George H.W. Bush, a patrician New Englander whose presidency soared with the coalition victory over Iraq in Kuwait, but then plummeted in the throes of a weak economy that led voters to turn him out of office after a single term, has died. He was 94.
A Nevada lawmaker urged House leaders not to allow any last-minute funding requests to be slipped into a final spending bill that would revive the licensing process for a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain.
Nevada’s Sen. Dean Heller was recognized for his public service on Thursday by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who spoke about the Republican lawmaker’s legislative record and achievements during two terms in office.
House Democrats emerged from behind closed doors Wednesday with new party leaders for the 116th Congress.
Lawmakers return to work this week to wrap of the legislative year with a spending bill that President Donald Trump has vowed to veto if it doesn’t include border wall funding.
A federal helicopter roundup of wild horses in eastern Nevada will begin Monday, one of many that has drawn criticism in recent years by lawmakers who advocate for other means to reduce the number of the iconic animals on public lands in the West.
A House Ethics Committee report released Friday found that Rep. Ruben Kihuen of Nevada violated the congressional code of conduct with unwanted verbal and physical advances to two women during his campaign for Congress.
A diverse House freshman class gathered Wednesday on the steps of the Capitol for a bipartisan assembly and photograph before the lawmakers splinter into their respective party corners.
Jacky Rosen of Nevada and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona, were in Senate chambers Tuesday with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to usher in a new era of the “Women of the West.”
Nevada’s new congressional delegation mirrors the new face of Congress following the election of an historic number of women and minorities in the House and Senate.
