While both Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) back the voting package and a filibuster change, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) remained opposed to significant changes to the filibuster.

Reps. Susie Lee and Dina Titus are joining conservationists and Indigenous leaders in urging the Biden administration to designate more than 380,000 acres spanning three states a national monument. 

Former Sen. Harry Reid’s body will lie in state in the Capitol rotunda on Wednesday, receiving one of the nation’s highest honors after ascending to the most powerful position in Congress.

Former U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, who famously despised goodbyes, earned a farewell Saturday befitting the man who rose from abject poverty in tiny Searchlight and went on to grace the hallways of Congress.

In a floor speech marking the insurrection anniversary, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto recounted her experience on the day and argued that it underscored the need to pass voting rights legislation and, likely, the filibuster, given Republican opposition to the Democrat’s voting proposals.

President Joe Biden and the first lady will travel to Las Vegas this weekend to attend the funeral for Harry Reid, sources confirm. Former President Barack Obama will deliver the eulogy. Other speakers include Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Carole King and Brandon Flowers of The Killers will perform.

Family, friends and political colleagues honored him as a fierce champion of Nevada and “tough-as-nails” leader who also quietly offered help to those in need and inspired a new generation of leaders.

Over more than three decades of service in Congress, Reid earned a reputation for fighting relentlessly to protect his home state and everyday Americans. As Senate Democratic leader for a dozen years, he played an instrumental role in passing the Affordable Care Act and shepherding through Congress pivotal economic recovery legislation in the wake of the Great Recession.

With the Senate poised to adjourn after finishing a raft of nominations, the move leaves in limbo popular policies in the package — known as the Build Back Better (BBB) Act — including a one-year extension of the expiring enhanced child tax credit and the possibility of including an immigration provision.

Nevada-based political operatives Dustin Stockton and Jennifer Lynn Lawrence plan to cooperate with the congressional committee investigating the causes of the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, Stockton said Monday.

The House approved a $770 billion compromise defense authorization bill, including a 2.7 percent pay raise for service members, $127 million for four new MQ-9 drones piloted and supported out of Creech Air Force Base and $136 million for the Nevada National Security Site nuclear research facility.

Congress approved a new stopgap spending bill to keep the federal government funded through Feb. 18, after the Senate defeated a GOP amendment to keep funds from being used to enforce any federal vaccine mandate. 

The committee requested documents and for both of them to testify before the panel. Stockton’s appearance was scheduled for Dec. 14 and Lawrence’s for Dec. 15.  

House Democrats took a significant step Friday towards enacting President Biden's domestic agenda when they approved a $1.9 trillion package to provide child care, health care and climate change subsidies opposed by Republicans.

The maps divide the Latino population across the four districts, leaving lower concentrations of Latinos in each district and potentially making it more difficult for Latinos to collectively elevate candidates they believe represent their community.

House and Senate Democrats face hurdles to enacting their $1.9 trillion social spending package, including surging inflation, intraparty disagreement over keeping paid leave and other provisions.

The federal infrastructure bill includes $110 billion for roads and bridges, $39.2 billion for transit systems, $25 billion for airports and $65 billion for broadband. 

Despite eleventh-hour revolts by moderate and progressive Democrats at odds over which bill to vote on first, the House approved a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill and set the stage to take up the Democrats' $1.85 trillion social spending package.  

A framework for a $1.85 trillion social spending package unveiled by President Biden this week drew concerns from Nevada lawmakers over the lack of a provision to allow Medicare to negotiate with drug makers. 

After a meeting with President Joe Biden, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) said she was pleased that talks intensified among Senate and House Democrats on what to include in their package.