Revenge against Harry Reid killed Pershing County land bill in Senate, Amodei says
Nevada's 2nd U.S. House District Rep. Mark Amodei said on Nevada Newsmakers that he misses former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid -- even though they are in opposite political parties.
Amodei, a Republican from Carson City, also said his Pershing County land bill was killed by a 'maverick' senate staffer who was trying to get revenge on Reid, a Democrat who retired from the U.S. Senate in 2017 after serving since 1987.
Although Reid was not popular in rural Nevada, Amodei said Reid championed causes for the vast stretches of rural Nevada.
"He wasn't out grippin' and grinning (in rural Nevada) but he worked those issues pretty well," Amodei said about Reid.
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