- What will Harry Reid’s life after Senate leadership look like in 2017?
- Monday, June 22, 2015
- Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid says he has no plans for what he’ll do after he retires from Congress in January 2017. “I don’t know what I’m doing to do,” Reid said. “I’m not really worried much about it.” With 30 years of experience as a U.S. senator, eight of them as Senate majority leader, Reid has options. If he follows in the footsteps of his former colleagues, these are some of the moves he might consider ...
- Harry Reid: Raise the cap to allow more rooftop solar
- Thursday, May 14, 2015
- The cap limiting how many homeowners in Nevada can provide solar power to the energy grid is “way too low,” said U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, the Democratic minority leader. Reid’s comments are the first from ...
- Reid renews push to ban online gaming, maybe even poker
- Monday, May 11, 2015
- Online poker is legal and up and running in Nevada. Poker and other online gambling is legal in New Jersey and Delaware, with at least 10 more states considering joining in ...
- Free trade divides top Democrats: Obama vs. Reid
- Monday, May 11, 2015
- Obama is trying to work around Reid to get two trade deals approved by Congress, one with 12 Asian-Pacific countries and another with Europe. Reid opposes both. “I have never, ever, in my 33 years in Congress, supported a trade agreement, and I’m not going to start now,” Reid said last month. “It puts us at a disadvantage. So the answer is not only no, but hell no.” It’s likely, however, the deal will progress despite Reid’s objections ...
- Obama considering another national monument in Nevada
- Thursday, May 7, 2015
- "I am appalled and deeply concerned," Republican Rep. Cresent Hardy said. Hardy's office obtained a draft of the president's proclamation to set aside land in ...
- Heller pushes for audit of VA backlogs
- Wednesday, May 6, 2015
- "This isn't a witch hunt," Heller said. "We want to assist the VA." The audit is the senators' latest push in a years-long process to try to cut down on claims backlogs of more than ...
- Las Vegas philanthropist might try to unseat Rep. Joe Heck
- Monday, April 27, 2015
- At the urging of national Democrats, Las Vegas philanthropist Susie Lee is seriously considering challenging Rep. Joe Heck in one of Congress’ last true swing districts. Democrats believe ...
- The GOP hopefuls and the billionaire donor: How their views align
- Friday, April 24, 2015
- In today’s political age, when candidates take a stand on an issue, they have to consider more than just how their views will play with voters. Politicians often have to weigh how their policies will go over with billionaire donors who can buoy or sink campaigns. That's because a 2010 Supreme Court decision lifted major pieces of campaign finance law and opened the door for billionaires to spend unlimited amounts of money influencing campaigns ...
- Heck doing ‘due diligence’ to look at run for Senate
- Thursday, April 23, 2015
- Rep. Joe Heck is a popular choice for Nevada Republicans to challenge Sen. Harry Reid's chosen successor, former Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto, but he has maintained he's not interested. Now he says he's "talking about it" with ...
- Democrat Lucy Flores seeking Cresent Hardy’s seat in Congress
- Wednesday, April 22, 2015
- Lucy Flores, a former Nevada assemblywoman and candidate for lieutenant governor, is running for Nevada’s open seat in Congress. “Hardworking people deserve ...
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