Monday, June 1, 2009 | 10:44 a.m.
WASHINGTON -- Greetings, Early Liners. Congress returns to work in Washington and the legislative session closes in Carson City after the weekend’s historic veto-fest – or make that veto-override fest.
Our colleague J.Patrick Coolican’s Sunday story examines vetopalooza in the context of a governor unlike any other in the state’s modern memory – one whose disengagement with the legislative process saw a record-breaking amount of vetoes, half of which were overturned (often on bipartisan votes).
Back in Washington, Congress begins the long summer of energy and health policy reform, teeing up floor votes on the biggest items of President Barack Obama’s agenda.
Nevada’s lawmakers will be weighing in as their committees (Finance for Sen. John Ensign) and (Ways & Means for Reps. Shelley Berkley and Dean Heller) take on the bills.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid may face low polls at home, but his job is safe in Iowa. Ensign is making a campaign-like swing through the state today that has fueled speculation about his presidential aspirations in 2010. But the rising Republican told the Sun recently he has “zero ambition to be majority leader.”
Many good reads, as always, in the weekend papers:
- Michael Mishak’s continues his Q & A series with some of the nation’s top labor leaders, with this dispatch on Unite Here president John Wilhelm.
- Timothy Pratt on the immigration debate unfolding in Congress.
- Coolican on the lessons Republicans nationally can learn from the party’s centrist swing in Nevada.
That’s all for now. Check back often for the latest in Nevada political news.
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