Obama hails Reid as a Senate majority leader who 'got things done'
CNN
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was remembered by a host of top Democratic politicians at his memorial service in Las Vegas on Saturday, with former President Barack Obama recalling him as a fighter "who did not give up" and President Joe Biden hailing the Nevada Democrat as someone who "would always have your back."
Reid, the scrappy former Democratic Senate leader who spearheaded epic legislative battles throughout three decades in Congress, died in December at age 82 following a four-year battle with pancreatic cancer.
His service honored his love of family, with all five of the late senator's children speaking; his love of Nevada, the state he helped put on the political map during his decades in office; and the central role he played in ushering in some of the most significant pieces of legislation of the last two decades.