New Nevada lawmakers sworn into divided Congress

Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013 | 11:52 a.m.

Washington — Nevada now officially has six representatives in Congress, after the new members of the 113th Congress were officially sworn in Thursday afternoon. New Democratic Reps. Steven Horsford, from the 4th Congressional District, and Dina Titus, from the 1st Congressional District, took the oath of office on the floor of the House with the rest of the members en masse. Incumbent Republican Reps. Mark Amodei and Joe Heck also participated in the re-swearing in. Horsford was elected to Nevada's newest congressional district, created during reapportionment last year. Sens. Harry Reid and Dean Heller took their oaths in the noon hour, escorting ...

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By boftx

Jan. 3, 2013

1:23 p.m.

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Sounds like Harry is getting ready to use the nuclear option in anticipation of having four years to ram what he wants down everyone's throats. And if he retires after this term, he won't have to worry about paybacks, either.

I think that would be a risky move.