Nevada officials, with the help of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, turned away efforts to put money behind efforts to re-start the licensing process for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository.
Gary Martin
Former Review-Journal Washington Bureau Reporter
Congressional supporters of the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository are expected to try on Tuesday to put money toward getting a license for the facility.
House Democrats made a preemptive strike Thursday to block the Trump administration from shifting money for military projects to construction of a Southwest border wall.
A Senate committee approved a bill by Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen that would offer incentives for young women to study science, engineering, technology and math.
A House bill stripped $116 million requested by President Trump to get a license to build the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, 90 miles north of Las Vegas.
Energy Secretary Rick Perry confirmed he’d agreed to a timetable to remove a half-metric ton of plutonium that was covertly shipped to Nevada.
Nevada Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen told Energy Secretary Rick Perry on Friday they expect him to live up to an agreement to remove plutonium from the Nevada National Security Site, starting in 2021.
Nevada’s freshman Democratic senator makes a powerful pitch for Congress to take immediate action to defend the constitutionality of the remaining parts of Obamacare.
Nevada senators and Energy Secretary Rick Perry will visit the Nevada National Security Site on Friday as part of a deal to remove weapons-grade plutonium from the state.
After the White House invoked executive privilege over the Mueller report, the House Judiciary Committee voted to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the special counsel investigation is over, but the Democratically controlled House is moving to continue the investigation into President Donald Trump.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler on Monday scheduled a vote Wednesday to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress, escalating the battle between the Democrat-led House and President Donald Trump’s administration.
A concentrated effort in Congress to address the growing national stockpile of nuclear waste is underway and Nevada is bracing for a wave of new legislation and efforts to bury radioactive materials in the desert north of Las Vegas.
Attorney General William Barr pushed back Wednesday at complaints from Robert Mueller over his handling of the Russia investigation report, leveling his own criticism at the special counsel.
A showdown with the House awaits this week, but Attorney General William Barr will first appear Wednesday before a Senate panel about his handling of the special counsel report released this month.