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Publish: Thursday January 13, 2022 | 5:17 pm | অনলাইন সংস্করণ
Congressional lawmakers on Wednesday paid tribute to former Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid as he was given the rare honor of lying in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.
Reid died at age 82 on Dec. 28 following complications from pancreatic cancer.
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As a military color guard carried Reid’s casket, lawmakers gathered at the top of the Capitol steps with hands over their hearts.
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Vice President Kamala Harris was among those attending the tribute.
Reid, a former amateur boxer from the small town of Searchlight, Nevada, and considered a sometimes ruthless yet revered politician, was being remembered by colleagues for his nearly four-decade-long career in Congress, which he built from the ground up, eventually carving out his role as one of the most powerful people in government. It was under Reid that the Senate passed then-President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act — landmark legislation of his presidency.
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While a visit to the Capitol Rotunda was not on President Joe Biden’s schedule for Wednesday, he made an unannounced stop in the afternoon to pay his respects to a man he served with in the Senate.
Biden spent a moment in silence at Reid’s casket, made the Sign of the Cross and then laid his hand on the American flag draped over the casket and then on a wreath placed nearby, before slowly exiting the Rotunda.
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