores as a vector, cosine similarity measures whether two voting records point the same way (+100%) or in opposite directions (−100%) — the colleagues whose records align most and least with theirs.

Recent notable votes

NAY
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
2016-07-14 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Defense & Veterans, Economy & Labor, Foreign Policy & Trade
NAY
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
2016-07-14 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Defense & Veterans, Economy & Labor, Foreign Policy & Trade
NAY
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017
2016-07-14 · Cloture Motion Rejected · Defense & Veterans, Healthcare, Taxes & Fiscal
NAY
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
2016-07-14 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Defense & Veterans, Economy & Labor, Foreign Policy & Trade
YEA
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016
2016-07-13 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Crime & Policing, Healthcare, Defense & Veterans
YEA
Carla D. Hayden, of Maryland, to be Librarian of Congress for a term of ten years
2016-07-13 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016
2016-07-13 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Crime & Policing, Healthcare, Defense & Veterans
YEA
Carla D. Hayden, of Maryland, to be Librarian of Congress for a term of ten years
2016-07-13 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016
2016-07-13 · Conference Report Agreed to · Healthcare, Crime & Policing, Defense & Veterans
YEA
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016
2016-07-13 · Cloture Motion Agreed to · Crime & Policing, Healthcare, Defense & Veterans
YEA
Carla D. Hayden, of Maryland, to be Librarian of Congress for a term of ten years
2016-07-13 · Nomination Confirmed · Judicial & Executive Nominations
YEA
Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act of 2016
2016-07-13 · Conference Report Agreed to · Healthcare, Crime & Policing, Defense & Veterans

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