A last-ditch Republican bill to repeal Obamacare was still short of GOP votes Monday and faced increased opposition from Democrats like Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, who said the legislation would take Nevada “backwards.”
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Republicans and Democrats unveiled starkly different health care reform bills Wednesday, underscoring the deep partisan divide on Capitol Hill that will likely keep both pieces of legislation from becoming law.
Controversial lawman Joe Arpaio will give the keynote address at a conservative gathering in Las Vegas.
Democrats are charging the Trump administration of using a politically driven process to undermine protections to public lands as environmental groups gird for a legal battle to stop the shrinking of national monuments under review — including two in Nevada.
Interior Department, White House remain mum on what actions the secretary recommended after his review of 22 national monuments created since Jan. 1, 1996, including Gold Butte and Basin and Range in Nevada.
But Interior secretary says he will urge changes in the boundaries of a handful of the monuments he reviewed, while declining to provide specifics of his report to President Donald Trump.
Echoes of the war that U.S. forces fought and won against Nazi Germany rang out in Reno on Wednesday. This time, it was a culture war waged against hate with protests, Twitter hashtags and chants. Along the way, memories of fathers and grandfathers who fought more than seven decades ago were invoked.
Most presidents try not to feud with members of Congress from their own party. But President Donald Trump is known for shredding the rule book, so why would congressional etiquette be any different?
Thursday is the due date for the Trump Administration’s national monument review, but it’s unclear when the public will get to see Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s full slate of recommendations.
Trump will speak at the American Legion’s national convention in Reno, said a Republican source familiar with his plans. The event will be Trump’s first trip to Nevada as president.