I’m using this newsletter to take a trip down memory lane, because this will be my final edition of D.C. Download.

Mike Lee, who has long eyed public lands sales as a way to accommodate growth in the West and opposed new conservation efforts, has taken a new tack with public lands sales.

Ways & Means Republicans project that if the TCJA was allowed to expire, the average Nevada taxpayer would see their taxes rise 23 percent.

Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT) drew a sharp red line around public lands sales as a means to generate revenue.

After a lengthy lobbying blitz, Republicans’ approach veered more toward a gutting of the bill — phasing out key credits and hampering the ones that have been preserved — rather than a more fine-tuned one.

For four straight election cycles, Republicans have come up empty in the three Las Vegas-area House seats.

Budget reconciliation is a process by which the majority party can bypass the legislative filibuster in the Senate for bills that only relate to taxes, spending and debt — setting the requisite vote total at 50 instead of 60 votes.

The BEAD program has come under fire from both sides of the aisle recently as an example of the slowness of bureaucracy, because 3 ½ years after its passage, zero miles of broadband infrastructure have been built with these funds.

Like clockwork, the Federal Election Commission first quarter fundraising deadline came this week, reminding elected officials (and tired journalists) that the 2026 cycle is officially underway.

Senate Republicans have decided to move forward with a controversial budget technique that could increase the likelihood of honoring Trump’s campaign promise of “no taxes on tips.”

After more than two months into the Trump administration, we’re starting to see the impacts of the funding cuts, cancellations and rescissions pursued by  Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Members had different strategies for tackling their recess week, from town halls to roundtables to a massive Las Vegas rally with the two most famous people in left-wing politics: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).

As the only Republican in Nevada’s congressional delegation, Amodei is keenly aware that he might be the only Nevadan in Washington (sorry, Kash Patel) that the new administration is willing to hear out. In an interview Tuesday, he described how he is tackling the responsibility.

Democrats will spend the next two years in the political wilderness — locked out of power in the White House and both chambers of Congress, lacking a clear party leader and, at the moment, navigating terrible approval ratings, including by their own voters.

The state is home to nearly 14,000 civilian federal employees, from nuclear weapons researchers to park rangers to social workers for veterans.

Aguero said the lack of tariff details makes it hard to forecast any one outcome for a Nevada industry or the state’s economy as a whole — if the tariffs are successful in bolstering domestic manufacturing, Nevada would benefit; if they raise prices on fuel, Nevada could suffer.

State agencies and groups have diligently applied for their share of various federal pots for renewable energy and energy efficiency improvement goals, from electric school buses to solar installations to electric appliance rebates.

Nevada Democrats are arguing that the best way for the DNC to move forward is to further elevate the Silver State. 

In this week's D.C. Download, many of Trump's orders are intentionally vague, but they’ve certainly spooked many of the Democrats in Nevada’s congressional delegation.

Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) will be part of the minority next year, and as such, likely won’t swing any decisions — President-elect Donald Trump can afford to lose three Republican votes on any nominee. But it’s their first opportunity to take stances on Trump policy via his personnel and question them on Nevada-specific issues.