Do you need a reason to get off your couch and head to the polls this fall to cast your vote for Catherine Cortez Masto for U.S. Senate? Well here’s a good one: Mitch McConnell told Fox News that he believes the NRA
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A lot of information is being misrepresented as to what’s in or what’s not in the DNC Platform. You might want to take the time to read it for yourself. You can access the 7/1/2016 draft platform here: http://bit.ly/29bvVJx
Yesterday, President Barack Obama signed PROMESA (Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act) into law, just one day before the July 1st deadline where Puerto Rico is expected to default on $2 billion of debt, including $800 million of Constitutionally backed
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— by Alex Howard Making meaningful improvements to how the federal government uses the internet can take years, new laws, regulations, demonstration projects, testimony and dogged persistence by public interest advocates and reformers in the pursuit of change. Then, all at once,
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Northern Gateway opponents are celebrating a landmark court decision that strikes down the federal government’s approval of Enbridge’s controversial pipeline project. Source: Court Ruling Shuts Door on Enbridge’s Northern Gateway Pipeline
— by Holly Scala, Northern Nevada Gun Violence Prevention Organizer, Battle Born Progress Hi! My name is Holly Scala, and I am so pleased to introduce myself as the new Northern Nevada Gun Violence Prevention Organizer! I am so honored and excited to be joining
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Quite some time ago now, I sat down at my computer and composed a letter to my Representative in Congress. Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV2). I have no clue why I continue to waste my time, as (1) I don’t believe Mr. Amodei ever
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H.R. 2577 is a conglomeration of a number of bills (Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017) that the Senate needs to take action on failed a super-majority vote (60 votes) for cloture (the ability to be considered and
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kaitlin Barker (702) 486-6982 sospio@sos.nv.gov (Carson City, NV; June 23, 2016) – As we enter the 2016 general election cycle, Nevada Secretary of State Barbara Cegavske would like to inform registered voters and individuals not registered to
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On June 14, 2016, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Federal Communications Commission’s 2015 Net Neutrality rules in their entirety. The court ruled that the FCC had the authority to regulate broadband Internet access service as a “common carrier” service
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