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Harry Reid promises to work in ‘good faith’ with new Republican majority: Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014; In his first public speech since the Nov. 4 election that swept Republicans into power across the country, Sen. Harry Reid promised to work with the new U.S. Senate majority. "Senate Democrats are ready to work in good faith ...
Pressure already building for Sandoval to take on Harry Reid: Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014; Barely more than a week after Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval breezed to re-election, U.S. Sen. Dean Heller is recruiting him to run against U.S. Sen. Harry Reid in two years. “We’ll see what he wants to do,” Heller, R-Nev., said this morning on Capitol Hill as Congress returned to session for the first time since the Nov. 4 midterms that gave Republicans a majority in the U.S. Senate. Heller said ...
Five things on Harry Reid’s to-do list before Republicans take over Congress: Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014; Starting today, Sen. Harry Reid has about six weeks left to run the U.S. Senate. And he's got a long to-do list before he hands over power to ...
What Nevada’s newest congressman has to say on Yucca Mountain, immigration and why he won: Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014; His win was arguably the biggest upset in Nevada's midterm elections. Despite being underfunded, understaffed and counted out, Republican Cresent Hardy ousted Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford to ...
Four reasons Cresent Hardy upset Rep. Steven Horsford: Friday, Nov. 7, 2014; A confluence of Goldilocks-style just-right events helped little-known Republican Assemblyman Cresent Hardy upset Democratic incumbent Horsford in the race to ...
What Republicans’ big win means for Harry Reid’s fight against Yucca Mountain: Friday, Nov. 7, 2014; Sen. Harry Reid is undeniably the nation's staunchest opponent of bringing the nation's nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain. But Republicans' overwhelming sweep in Tuesday's elections ...
Reid spokesman: ‘We got our butts kicked up and down the block’: Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014; In a night that saw Republican victories across the nation and in Nevada, Sen. Harry Reid's spokesman, Adam Jentleson, had a candid moment on Twitter ...
What you need to know this morning about Harry Reid, Democrats losing the Senate: Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014; Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid lost his title Tuesday night in a Republican sweep that ousted Democrats from power in the U.S. Senate. The Republican wave that gave the party ...
Cresent Hardy closes out surprising win over Rep. Steven Horsford: Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014; With a win that was unthinkable a month ago, Republican Assemblyman Cresent Hardy ousted Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford to represent North Las Vegas and central Nevada in the U.S. House of Representatives. Horsford conceded ...
Harry Reid, Democrats lose control of the U.S. Senate: Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2014; Nevada's Sen. Harry Reid has lost his majority leadership position after a Republican wave swept the country and knocked Democrats out of power in the U.S. Senate today. Republicans won Senate races in ...
Republicans have edge, but don’t count Harry Reid out: Monday, Nov. 3, 2014; Polls open across the country in less than 24 hours. In about 48 hours, it's possible Nevada Sen. Harry Reid will know if he still runs the Senate. The campaign to control the Senate is the defining storyline of American politics in Tuesday's midterm election, and Reid is ...
Nevada voters get a brief break from out-of-state campaign ads: Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014; Compared with 2010 and 2012, this campaign season has had few outsiders weighing in and spending big.
Challenger running Horsford ad featuring Obama in rural Nevada: Friday, Oct. 31, 2014; Rep. Steven Horsford is getting free help sharing one of his newest political ads — from Republican challenger Cresent Hardy. In an attempt to rally North Las Vegas Democrats ...
Rep. Steven Horsford, once a sure bet, fights for his political life: Friday, Oct. 31, 2014; As recently as two weeks ago, Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford appeared on his way to an easy victory in his first re-election bid to represent North Las Vegas and central Nevada in Congress. Now he's in the fight of his political ...
On the national stage, Dean Heller quietly steps out of Harry Reid’s shadow: Friday, Oct. 31, 2014; Standing on the royal blue carpet of the U.S. Senate chamber in cowboy boots, Republican Sen. Dean Heller looks every bit the Washington power broker as he swaps jokes and slaps backs with the most influential people in the city. Across the chamber, in a scene that plays out daily, Nevada's senior Sen. Harry Reid hunches ...
Vice President Joe Biden coming to Las Vegas to rally voters: Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014; Underscoring the trouble Nevada Democrats are in this election cycle, Vice President Joe Biden will be in Las Vegas on Saturday to try to get Democrats to the polls. Biden will attend ...
Sen. Harry Reid’s daughter seriously ill, undergoing surgery: Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014; U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s daughter is seriously ill, and the Senate majority leader returned to Washington, D.C., from Nevada over the weekend to be with her as she prepared to ...
What Bill Clinton’s visit to Las Vegas says about Nevada in 2014 election: Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014; Former President Bill Clinton is coming to Las Vegas today to to try to energize Nevada Democrats for the Nov. 4 election, but the high-profile visit by the party's ...
How critical is the Hispanic vote this election?: Monday, Oct. 27, 2014; We're into the final week of campaigning for this election. In just eight days, Nevada Sen. Harry Reid will know if he will still run the U.S. Senate. The campaign to control the Senate is the defining storyline of American politics in ...
With Horsford under attack, Democrats fighting back: Friday, Oct. 24, 2014; Washington Democrats are coming to a colleague’s aid after a Republican outside group decided to throw almost $1 million against the Democratic candidate in a sleepy Nevada congressional race. The House Democrats’ campaign arm is spending ...
Bill Clinton coming to Nevada to shore up Democratic support: Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014; With two weeks before the election, President Bill Clinton is planning to come to Nevada to rally Democratic support at the polls. His team isn’t yet releasing details of when, where and for how long Clinton will be in the state. But his pending trip ...
Conservative PAC buying $820,000 of TV ads aimed at Horsford: Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014; In a campaign season that’s seen just a trickle of outside spending in Nevada, a national Republican political action committee is buying a surprise wave of political ads to influence ...
Dark money could be election’s October surprise: Monday, Oct. 20, 2014; OK, it's officially crunch time. In just two weeks and one day, Nevada Sen. Harry Reid will know if he will still run the U.S. Senate. The campaign to control the Senate is the defining storyline of American politics in the Nov. 4 election, and Reid is one of the main characters. Forecasts predict ...
The stories told by the candidates’ bank accounts: Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014; Two and a half weeks out from the election, Nevada's congressional candidates are trying to send a message to voters with the amount of money they raised this summer. Nevada's federal lawmakers — and those who hope to become federal lawmakers — filed campaign finance reports ...
Steven Horsford launches campaign ads to tap into social networks: Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014; Despite not having a competitive race, Rep. Steven Horsford is taking a page from President Barack Obama's campaign playbook in his re-election campaign. The first-term Democrat is launching an ambitious ...
3 races to watch in the struggle for control of the Senate: Monday, Oct. 13, 2014; In just three weeks, Nevada Sen. Harry Reid will know if he will still run the U.S. Senate. The campaign to control the Senate is the defining storyline of American politics in the Nov. 4 election, and Reid is one of the main characters. Forecasts predict Republicans could ...
Who’s the meanest U.S. senator? Washington staffers say that’s Nevada’s Harry Reid: Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014; Congress can be a lot like high school. here are the popular kids (often the lawmakers in front of TV cameras), the hanger-oners (often the lobbyists trying to befriend said lawmakers) the nerds (often the policy-wonk staffers) and the misfits ...
What you really need to know about how minimum wage affects the economy: Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014; Will raising the minimum wage cost people their jobs or boost the economy? The answer is murky ...
Hillary Clinton rallying voters in fight for control of Senate: Monday, Oct. 6, 2014; Democrats have their own superstar this month. No surprise, it's Hillary Clinton. The former secretary of state and senator from New York will spend much of October traveling to key states in the battle for the Senate, such as Kentucky. She'll rally voters in places ...
Who’s the choice in Southern Nevada’s swing district?: Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014; Erin Bilbray is challenging Rep. Joe Heck for his seat in Washington, D.C., in one of the few districts nationally that isn’t solidly red or blue.
Why a popular Nevada lands deal got held up in Congress: Thursday, Oct. 2, 2014; When Nevadans want to change how they use the land they walk on, they often need permission from Congress. That's a fact of life when the federal government owns ...
Vice President Joe Biden to visit Las Vegas on Monday: Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014; Four weeks before the midterm elections, Vice President Joe Biden is returning to Las Vegas. Biden is scheduled ...
With ‘great team’ in place, Bilbray bullish on chances versus Heck: Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014; Despite a lack of financial support from some national Democrats and being written off by pundits, congressional candidate Erin Bilbray says she's confident she can win ...
Report: Saving sage grouse habitat smart conservation, economic policy: Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014; Hunting, fishing and hiking on federal land in Northern Nevada where the sage grouse roams is a multi-million-dollar industry that could suffer if the bird becomes an endangered species. That's according to a report released Tuesday that ...
Polls strongly favor GOP takeover of Senate: Monday, Sept. 29, 2014; Five weeks is a long time in politics because just about every week, political forecasters shift their predictions about what will happen in November. When it comes to control of the Senate, there's been a steady theme that Republicans are ...
Will Nevada falter if Harry Reid loses the Senate majority?: Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014; As much as anyone, Harry Reid is responsible for building modern-day Nevada. He has leveraged political savvy and ...
Bill settles water dispute between Nevada tribe, ranch: Friday, Sept. 26, 2014; President Barack Obama signed a bill into law today that ends an eight-year dispute over water rights for a Native American tribe in Northern Nevada. The bill ratifies an agreement between ...
Q+A: Voters’ guide for District 4 election and Steven Horsford: Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014; This November, North Las Vegas and northwestern rural voters will decide whether to re-elect their newest representative in Congress, Steven Horsford, who is the ...
Standing of women in U.S. Senate hinges on outcome of election: Monday, Sept. 22, 2014; There are a record 20 female U.S. senators, and women lead the body's negotiations on budget, spending, agriculture, environment and more. But 16 female senators are Democrats, meaning ...
Washington memo: Harry Reid kills Yucca again, Joe Heck earns a promotion: Friday, Sept. 19, 2014; After a tense two weeks in Washington, D.C., Congress wrapped up its business until the Nov. 4 elections. Lawmakers debated the U.S. role ...
Northern Nevada lands bill passes House, heads to Senate: Monday, Sept. 15, 2014; A sweeping lands bill for Northern Nevada that had a bleak outlook just a few months ago passed the House of Representatives with unanimous support Monday. Thought for dead much of this year, legislation to create ...
Expect more attacks from Dems on billionaire Koch brothers: Monday, Sept. 15, 2014; In seven weeks, Nevada Sen. Harry Reid will know if he will still run the U.S. Senate. The campaign to control the Senate is the defining storyline of American politics in the Nov. 4 election, and Reid is ...
Don’t get duped by an inaccurate poll: Sunday, Sept. 14, 2014; It matters how survey questions are phrased and who is asking them.
Q+A: Voters’ guide for the District 2 election and Mark Amodei: Friday, Sept. 12, 2014; In the midst of news of a massive Tesla factory coming to Northern Nevada, the region’s voters will decide this fall whether to re-elect ...
Nevada lawmakers react to president’s plan on Islamic extremists: Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014; As President Barack Obama laid out his plan in a speech Wednesday to counter increasingly violent Islamic extremists, Nevada's congressional lawmakers listened carefully. Underscoring the gravity of the situation, their ...
Titus wants VA benefits for same-sex couples: Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014; The scandal surrounding care of veterans at VA hospitals in Phoenix and elsewhere may have faded from the headlines, but two Nevada lawmakers spent their first few days back in Congress pushing other veterans issues. Sen. Dean Heller and Rep. Dina Titus both ...
Senate Showdown: Congress is back in session — kind of: Monday, Sept. 8, 2014; In eight weeks, Nevada Sen. Harry Reid will know if he will still run the U.S. Senate ...
Congress returns today with goal of funding U.S. government, winning re-election: Monday, Sept. 8, 2014; Congress returns today after a five-week summer break, but lawmakers’ focus will be on politics over policy as they look ahead to the Nov. 4 midterm elections. Here’s what to expect ...
Senate minority frustrated by Reid’s leadership style: Sunday, Sept. 7, 2014; Harry Reid says Republicans are uncooperative in the Senate. GOP aides hope their message — that Reid is the one unwilling to work with their party — gains traction leading up to ...
What you need to know today about Nevada’s deal with Tesla: Friday, Sept. 5, 2014; It’s one of the largest tax-breaks-for-your-business deals in history. Gov. Brian Sandoval announced Thursday ...