Blogs: Politics: The Early Line

Berkley, Titus join Biden at dinner for Greek Orthodox Church leader

By Lisa Mascaro · November 5, 2009 · 12:16 PM

WASHINGTON — When the vice president opened his home to the Ecumenical Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church this week, Nevada’s Democratic Reps. Shelley Berkley and Dina Titus joined for dinner.

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Health care debate set to take center stage

By Lisa Mascaro · November 2, 2009 · 10:13 AM

WASHINGTON – Greetings, Early Liners and let the floor debate begin. The House health care bill debate could begin this week as leaders hope to have the revised bill introduced by Tuesday, which tees up a 72-hour posting before a vote that Roll Call says could come as soon as Friday.

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Health care, climate change on front burner in D.C.

By Lisa Mascaro · October 26, 2009 · 9:40 AM

WASHINGTON — Greetings, Early Liners. Today just might be the day so many have been waiting for, as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is expected to finish crafting the Senate’s health care bill and send it over to the green shades for a price estimate.

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Progressive group wants tougher stand from Harry Reid

By Lisa Mascaro · October 19, 2009 · 10:52 AM

WASHINGTON -- Greetings, Early Liners. No sooner did Sen. Harry Reid launch TV ads in his 2010 re-election bid than a progressive group has announced it will begin running ads ...

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Dina Titus to host health care town hall meeting

By Lisa Mascaro · October 16, 2009 · 10:16 AM

WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Dina Titus will do this week what most Nevada lawmakers ably avoided during the long hot summer of Tea Party protests: She will host an open town hall forum on health care on Monday.

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Dina Titus appointed to defense bill committee

By Lisa Mascaro · October 7, 2009 · 5 PM

WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Dina Titus continues to expand her reach on the Hill, having been appointed today as one of the conferees to negotiate the final version of a massive defense bill.

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Health care reform on agenda; John Ensign’s ‘50-50’ chance

By Lisa Mascaro · October 5, 2009 · 9:52 AM

WASHINGTON — Greetings, Early Liners. Doctors decked out in white coats filled the Rose Garden this morning as President Barack Obama welcomed physicians from 50 states to the White House to discuss health care reform.

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Sen. Joe Heck ‘seriously considering’ run against Dina Titus

By Lisa Mascaro · September 29, 2009 · 9:26 AM

WASHINGTON — Former Republican state Sen. Joe Heck is “seriously considering” dropping out of the governor’s race to challenge Democratic Rep. Dina Titus for Southern Nevada’s congressional seat in Washington.

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New York Times highlights Harry Reid’s health care efforts

By Lisa Mascaro · September 29, 2009 · 8:48 AM

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s efforts to secure a better deal for Nevada in the health care reform legislation, which we wrote about last week, is highlighted in today’s New York Times.

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Titus loses competition, Reid catches ACORN flak

By Lisa Mascaro · September 28, 2009 · 10:34 AM

WASHINGTON — Greetings, Early Liners. The big political news in Nevada this week, if you have not yet heard, is that Republican John Guedry has dropped his bid to unseat Democratic Rep. Dina Titus in the Southern Nevada congressional district next year.

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