Both Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV) voted to pass the debt limit deal and avoid a catastrophic default.

The House of Representatives passed a debt limit deal Wednesday night, with Nevada’s four members voting for the agreement negotiated between President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).

Federal regulators are updating a national broadband map after a push by Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) meant to ensure the state will not miss out on grant opportunities to expand high-speed Internet access.

If the U.S. defaults on its debt, the Treasury will be unable to make payments, potentially ranging from retirees’ Social Security to servicemembers’ pay at Nellis or Creech Air Force bases. And the longer-term implications could be even more devastating, with a default likely triggering a downgrade of U.S. credit, a rise in costs and even a global recession powered by a weak dollar and job losses.

Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) moved his appropriations bill out of his subcommittee as members debated its worth as a proxy for broader spending fights, and Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) took her shot at ending a Republican blockade on military promotions.

Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT), the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, is recruiting retired U.S. Army Captain Sam Brown to run for Nevada’s U.S. Senate seat in 2024, according to a national Republican strategist.

The border was the hottest topic in Congress this week as Title 42 expired, Sen. Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) defended Israel after taking offense to an event held by a House Democrat, and senators discussed energy permitting reform.

Three of Nevada’s Democratic lawmakers called the Biden administration “insufficiently prepared” to handle the expected influx of migrants at the southern border, asking the president to “surge” resources to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

The Nevada congressional delegation is backing an application from Brightline West and the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) for $3.75 billion to build a high-speed rail line from outside of Los Angeles to Las Vegas, hoping the infusion of federal funds can get construction on the long-awaited project underway this year.

Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV) and the Congressional Black Caucus are taking on a Senate practice holding up judicial nominees, the Biden administration is sending troops to the border, and the White House released projections for Nevada if House Republicans' debt limit bill were to become law.

Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) is leading the Senate charge against a tariff on solar imports, arguing that protecting jobs in the burgeoning solar installation industry in Nevada and around the country outweighs energy independence concerns.

House Republicans passed a debt limit bill by a one-vote margin, Nevada’s senators are calling for a redesignation of Salvadorans and Hondurans under the Temporary Protected Status program, and both are working on starting the cannabis banking conversation up again.

Congress is back in session and the debt limit is all the rage as House Republicans introduced a bill that would raise the debt ceiling for one year in exchange for a host of cuts and rollbacks. Meanwhile, the FEC filing deadline was over the weekend, creating an opening data point in the long march toward the 2024 election.

As Congress continued its recess, both of Nevada’s senators stopped by the Legislature to tout Democratic policy goals achieved in the last Congress.

Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) raised $2.4 million in the first quarter of 2023, giving her $6 million in her campaign account as she officially begins her re-election bid — a new Nevada first quarter off-year record, according to her campaign.

Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) officially announced her re-election campaign Wednesday morning, giving Senate Democrats a proven incumbent candidate to promote in a tough 2024 map.

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) introduced a bill to crack down on a dangerous tranquilizer that’s drawn the attention of leadership, and Rep. Steven Horsford (D-NV) is ensuring House Democrats and the White House are aligned over the latest Republican effort to rewrite local laws in Washington, D.C.

Though the 2024 midterms remain more than 600 days away, early Republican campaign attacks against Rosen are centering around a proposed new rule from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for Medicare Advantage, the capitated Medicare Part C program created in the 1990s that pays private insurers to cover seniors’ health care benefits. 

In the last week, President Joe Biden and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis came to Las Vegas with dueling messages about the state of the country.

House Republicans are moving an energy package that could have major implications for mining and permitting in Nevada, while Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) began the budgeting process for his subcommittee.