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'''Jack Reed''', born November 12, 1949 (age {{age|1949|11|12}}), is a [[Democrat]] [[United States Senator]] from [[Rhode Island]]. He was elected in 1996, and has served in the Senate since then. Previously, Reed was a three term member of [[U.S. House of Representatives]] and represented Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District. In the Senate, Reed is a member of the powerful Appropriations Committee, which controls congressional funding initiatives, and also a senior member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee.<ref>http://reed.senate.gov/biography/index.cfm</ref>
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|party=[[Democrat]]
|spouse=Julia Hart
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
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|terms=January 3, 1997 – present
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|state=Rhode Island
|district=2nd
|terms=January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1997
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|succeeded=Robert Weygand
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|office=State Senator from [[Rhode Island]]'s 12th District
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'''John Francis "Jack" Reed''', born November 12, 1949 (age {{age|1949|11|12}}), is a [[Democrat]] [[United States Senator]] from [[Rhode Island]]. He was elected in 1996, and has served in the Senate since then. Previously, Reed was a three term member of [[U.S. House of Representatives]] and represented Rhode Island's 2nd Congressional District. In the Senate, Reed is a member of the powerful Appropriations Committee, which controls congressional funding initiatives, and also a senior member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee.<ref>http://reed.senate.gov/biography/index.cfm</ref>
Reed is a very [[liberal]] Senator and has a consistent liberal voting record on the issues of [[abortion]], [[tax]] increases, and [[education]].<ref>http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Jack_Reed.htm</ref> After President [[George W. Bush]]'s September 2007 address to the nation regarding the [[Iraq War]], Reed delivered the Democratic Response on national television and called for an immediate end to the war.<ref>http://www.democrats.org/a/press/audio/radio_address/</ref>
Reed is a very [[liberal]] Senator and has a consistent liberal voting record on the issues of [[abortion]], [[tax]] increases, and [[education]].<ref>http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/Jack_Reed.htm</ref> After President [[George W. Bush]]'s September 2007 address to the nation regarding the [[Iraq War]], Reed delivered the Democratic Response on national television and called for an immediate end to the war.<ref>http://www.democrats.org/a/press/audio/radio_address/</ref>
==External links==
==External links==
* [http://reed.senate.gov/ Official Website]
*[http://reed.senate.gov/ Official Website]
==References==
==References==
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