All posts tagged "Senate"

(Derek Draplin) – With majorities in both chambers of Nevada’s legislature, Democrats in the state were able...

(Derek Draplin) – Nevada lawmakers passed an open records reform bill in the final hours of the...

(Emily Cahn, Roll Call) – As Republicans look to defend their newfound Senate majority in 2016, early television...

(Niels Lesniewski, Roll Call) – In a pair of losses for conservatives, the Senate voted overwhelmingly Sunday to revive...

(Steven Dennis, Roll Call) – The Senate broke a logjam late Wednesday to advance a bipartisan highway bill despite several top Democrats voting to filibuster the package. The vote caught many senators by surprise. Sens. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore,. were warming up for the Washington Kastles Charity Classic when they got word...

(Steven Dennis of Roll Call) – No Child Left Behind is a step closer to a major overhaul...

(Laura Myers of Las Vegas Review-Journal) – And then there were … plenty of people who might run for retiring U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s Senate seat. But not former U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., U.S. Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev., or the senator’s son, Rory Reid. Each said on Tuesday they have no interest...

Thomas Mitchell/4TH ST8) When the debate turns into a cacophony of noise and people seem to be shouting over each other with arguments that twist and turn in upon themselves and degrade into mere name calling, it is time to return to the original concepts and reread the original text to grasp...