POLITICSA look at Sen. Harry Reid's careerUSA TODAYSenate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., died Dec. 28, 2021, of pancreatic cancer at 82. Here's a look back at his political career.Alex Wong, Getty ImagesReid is shown in a November 1992 file photo.APReid leans on a stack of documents pertaining to campaign finance reform during a news conference on Dec. 3, 1996, where the Democratic leadership for the 105th Congress was announced.Dennis Cook, APReid speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation hearing on gambling in amateur sports on March 29, 2000.Michael Kleinfeld, GPNReid speaks at a Democratic forum on Social Security reform as then-senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sen. Chuck Schumer and Sen. Dick Durbin look on at Pace University on March 4, 2005, in New York City.Mario Tama, Getty ImagesSoon-to-be Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Reid and Schumer celebrate Democrats' victories at the Hyatt Regency hotel on Capitol Hill on Nov. 7, 2006.Chip Somodevilla, Getty ImagesReid pauses on the site of the Cyrus Noble Mine in Searchlight, Nev., on Dec. 2, 2006. On the cement foundation of what seems to part of a mining mill is his father's initials and the date 7/17/31.Steve Marcus, For USA TODAYReid at his house in Searchlight, Nev., on Dec. 2, 2006.Steve Marcus, For USA TODAYReid speaks during a news conference to call for "a change of course in Iraq" on April 16, 2007, on Capitol Hill.Alex Wong, Getty ImagesReid holds up draft legislation alongside then-Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs chairman Chris Dodd, D-Conn., as they speak to reporters on the status of legislative negotiations regarding the financial crisis on Sept. 26, 2008, on Capitol Hill.Lauren Victoria Burke, APObama and Reid tour Photovoltaic Array at Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas on May 27, 2009, with Base Commander Col. Howard Belote.Jim Watson, AFP/Getty ImagesReid speaks to the press after a meeting between President Obama and the Democratic Caucus to push the health care reform plan at the Capitol on Dec. 6, 2009.Nicholas Kamm, AFP/Getty ImagesRep. Steny Hoyer, Reid and Pelosi talk before a bipartisan meeting to discuss health care reform legislation at the Blair House in Washington on Feb. 25, 2010.Getty ImagesReid speaks during an election night party after defeating Sharron Angle to win re-election on Nov. 2, 2010, in Las Vegas.Eric Jamison, APPresident Obama meets with Reid and House Speaker John Boehner in the Cabinet Room of the White House on July 23, 2011, to discuss the debt.Carolyn Kaster, APReid speaks at the Democratic National Convention on Sept. 4, 2012, in Charlotte, N.C.H. Darr Beiser, USA TODAYReid waits for the Senate subway after a vote Dec. 17, 2013, on Capitol Hill.Alex Wong, Getty ImagesFrom left: Pelosi, McConnell, Reid and Boehner lock arms as they sing 'We Shall Overcome" during a ceremony to to mark the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on June 24, 2014.Drew Angerer, Getty ImagesObama meets with McConnell, Boehner, Reid and Pelosi in the Oval Office on Sept. 9, 2014.Chip Somodevilla, Getty ImagesBoehner, Obama, Reid and McConnell meet at the White House on Nov. 7, 2014.Evan Vucci, APBoehner, Reid and McConnell on Dec. 10, 2014.Drew Angerer, Getty ImagesReid talks about his future and the agenda of the Democrats on March 4, 2015, during an interview with the Associated Press in his office on Capitol Hill.J. Scott Applewhite, APAfghan President Ashraf Ghani greets Reid before giving an address to a joint meeting of Congress on March 25, 2015.Michael Reynolds, European Pressphoto AgencyReid talks to the media before the CNN Democratic presidential debate on Oct. 13, 2015, in Las Vegas.John Locher, APReid joins fellow Senate Democrats in watching President Obama announce his Supreme Court nominee, federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland, during an announcement in the Rose Garden on March 16, 2016.Saul, AFP/Getty ImagesReid talks with Sen. Bernie Sanders on Capitol Hill on June 9, 2016.Alex Brandon, APReid speaks during the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on July 27, 2016.Robert Deutsch, Robert Deutsch-USA TODAYReid speaks at a campaign rally with President Obama for Hillary Clinton at Cheyenne High School on Oct. 23, 2016, in North Las Vegas, Nev.Ethan Miller, Getty ImagesReid and Sen. Dick Durbin attend a news conference following a Democratic policy luncheon on Capitol Hill on Nov. 16, 2016.Michael Reynolds, European Pressphoto AgencyClinton, Reid and McConnell attend the unveiling of a portrait of Reid on Capitol Hill on Dec. 8, 2016.Michael Reynolds, European Pressphoto Agency