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Recent News About U.S. Senate
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US Senate candidate hosts Ben Shapiro in Sept. 4 event
US Senate candidate Sam Brown will host Ben Shapiro in a live discussion in Las Vegas on Wednesday, Sept. 4. The news comes from an EventBrite announcement on Aug. 29.
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Laxalt: 'Cortez Masto is dangerous for police and dangerous for Nevada'
Adam Laxalt, the Republican candidate running for U.S. Senate in Nevada, criticized his opponent, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto for her policies on policing and crime. He claims 95% of Nevada’s police groups have endorsed his campaign and expressed his support for police. FBI and police reports have seen an increase in crime in 2022.
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Gas prices rise 39 cents in one week, Barrasso says lasting solution is 'unleashing American energy production, not draining our own emergency supply'
The minor relief from sky-high pump prices was short-lived, especially in the West and in the state of Nevada where gas prices have completely soared in the last week.
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Cortez Masto opposes 15-week ban on abortion bill that 59% of poll respondents support
A recent poll has found that a majority of respondents support Sen. Lindsey Graham's proposed (R-SC) federal abortion ban after 15 weeks.
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Cortez Masto favors sanctuary cities: Nation has a 'noble tradition' of providing refugees and ethnic minorities asylum
The crisis at the border has worsened more-so this year than any year before. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has used sanctuary cities, or places with laws that tend to protect undocumented immigrants from deportation or prosecution, despite federal immigration laws, to bring the border crisis to Democrat leaders' backyards. The state of Nevada currently has two counties that are considered "sanctuary" for immigrants in the country illegally. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) has a history of advocating for these cities.
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Cortez Masto votes on bill Crapo says will allow IRS audits to 'squeeze tens of billions out of taxpayers earning less than $400,000'
Last week, U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Mastro, D-NV, voted to pass the nonpartisan Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which would earmark $80 billion to hire new Internal Revenue Service agents, who would have the authority to audit Americans with no limits on income.
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Biden's approval rating 'lowest of any president' despite passage of Inflation Reduction Act in Senate
President Joe Biden praised the recent passage in the Senate of the Inflation Reduction Act.
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Crapo on bill to close tax loopholes: Proposal 'risks severely harming American manufacturers'
This month, following an agreement between Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Joe Manchin, Democrats are advancing a bill that would close several tax loopholes for large businesses, The Wall Street Journal reported.
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Cortez Masto 'thrilled' to pass bill that economists say will accelerate economic woes
The White House is refusing to utter the word "recession" despite the second consecutive quarter of negative economic growth for gross domestic product figures.
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McConnell: 'Food, gas, and housing costs are crushing families'
Nevada residents are paying $939 more on gas this year than they did a year ago, according to the latest report from Gasoline Misery Index.
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Binnall provides Nevada elections testimony at U.S. Senate hearing
Attorney Jesse Binnall spoke during a U.S. Senate hearing today regarding election irregularities.