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The former Senate majority leader rose from poverty in a Nevada mining town to one of the most powerful positions in U.S. government.

President Joe Biden called Reid a “great American,” one who “looked at the challenges of the world and believed it was within our capacity to do good, to do right.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Sen. Harry Reid will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol as colleagues and friends pay tribute to a hardscrabble Democrat who rose from poverty in a dusty Nevada mining town to the most powerful position in the U.S. Senate.

He was a Democrat who rose from poverty in a dusty Nevada mining town to the most powerful position in the U.S. Senate.

The former Senate majority leader rose from poverty in a Nevada mining town to one of the most powerful positions in U.S. government.

WASHINGTON — Former Sen. Harry Reid lay in state Wednesday in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda as colleagues and friends gathered to pay tribute to a hardscrabble Democrat who rose from poverty in a dusty Nevada mining town to the most powerful position in the U.S. Senate.

Former Sen. Harry Reid will lie in state at the U.S. Capitol as colleagues and friends pay tribute to a hardscrabble Democrat who rose from poverty in a dusty Nevada mining town to the most powerful position in the U.S. Senate. Reid will be honored Wednesday in the Capitol Rotunda during a ceremony closed to…

President Joe Biden called Reid a “great American,” one who “looked at the challenges of the world and believed it was within our capacity to do good, to do right.”

President Joe Biden called Reid a “great American,” one who “looked at the challenges of the world and believed it was within our capacity to do good, to do right.”

Reid was recalled as a "legendary leader" as colleagues and friends gathered to pay tribute to a hardscrabble Democrat who rose from poverty in Nevada to the most powerful position in the Senate.