Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell failed to bring the nomination of Judge Jennifer Togliatti to the Senate floor for a confirmation vote.
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A little known provision in the sweeping $900 billion relief package approved by Congress contains a two-year tax exemption credit for solar energy producers, a rising industry in Nevada, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto said.
The House easily passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package Monday night that would finally deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and resources to vaccinate a nation confronting a frightening surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths.
House and Senate negotiators nailed down a $900 billion coronavirus relief package Sunday after a compromise was reached on several outstanding items.
Nevada’s political power in the House increased Thursday when Rep. Susie Lee of Nevada was placed on the powerful House Appropriations Committee, which controls the purse strings that fund the federal government.
The Interior Department oversees public land and resources in Nevada and other Western states.
The U.S. Senate on Friday overwhelmingly passed a defense bill with more than enough votes to override a veto threatened by President Trump.
A $742 billion defense spending bill has funding for several projects important to Nevada, but faces a veto threat from President Trump for other reasons.
House and Senate lawmakers will vote this week on a one-week temporary spending bill to keep the government open, as Nevada representatives push for relief in a final legislative package.
Lawmakers have rushed to introduce legislation before the end of the current Congress that would halt taxpayer-sponsored testing by the Veterans Affairs Department on cats and kittens.