Reid was the Senate majority leader when I moved back to DC in 2009, and I covered some of his last years in office, first at Metro Weekly and then at BuzzFeed. He was a force, who understood politics at every level — and knew he needed to get things done to stay leader.
When the Senate was readying its vote on ENDA in 2013, Reid sat down with some of the reporters who had been covering the LGBT anti-discrimination bill most closely. Here was my report from then: buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisg…
And here was my report from the next day, when ENDA did pass the Senate. Of course, Speaker Boehner never let the bill move in the House, so it never got to Obama. buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisg…
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