Chuck Muth

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  Politics Daily: Can Sue Lowden Knock Out Fightin’ Harry Reid?

  I have been around enough campaigns to know that you can usually identify the front-runner as the candidate who gets attacked first. If that rule of thumb applies in Nevada, then Majority Leader Harry Reid must figure he’d really have his hands full with former Republican state senator Sue Lowden. Read more…

  Chuck Muth November 19, 2009
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  Politico: AG Eric Holder Dodges Ensign in Vegas

  Attorney General Eric Holder had a problem. During a trip last month to Nevada, Holder was scheduled to stand on stage with the state’s two senators, Democrat Harry Reid and Republican John Ensign, at an event in Las Vegas. But Holder’s appearance at the Oct. 17 Anti-Defamation League dinner came shortly after...

  Chuck Muth November 19, 2009
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  Air America: C Street House and Ensign Haven is Now 34% Church, 66% Taxable

  It’s official: the C Street house is no longer tax exempt. Never has there been so much excitement about a tax story as that surrounding the DC house owned and operated by the super-secretive “Family.” According to the Washington Post, the house became partially taxable as of August 1, following a city...

  Chuck Muth November 19, 2009
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  LV Sun: City approves more funding for Las Vegas mob museum

  The Las Vegas City Council took another step forward this morning on building a mob museum in the city’s downtown. And they also heard it is still on track to be open to the public in a little more than a year in the historic federal office building and post office building...

  Chuck Muth November 19, 2009
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  Cali Healthline: Reid Releases Senate Health Care Reform Bill, CBO Cost Estimate

  On Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) unveiled his chamber’s health care reform bill, which would cost $848 billion over 10 years and provide health insurance to 31 million more people, according to a preliminary estimate report from the Congressional Budget Office, the Washington Post reports. CBO projects that the bill...

  Chuck Muth November 19, 2009
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  Peter Roff: Reid, Pelosi Stuck On Healthcare While Jobs Issue Grows More Urgent

  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s pivot from healthcare to jobs was not quite as smooth as she had hoped. Buffeted by increases in the unemployment figures in the weeks and months since the stimulus bill passed and was signed into law, the Democrats had hoped to have a healthcare bill to talk about...

  Chuck Muth November 19, 2009
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  Watchdog.org Releases District by (Phantom) District Stimulus Guide

  (Franklin Center) – Watchdog.org has prepared the nation’s first state-by-state investigation into the phantom districts that have received more than $6.4 billion in stimulus funds. Jim Scarantino of New Mexico Watchdog first alerted the nation of the troubling findings on Recovery.org. His investigation into stimulus payments courtesy of the American Recovery and...

  Chuck Muth November 19, 2009
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  GOP Meeting: Ralston and Impeachment and Wire Taps….Oh, My!

  (NN&V Staff) – Rumors of an attempted impeachment of officers at the Clark County Republican Party Central Committee meeting Tuesday evening at The Orleans proved to be unfounded. The meeting was orderly, beginning with a prayer, the pledge of allegiance, a Call to Order, and welcoming comments by party chairman Richard Scotti....

  Chuck Muth November 19, 2009
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  Going RINO Hunting

  (Mark Noonan) – We noted on the 14th that Senate Minority Leader Bill Raggio – alleged Republican – is now threatened with a recall initiative. Seems the good people of Raggio’s district are angry that Raggio ran on an anti-tax platform, and then proved instrumental in raising taxes over Governor Gibbon’s veto....

  Chuck Muth November 19, 2009
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  EXCLUSIVE: Qualifications? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Qualifications

  (Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – Questions are being raised about whether the head of the Nevada Division of Child and Family Services is qualified for her job, but the performance of Diane Comeaux, appointed as administrator in June 2008, is being defended by her boss and lawmakers. An individual interviewed by the...

  Chuck Muth November 19, 2009
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  Alice in Raggioland

  (Chuck Muth) - Sen. Bill Raggio and lobbyist Greg Ferraro cloistered in a hotel suite on primary...

  Chuck Muth November 19, 2009
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  McNaught Launches Bid with a Bang

  (Chuck Muth) – While candidates up and down the ballot are complaining about Mother Hubbard’s fundraising cupboard being bare, Republican state senate candidate Patrick McNaught kicked off his campaign for the District 12 seat with a bang last night at the M. McNaught is seeking to replace Sen. Warren Hardy (R-Clark County)...

  Chuck Muth November 18, 2009
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  Gibbons Says He Will Hold Off On Special Session If At All Possible

  (Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – Gov. Jim Gibbons said today he continues to evaluate whether a special session of the Legislature will be needed to balance the state budget, but added he will avoid such a costly move if possible. Gibbons said he can borrow money authorized to be spent next fiscal...

  Chuck Muth November 18, 2009