doi:10.7916/cpc7-9w86Oral history interview with Harry Reid, 2020Reid, Harry, 1939-2021oral historiesmixed materialGlobal Financial Crisis, 2008-2009Presidents--United StatesReid, Harry, 1939-2021Obama, BarackPelosi, Nancy, 1940-Boehner, John, 1949-Specter, ArlenIS (Organization)Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp Military base closuresUnited States. CongressUnited StatesEmergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008Joint Comprehensive Plan of ActionDodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection ActAmerican Recovery and Reinvestment ActPatient Protection and Affordable Care ActHarry Reid reflects on his career in the U.S. Senate, focusing on his service as senate majority leader from 2007 to 2015, and involvement with the legislative initiatives of the Obama administration. Reid narrates the key political and policy events of the period from the perspective of the Senate's democratic caucus, including the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and the Affordable Care Act. Reid was responsible for building support for these initiatives in the Senate, and he provides details about the negotiations that led to select voting coalitions. Reid also characterizes his relationships with Speakers of the House Nancy Pelosi and John Boehner, and with President Obama and White House staff. Also discussed are the process that led to Arlen Specter's joining the Democratic Caucus, the Democratic Party's focus on advertising at the expense of grassroots organizing, and the Senate politics surrounding notable foreign policy initiatives, including the Iran Nuclear Deal (Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action), the U.S. response to the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL), the closure of the Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp, and the publication of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence's "torture report" (Committee Study of the Central Intelligence Agency's Detention and Interrogation Program)