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The U.S. House is expected to vote next week on a resolution that would overturn a federal rule that critics say guts protections for defrauded student loan borrowers.

The resolution — led by Nevada Democratic Rep. Susie Lee — expresses congressional disapproval of the so-called borrower defense rule, which was revised by President Donald Trump's education secretary, Betsy DeVos.

A bill designed to lower prescription drug costs — and named in honor of Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings — is being enthusiastically pushed by Nevada congressional Reps. Steven Horsford and Susie Lee.

In a call with reporters Tuesday afternoon, Horsford and Lee were also confident their Democratic House colleagues will support H.R.3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, which is scheduled to come up for a vote in the House of Representatives on Thursday.

It is a privilege, not a right, to be a judge in the United States. A judge must embody open-mindedness, patience, understanding, common sense, critical thinking and other qualities that epitomize the very best in all of us.

A good and fair judge cannot be corrupted by hateful thinking or personal vendettas. That's why Lawrence VanDyke's looming nomination to the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals should scare all of us.

VanDyke, a former Nevada solicitor general and current judicial nominee, will likely receive a Senate floor vote this week.

It is a privilege, not a right, to be a judge in the United States. A judge must embody open-mindedness, patience, understanding, common sense, critical thinking and other qualities that epitomize the very best in all of us.

A good and fair judge cannot be corrupted by hateful thinking or personal vendettas. That's why Lawrence VanDyke's looming nomination to the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals should scare all of us.

VanDyke, a former Nevada solicitor general and current judicial nominee, will likely receive a Senate floor vote this week.

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A Nevada congresswoman has introduced a bill that would increase the value of Pell Grants, a kind of financial aid offered to nearly half of all students in the Nevada System of Higher Education.

The Pell Grant Sustainability Act, a collaboration between Democrats Rep. Sean Casten of Illinois and Rep. Susie Lee of Nevada, would index the grants to inflation to account for rising annual costs.

At a Nevada State College event focused on minority students in higher education, Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nev., and House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott emphasized that a college education is still the key to opportunity.

But Scott, D-Va., said reforms are needed to restore a longstanding promise to young people that their education will be affordable.

"An entire generation of students is now questioning whether college is worth it," he said. "That is certainly a major step back."

This week on Politics Now with host Steve Sebelius: The Clark County Commission decides against creating a panel to look into child deaths where they previously had interactions with Child Protective Services; State Assemblyman and Nevada Democratic State Party Chairman William McCurdy II talks about his run for a County Commission seat and the 2020 election; Nevada Congresswoman Susie Lee talks about gun control, impeachment and her own 2020 re-election campaign; CNN holds a 7-hour long climate change town hall event and some new endorsements in the Democratic presidential race.