President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will start with visits to Las Vegas and Georgia to sell the $1.9 trillion coronavirus rescue package.
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Gary Martin is the Washington correspondent for the Review-Journal covering Congress. He previously served as political and government editor for the San Antonio Express-News. He has worked at newspapers in Texas and Arizona. Martin received a journalism degree from Colorado State University.
President Joe Biden said there will be enough coronavirus vaccines to get every adult American vaccinated in time for Fourth of July barbecues this summer.
The $1.9 trillion economic recovery package was given final approval by the House on Wednesday morning along mostly a party-line vote, 220-211.
The $1.9T economic recovery package includes more than $4.5B for Nevada, local government, schools, mass transit and McCarran International Airport. Final House passage and President Biden’s signature are expected Wednesday.
The Senate voted 50-49 to pass the massive bill that includes $350 billion for states and cities, including more than $4 billion for Nevada.
As Nevada senators move to fill two emergency vacancies on Nevada’s federal bench, state Judge Jennifer Togliatti may get a second chance at serving.
A Clark County lands bill filed Wednesday would set aside 2 million acres for wilderness protection, expand Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area and provide land for development and affordable housing.
Legislation that would require the federal government to receive consent from state, local and tribal entities before constructing a permanent repository for nuclear waste was filed in the House on Tuesday by Democrat Dina Titus of Nevada.
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore. and Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nev., filed legislation Monday that would help modernize the state unemployment systems to more efficiently respond if a similar type of future disaster hit the country or a specific region.
The $570 million Emergency Federal Leave Plan would provide up to 600 hours of paid leave to federal civil workers who have no sick time remaining, but need time off to care for themselves or others due to illness and school closures caused by the coronavirus.
The bill would provide $1,400 checks to individuals and send more than $4 billion to the state of Nevada, its counties and cities hard hit by the pandemic.
The Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to confirm former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm to be the secretary of the Department of Energy.
Lawmakers from the District of Columbia and Maryland again filed a bill Wednesday to remove a plaque honoring a former Nevada senator who voiced ardent white supremacist views.
Nevada Rep. Dina Titus was named Wednesday as co-chair of both the Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus and the Congressional Gaming Caucus.
President Joe Biden’s historic pick for Interior Secretary, Debra Haaland faced a grilling from senators who represent energy-producing states during a contentious hearing Tuesday.