‘Legendary leader’ Harry Reid lies in state at US Capitol

By LISA MASCARO
AP Congressional Correspondent

WASHINGTON (AP) — The late Sen. Harry Reid is being remembered at the U.S. Capitol. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called him a “legendary leader.” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he spoke softly but carried the “force of thunder.” Colleagues and friends have gathered to pay tribute to a hardscrabble Democrat who served five terms in the Senate and rose to be majority leader. Reid died last month at 82. He had pancreatic cancer. Reid rose from poverty in a dusty Nevada mining town to the most powerful position in the U.S. Senate. He was Democratic leader for a dozen years, eight of them as majority leader.