Image by talkradionews via Flickr Today, the Senate, in a 68-31 vote confirmed the appointment of Associate Justice to the Supreme Court Sonya Sotomayor. Senator Reid voted in the affirmative, and Senator Ensign, as expected, toed the GOP line and voted against
The house passed HR2749, Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 today by recorded vote: 283 – 142 (Roll no. 680). Representative Heller voted NO, while Representatives Titus and Berkeley voted YES. Passage of this bill represents the first major changes to food-safety
Over the past few weeks, individuals and groups have come together in a community-wide effort to stop the progress of the Jungo Disposal Site. They’re working together to get a website up and running and are excited to announce the naming of their new group – Nevadans
HR 3269 Corporate and Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act of 2009 is out of committe in the house and ready for a floor vote as early as Friday. Write your Congressman and express your views. I’ll be writing to ask for an
Promoted by the Pickens Plan, HR 1835 now has 75 co-sponsors in the house (mostly democratic, but none of whom are from Nevada). This energy bill would amend the Internal Revenue Code to: Allow an excise tax credit through 2027 for alternative
The House Committee on Energy and Commerce has prepared district-level analyses of the impact of the legislation, for each member of the house. Each analysis includes information on the impact of the legislation on small businesses, seniors in Medicare, health care providers, and
Fence-sitting Republicans are finally beginning to announce their intention to vote against confirmation of Judge Sotomayor when her nomination comes up for a vote in the Senate. Judge Sotomayor is a restrained and moderate jurist who was put on the bench initially by
Cindy Trigg, who previously announced she would run against Rep. Dean Heller in the 2010 election, has dropped out of the race. Here’s a copy of the note she sent out announcing her decision to drop out of the race. Dear Family,
Ross Miller, Nevada Secretary of State recently sent out the following email Greeting: Greetings, As Secretary of State, I’ve made it a priority to make as much information as possible available and accessible to Nevadans. With that in mind, I’m pleased to invite
Are you or would you consider running and serving in the Nevada Assembly? If you want to learn about what you can and should be doing … and details about what is involved in mounting an Assembly campaign, you might want to attend