Reid ramps up pressure on McConnell, Cornyn over meeting with execs

Posted in News Clips | 04/19/10 | By Michael O'Brien Senate Democrats ramped up pressure on the GOP over financial reform, demanding top GOP senators elaborate on meetings they had with Wall Street executives. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) office accused Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) Chairman John Cornyn of conducting "backroom negotiations" with business leaders when they met with executives from banks and other business groups in New York earlier this month. "Senators McConnell and Cornyn should immediately reveal what they…

Nevada’s best defense against nuke waste at Yucca still is Sen. Re

Posted in News Clips | 04/19/10 | By Brian Greenspun Just when you thought it was safe … Fill in the rest of that sentence anyway you want. I choose to think in terms of the safety and security of Nevadans and, yes, all Americans if those who want to shove Yucca Mountain down our throats get their way. Stopping a proposed high-level nuclear waste dump at Yucca Mountain has been a decades-long effort — mainly and mostly by Nevadans who care about the future of this state. But unlike…

Reid touts improving economy, health care

Posted in News Clips | 04/15/10 | By Mark Waite U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., said the economy is getting better and dared Republicans to try to stop the health care reform plan, during a keynote speech at the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner Saturday night. The event at Nevada Treasure RV Resort was the biggest for the Nye County Democrats since former first lady Rosalynn Carter campaigned for her son, U.S. Senate candidate Jack Carter, in 2006. Reid took the crowd of 180 people back to the start of the George W.…

Harrah’s Hopes To Hire 500 At Vegas Job

Posted in News Clips | 04/13/10 | The world’s largest gaming company is hoping to put 500 people to work at its Las Vegas casinos. Harrah’s Entertainment will host a job fair Wednesday at the Amazon Ballroom inside the Rio Hotel and Casino. A spokesperson said the company needs to fill 125 full-time positions and 375 temporary, on-call and part-time positions. Word that so many people are needed so quickly is a relief for Las Vegas and could inspire hope in a city with a 13.9 percent…

Cleland says Reid has done so much for veterans

Posted in News Clips | 04/13/10 | By Dennis Lee Senator Harry Reid has worked hard for the veterans of Nevada, and his efforts include winning approval for a $600-million veterans hospital and nursing home for Southern Nevada somewhere around 2012. That’s what Max Cleland, former Georgia senator and disabled veteran, told a group of veterans in Mesquite Saturday. The meeting was organized by local Democrats. Cleland is campaigning for Reid, who is seeking re-election this year. Cleland was a captain in the 1st Calvary Division when he was wounded…

Covering all Nevadans will pay off now, later

Posted in News Clips | 04/12/10 | By Sen. Harry Reid Last month, after decades of debate, we finally enacted much-needed changes to a system that can't wait any longer to be fixed. Starting this year, changes will take effect that will strengthen Nevada's health care system and provide health security to hardworking people throughout our state and across the country. Extending coverage to half a million Nevadans was the right thing to do. Ensuring that no Nevadan is ever denied coverage for a pre-existing condition was the right thing to…

President, Harry Reid stand up for what’s right

Posted in News Clips | 04/12/10 | By Janice Ayres “You have enemies? Good. That means you stood up for something sometime in your life!” — Winston Churchill Kudos to President Obama and U.S. Senator Harry Reid for standing up for health care for nearly 40 million uninsured Americans when most of the criticism was uncalled for and purposely full of misinformation to kill it. Thanks for not caving in to the greedy insurance barons and the terrific political pressure when knowing full well it could cost you both re-election.…

Enthusiastic supporters greet Senator Reid during Winnemucca whistle-stop

Posted in News Clips | 04/09/10 | By Dee Holzel WINNEMUCCA — Senator Harry Reid was greeted by a crowd of enthusiastic supporters and long-time friends when he stopped over in Humboldt County as part of a rural northern Nevada whistle-stop tour.  The Wednesday (April 7) reception was fairly bipartisan as voters turned out to hear the senator speak and to thank him for his support on such issues as his opposition to the Jungo Rd. proposed landfill, his battle for the healthcare bill, and the effort he made to…

After back and forth, Sandoval says no to drivers licenses for undocumented immigrants

Posted in News Clips | 04/07/10 | By J. Patrick Coolican Brian Sandoval, Republican candidate for governor, can be seen in a recently posted YouTube video walking right up to the line of supporting driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants. “It’s an issue that I would strongly consider,” he says, after being asked about it by a woman who says she represents Hispanic insurers. “Folks who are gonna be out driving anyway, we should know who they are, they should be insured. That protects everybody.” He is then asked again if he…

Deconstructing the facade of John Ensign

Posted in News Clips | 04/06/10 | By J. Patrick Coolican Revelations on long history of arrogance expose a persona loyal only to John Ensign Last summer, Sen. John Ensign was with his wife, Darlene, at Palace Station for a meeting of Nevada Republican women. It was a somewhat awkward venue, coming soon after he had confessed to an affair with his best friend’s wife, Cynthia Hampton, who had been Ensign’s campaign treasurer and whose husband, Doug Hampton, had been his Senate co-chief of staff. Ensign’s chrome-colored hair just so and…