"We have a different Senate than we had before," Reid noted.

里德说：“我们现在所处的参议院同以前不一样了。”

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Mr. Reid noted that: "Our galaxy probably has 4, not 2, spiral arms of gas and dust that are forming stars."

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Reid, who noted he owned guns and was a former law officer, said he opposed the Clinton-era assault weapons ban that expired midway through the Bush administration.

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McConnell noted that Reid did not visit Kentucky during his re-election campaign in 2008.

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And I noted that Speaker Boehner made the point that then-Senator Obama and Senator Reid at the time would not have supported such a move under President George W. Bush.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney,