All posts tagged "Mark Amodei"

(Thomas Mitchell/4TH ST8) It is now painfully obvious why Harry Reid won’t take time to try to advance legislation that would create jobs for Nevadans — like Rep. Mark Amodei’s bill to sell federal land to Yerington to enhance a copper mine project and create as many as 800 well paying jobs....

(Reno, NV) – A dozen business owners shared their frustration with Congressman Mark Amodei (R-NV) this week about this economy and how the actions of the Obama Administration are impacting their business. Then Congressman Amodei expressed his frustration that Congress, and specifically the Senate, is not taking action to fix this economy...

  (Thomas Mitchell/4TH ST8) Not only is Harry Reid determined to kill jobs in Nevada by replacing them with overpriced, underperforming “green” energy power plants, he is now willing to block the creation of well-paying mining jobs in order to demand a pound of flesh for his enviro buddies. According to the...

(Washington, DC) – After calling on Congress to pass the Stolen Valor Act of 2011 which seeks to make it a crime to knowingly benefit from lying about military service or awards, Congressman Joe Heck (NV-03) today applauded the House Judiciary Committee for passing H.R. 1775, the Stolen Valor Act of 2011, which...

(Thomas Mitchell/4TH ST8) Who’d’ve taken soft-spoken, polite-to-a-fault, in Congress-only-nine-months Rep. Mark Amodei for a triple-play threat. In one simple declarative statement released via email Wednesday, Amodei wove in just-beneath-the-surface nuances that stabbed fellow Democratic Rep. Shelley Berkley in the back, stroked fellow Republican Sen. Dean Heller and tweaked the upturned, imperious nose...

(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 4039, the Yerington Land Conveyance and Sustainable Development Act, the first piece of legislation introduced by Rep. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., since taking office after a special election in September 2011. The measure, as title IX of the Conservation and Economic...

(Thomas Mitchell/4TH ST8) The Utah Legislature has approved legislation demanding that the federal government cede certain federally controlled lands to the state. A resolution accompanying the bill says such things as: “WHEREAS, the enabling acts of the new states west of the original colonies established the terms upon which all such states...

(Washington, DC) – As he continues working to improve the economy and get southern Nevada working again, Congressman Joe Heck (R-NV-03) today applauded the Natural Resources Committee’s passage of H.R. 2512, The Three Kids Mine Remediation and Reclamation Act. The legislation, introduced by Rep. Heck in July, would allow the City of Henderson...

(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – Former U.S. Sen. and Nevada governor Richard Bryan today described Rep. Mark Amodei’s recent comments about Yucca Mountain not being dead as a site to dispose of the nation’s nuclear waste was as “unfortunate.” “The great majority of Nevadans, dating back more than 30 years ago when I...

NN&V Exclusive (Lori Piotrowski) - It’s official. Mark Amodei trounced Kate Marshall. The nebulous “they” said it couldn’t...

(Sean Whaley/Nevada News Bureau) – Secretary of State Ross Miller is seeking more than half a million dollars from a legislative contingency fund to pay the counties for the cost of the Sept. 13 special election in the 2nd Congressional District. The request for $539,137 from the Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee Contingency...

(Michael Chamberlain/Nevada Business Coalition) – In their first joint appearance since being nominated by their parties, former State Senator Mark Amodei and current State Treasurer Kate Marshall appeared at the Nevada Subcontractors Association annual meeting. At the NSA’s last annual gathering gubernatorial candidates Rory Reid and Brian Sandoval engaged in an impromptu...

(Lori Piotrowski) – Last Thursday, July 28, more than 70 members of the Southern Hills Republican Women’s...