Nevada lawmakers tried to create a new roadblock to transforming Yucca Mountain into a nuclear waste repository on Thursday by introducing bills in the House and Senate that would require the government to study alternative uses of the site.
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The move was seen as an effort to calm the wave of criticism unleashed over Rep. Ilhan Omar’s remarks criticizing Israel, which fractured the Democratic caucus and set off a furor that party leaders have struggled to contain.