Washington, UNITED STATES: US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) talks to reporters after the weekly Democratic policy luncheon at the Captiol 22 May 2007 in Washington, DC. Reid talked about the upcoming vote on the emergency war funding bill and the continued debate over the immigration reform legislation proposed by a bipartisan group of senators and the White House. Reid also mentioned his sense of urgency in changing the policy over the war because two soliders from his home state of Nevada were killed in Iraq this week. Getty Images logo Getty Images 38 months ago

Washington, UNITED STATES: US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) talks to reporters after the weekly Democratic policy luncheon at the Captiol 22 May 2007 in Washington, DC. Reid talked about the upcoming vote on the emergency war funding bill and the continued debate over the immigration reform legislation proposed by a bipartisan group of senators and the White House. Reid also mentioned his sense of urgency in changing the policy over the war because two soliders from his home state of Nevada were killed in Iraq this week.

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