Newsletter from Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto

Fellow Nevadans, I’m proud to announce the Treasury Department’s release of $17.9 million in downpayment assistance for Southern Nevada homebuyers in zip codes hardest hit by foreclosures. These new grants help nearly 1,000 families with modest incomes buy a home and will

Statement from Speaker Pelosi & Leader Schumer

Attorney General Barr Deliberately Distorted Significant Portions Of Special Counsel Mueller’s Report APRIL 18, 2019 Washington, D.C. – Today, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer released the following joint statement. “What we’ve learned today is that Attorney General

Further Debunking GOP Claims, Small Businesses Say Tax Bill Won’t Bring Benefits to Workers

While corporations are enjoying a permanent tax cut which has mainly benefited their shareholders, small businesses also say the law has done little to even the playing field by Julia Conley, staff writer at Common Dreams Just a few months after President

‘Chilling and Unprecedented’: DHS Reauthorization Bill Would Let Trump Send Secret Service to Polling Places

“This is an alarming proposal which raises the possibility that armed federal agents will be patrolling neighborhood precincts and vote centers,” over a dozen secretaries of state tell Senate leaders. by Andrea Germanos, staff writer at Common Dreams Civil rights advocates and

Assault Weapons Ban Legislation Introduced in the House

Reps. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) and Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) formally introduced a bill on Monday to ban assault weapons.  The legislation, called the Assault Weapons Ban of 2018, would make it “unlawful for a person to import, sell, manufacture, transfer, or possess, in or affecting interstate or foreign