A bipartisan bill to provide incentives for businesses to hire military veterans attending institutions of higher education was filed in the Senate on Tuesday.
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Legislation to recognize the contributions of school employees and filed by a Nevada lawmaker passed the House on Monday.
Former Republican lawmakers and a bipartisan group of past national security officials criticized President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration on the eve of a House vote to terminate the president’s plan to circumvent Congress.
After weeks of sparring over President Donald Trumps plan to build a wall along the Southwest border, the fight resumes this week in Congress.
Nevada Rep. Steven Horsford was tapped Tuesday by House Democratic leadership to serve as a senior Whip to help shape policy and messaging on issues before the 116th Congress.
The White House said President Donald Trump will sign a $333 billion bipartisan spending bill passed by Congress on Thursday, but also will declare a national emergency because the legislation does not include money to build a border wall.
Federal officials held a classified background briefing Thursday on the secret plutonium transfer to Nevada — a closed-door meeting with the state’s congressional delegation that left lawmakers frustrated over the lack of answers.
With a deadline looming and President Donald Trump weighing options, Nevada federal employees were in the nation’s capital Wednesday to urge Congress and the White House to avoid another painful shutdown.
Rep. Susie Lee of Nevada has joined a bipartisan group of House lawmakers that seeks common ground to break political gridlock and produce legislative results.
Baseball star Bryce Harper remains on the free agent market, but the outfielder has one fan hoping he returns to the Washington Nationals where the Las Vegas slugger has played since he was drafted with a No. 1 pick in 2010.
During his 30 years in the Senate, former Nevada Sen. Harry Reid was revered by Democrats and reviled by Republicans.
President Donald Trump called for unity in tackling legislative priorities as he delivered a State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday against the backdrop of deep political division over the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
President Donald Trump is set to deliver his State of the Union speech to Congress on Tuesday and isexpected to make his case for a proposed border wall, a polarizing issue that prompted a partial government shutdown, aswell as lay out his vision on foreign affairs and legislative priorities.
Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen has been assigned to Senate subcommittees that can advance legislation and provide oversight for federal programs with a direct impact on the state’s interests.
Nevada’s congressional delegation pushed for classified briefings Friday from the Department of Energy over a secret plutonium shipment to a site north of Las Vegas that the federal government says occurred before the state filed a lawsuit to block the toxic transfer.
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