If last night’s vote in NY-26, a seriously red district in western New York, said anything, it’s that Rep. Ryan’s Path to Poverty (for the middle class and seniors) is an absolute non-starter with the American public. Yet a number of Republicans
Posted Date: 5/24/2011 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Pam duPré (Carson City, NV; May 24, 2011) – The Nevada Supreme Court today granted Secretary of State Ross Miller’s motion to expedite the Court’s resolution of his appeal of the May 19 1st Judicial
It’s a simple fact, but it couldn’t be more important: if the Emily’s List pro-choice Democratic women win, then Democrats can hold the Senate majority. In 2012, six Emily’s List senators are up for reelection — that’s half of the Democratic women
Are you considering running for some office but you don’t know all the ins and outs … and you don’t have a lot of money to pay for training to figure it all out? Well here’s your chance to learn all kinds
The House is scheduled to take up HR 1540, the 2012 defense authorization bill, next week with plans to pass a $689B policy bill by Memorial Day. That may prove challenging as this bill has some serious problems that any blue-blooded Democrat
As Americans continue to struggle with outrageous, unstable gas prices, big oil continues to benefit from them. Last week, the five biggest oil companies reported a massive profits: $30 billion in first-quarter profits, a 38% increase from last year. Despite these astronomical profits,
From Steven Horsford, NV Senate Majority Leader: Since the start of the legislative session in February, we’ve heard weeks and weeks of testimony about how to fix the state’s budget. Today, the Democratic leadership introduced a budget approach that makes the fundamental
In 2009 President Obama announced that he would increase the number of troops in Afghanistan, but that he would begin drawing them down in July 2011. In a speech given in December 2009, President Obama told the nation: “The 30,000 additional troops
Comment’s from Roberta Lange, Nevada State Democratic Party Chair: As many of you know, Secretary of State Ross Miller announced earlier today that the special election for Congressional District Two, scheduled to take place on September 13, will be conducted using open
Late Sunday, troops entered a compound in Pakistan and after a firefight, ended the life of the infamous Osama Bin Laden. He along with three adult males, two couriers and bin Laden’s adult son, were killed when they resisted capture. One
