U.S. Sen. Harry Reid will undergo surgery Monday to help restore full vision in his right eye, which he injured earlier this month while exercising, according to his office. Reid found out after ...
President Barack Obama laid out an ambitious vision for the country for his last two years in office, and Nevada's lawmakers were split down party lines about whether that's a good thing ...
President Barack Obama proposed a bevy of ideas in his second-to-last State of the Union address on Tuesday, some of which don't require the approval of the Republican-dominated Congress. Here's what Obama proposed that could immediately affect Nevadans ...
Sen. Harry Reid returned to work today on Capitol Hill, 20 days after an exercise injury in which he broke bones and at least temporarily lost vision in his right eye. The Nevada Democrat and Senate minority leader ...
Nevada's six congressional lawmakers will be listening closely to what the president says in his second-to-last State of the Union address — and they'll be sure to give their opinions afterward. But what if Nevada's representatives in Congress had a chance to ...
Congress' second week of the year had a slightly more contentious tone than its first. Here's a recap on what happened with Sen. Reid's exercise accident, Sen. Heller's flurry of bills, and Rep. Dina Titus, a Democrat, standing alone among ...
Nevada’s three House Republicans bucked most of their party today and voted to keep the president’s 2012 immigration action in place, then voted to stop Obama from ...
In its first week back, there was one thing virtually all of Congress could agree on: Las Vegas casinos and other large commercial businesses should be protected financially from a major terrorist attack. A bill to restart a federal program helping to do just that passed the new Republican Congress last week and was signed into law by President Barack Obama on Tuesday. The legislation renews a 2002 federal program that ...
For a new Congressman, there is plenty to do in the first few weeks on the job. There are two offices in two states to set up, a staff to hire, ethics rules to learn and underground tunnels to find ...
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid has temporarily lost vision in his right eye and is under doctor’s orders to stay home after a New Year’s Day exercise accident in which he broke several ribs and bones in his face. In an interview ...
The first week of Congress is a little bit like the first week of school: Nervous excitement, getting lost in the hallways and a pause before the real work begins ...
Sen. Harry Reid will miss the first day of the 114th Congress after breaking several ribs and bones in his face and suffering a concussion in a fall while exercising over the holidays. He’ll work from his home in Washington, D.C., according to a statement his staff sent 30 minutes before the new Congress was ...
As a new Congress convenes today, Sen. Harry Reid finds himself in the Senate minority for the first time in eight years. His actions over the next few weeks could set the tone for the next ...
Sen. Harry Reid was released from a Las Vegas hospital today after he broke "a number of ribs and bones in his face," according to statements from his office. The Nevada Democrat ...
To understand the pinnacle of Sen. Harry Reid's career, let's go back nine years, to Election Day 2006. Senate Democrats were on the verge of taking control of the Senate for the first time since 2001. Reid, their leader, watched election results anxiously with close aides and fellow senators from a suite in the Capitol Hill Hyatt. When one of their most endangered candidates, Claire McCaskill, won a hard-fought race in Missouri, Reid jumped ...
Tax breaks and lands bills got the OK and Yucca Mountain got another stiff-arm during the lame-duck session of Congress, but Nevada lawmakers didn't get everything ...
Nevada’s reaction to President Obama’s announcement on re-establishing diplomatic relations with Cuba has been mixed. Some expressed concern over Obama’s efforts to weaken the country’s embargo against Cuba, while others ...
Count Nevada Sen. Dean Heller among Senate Republicans frustrated at the antics of colleague Ted Cruz, who kept the Senate open Saturday and allowed Sen. Harry Reid to ...
When President Barack Obama gave Astrid Silva a shout-out last month, he did more than put a face on his new immigration plan. He helped thrust Silva, and her home state of Nevada, into ...
New employers and an infusion of economic activity are among the gains that Las Vegas could see from several lands bills in Congress. But if conservative Republicans have their way ...
To call attention to political causes, Americans have done everything from dumping tea in Boston Harbor to occupying Wall Street. Now, a group of miners in Yerington is taking its own approach by shaving half of ...
As Congress tries to wrap two years of work into about two weeks, extending unemployment benefits for long-term unemployed Americans won’t be on lawmakers’ to-do list. A majority of lawmakers don’t feel the need to ...
With the White House needing Senate approval to fill a host of federal posts, Republicans are wondering whether to adopt a rule used by their nemesis they vilified as ...
Astrid Silva, Las Vegas' now famous immigration activist, introduces President Barack Obama. "This announcement will change so many lives, including my own," Silva says.
When President Barack Obama stands on the stage at a Las Vegas high school today and rallies support for his immigration policies, Sen. Harry Reid will be right by the president's side. And he wants to make sure you ...
Seated in the posh lobby of the Capitol Hill Hotel just blocks away from the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, Cresent Hardy was tired, but excited. Nevada's newest member of Congress was in the middle of a whirlwind seven days of orientation ...
President Barack Obama is coming to Las Vegas on Friday to shore up support for action he's taking without Congress to reform the nation's immigration system. The White House confirmed ...
Even before Erin Bilbray announced her campaign for Congress in July 2013, Washington Democrats rolled out the red carpet for her. The talented, connected and telegenic Nevada Democrat captured ...
Rep. Steven Horsford isn’t ruling out a comeback. In one of Nevada’s biggest political upsets this November, the first-term Democrat lost the congressional seat to represent North Las Vegas and central Nevada to ...
When Republicans take the helm of the Senate in January, Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada will lead Democrats' strategy in the minority party. Reid was elected by his colleagues Thursday to stay on as leader of Senate Democrats for the next two years. He was approved by secret ballot in a nearly four-hour meeting where senators had a constructive discussion about what ...
Sen. Dean Heller failed in his ambitious bid to lead the Republican Senate’s 2016 campaign strategy. Heller’s Republican colleagues voted by secret ballot today on ...
He's only Senate majority leader for two more months. Thursday, Sen. Harry Reid will know if his Democratic colleagues will keep him as minority leader when the new Congress starts in January. Reid must hand over control ...
In his first public speech since the Nov. 4 election that swept Republicans into power across the country, Sen. Harry Reid promised to work with the new U.S. Senate majority. "Senate Democrats are ready to work in good faith ...
His win was arguably the biggest upset in Nevada's midterm elections. Despite being underfunded, understaffed and counted out, Republican Cresent Hardy ousted Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford to ...
Sen. Harry Reid is undeniably the nation's staunchest opponent of bringing the nation's nuclear waste to Yucca Mountain. But Republicans' overwhelming sweep in Tuesday's elections ...
In a night that saw Republican victories across the nation and in Nevada, Sen. Harry Reid's spokesman, Adam Jentleson, had a candid moment on Twitter ...
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid lost his title Tuesday night in a Republican sweep that ousted Democrats from power in the U.S. Senate. The Republican wave that gave the party ...
With a win that was unthinkable a month ago, Republican Assemblyman Cresent Hardy ousted Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford to represent North Las Vegas and central Nevada in the U.S. House of Representatives. Horsford conceded ...
Nevada's Sen. Harry Reid has lost his majority leadership position after a Republican wave swept the country and knocked Democrats out of power in the U.S. Senate today. Republicans won Senate races in ...
Polls open across the country in less than 24 hours. In about 48 hours, it's possible Nevada Sen. Harry Reid will know if he still runs the Senate. The campaign to control the Senate is the defining storyline of American politics in Tuesday's midterm election, and Reid is ...
Rep. Steven Horsford is getting free help sharing one of his newest political ads — from Republican challenger Cresent Hardy. In an attempt to rally North Las Vegas Democrats ...
Standing on the royal blue carpet of the U.S. Senate chamber in cowboy boots, Republican Sen. Dean Heller looks every bit the Washington power broker as he swaps jokes and slaps backs with the most influential people in the city. Across the chamber, in a scene that plays out daily, Nevada's senior Sen. Harry Reid hunches ...
As recently as two weeks ago, Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford appeared on his way to an easy victory in his first re-election bid to represent North Las Vegas and central Nevada in Congress. Now he's in the fight of his political ...
Underscoring the trouble Nevada Democrats are in this election cycle, Vice President Joe Biden will be in Las Vegas on Saturday to try to get Democrats to the polls. Biden will attend ...
U.S. Sen. Harry Reid’s daughter is seriously ill, and the Senate majority leader returned to Washington, D.C., from Nevada over the weekend to be with her as she prepared to ...