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Line 1: − [[Image:Reed.jpg|150px|thumb]] − '''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> − − ==External Links== − [http://reed.senate.gov/ Official Website] − − ==References== − <references/> − − [[Category: United States Senators]][[Category:Democratic Party]] − {{DEFAULTSORT: Reed, Jack}} − [[Category: 110th United States Congress]] − [[Category:111th United States Congress]]
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