“Senate Republicans emerged from their weekly luncheon Tuesday with a clear directive from party leaders: Don’t let Harry Reid get away with acting like he’s still majority leader,” Politico reports.

“They reacted with frustration and amusement to the Nevada Democrat’s latest gambit to block bipartisan trade legislation that he and much of his caucus oppose unless Republicans first address his demands. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell implored his caucus to band together against Reid, sources inside the room said.”

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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said he’s now “sightless” in his right eye following a brutal exercise injury in January, Politico reports.

Reid said he has undergone 11 hours of surgery to repair the eye, but he’s still unable to see out of it until “something comes along that’ll change it.”

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) told Nevada Public Radio he “wants to be remembered as a kid who grew up in Searchlight and then fought hard for all the little kids growing up in the same hard scrabble way he did.”

Said Reid: “I want to go out at the top of my game.”

Politico: “How a gruff, pro-gun, anti-abortion Mormon westerner with few social skills and little national name ID became one of the longest-serving Democratic leaders in Senate history is something few who don’t know Reid can fathom. He is dogged, smarter than you think — or he looks — and will outplan and outhustle just about anyone — the ultimate grinder.”

Las Vegas Sun: “These final two years in the Senate are critical for Reid to ensure that’s what happens. Without a grueling 20-month campaign, Reid has a chance to cement his legacy in the state in everything from transportation to wind farms.”