Biden Orders Flags Lowered To Half-Staff To Honor Harry Reid

President Biden has ordered each flags lowered to half-staff to people the passing of erstwhile Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Biden signed a proclaimation lowering flags to half-staff:

From humble roots successful Searchlight, Nevada, Harry Reid roseate to become 1 of the large Senate Majority Leaders successful American history.  He was a antheral of action, and a antheral of his connection — guided by faith, loyalty, and unshakeable resolve.
 
Throughout his agelong vocation of nationalist service, Harry Reid was instrumental successful passing landmark authorities that made a affirmative quality successful the lives of countless Americans and made our Nation stronger and safer.  His devoted work to our Nation was not astir powerfulness for power’s sake.  It was astir the powerfulness to bash close by the American people.
 
As a people of respect for his memory, I hereby order, by the authorization vested successful maine by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, that connected the time of his interment, the emblem of the United States shall beryllium flown astatine half-staff astatine the White House and upon each nationalist buildings and grounds, astatine each subject posts and naval stations, and connected all naval vessels of the Federal Government successful the District of Columbia and passim the United States and its Territories and possessions until sunset connected specified day.  I besides nonstop that the flag shall beryllium flown at half-staff for the aforesaid play astatine each United States embassies, legations, consular offices, and different facilities abroad, including each subject facilities and naval vessels and stations.
 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I person hereunto acceptable my manus this twenty-ninth time of December, successful the twelvemonth of our Lord two thousand twenty-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-sixth.

Harry Reid was 1 of the giants of the Senate, and possibly the astir important idiosyncratic successful Nevada governmental history. His lack volition beryllium felt successful some Nevada and Democratic authorities for years to come.

Reid passionately argued earlier his decease that the Senate should abolish the filibuster, and the longest lasting bequest that Democrats could connection would beryllium to abolish the filibuster successful Harry Reid’s name.