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WASHINGTON — Rep. Susie Lee of Nevada has joined a bipartisan group of House lawmakers that seeks common ground to break political gridlock and produce legislative results.
The group, the House problem solvers caucus, is dedicated to finding bipartisan solutions on issues that both Democrats and Republicans can accept. The group, which has approximately 50 members equally divided between the parties, announced its leadership and members, including Lee, a Democrat, this week.
The day after delivering his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump weighed in on why he believed former Sen. Dean Heller lost his re-election bid, and the Senate took up a public lands bill that would permanently reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF).
Each member of Congress gets at least one ticket for a guest to the president's State of the Union address, and Nevada lawmakers are eager to leverage their plus-ones to send a political message.
From federal workers affected by the shutdown to Nevadans with pre-existing conditions and immigration advocates, Nevada Democrats are leaning into the symbolism.
LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -- Democrats from Nevada have chosen their guests to the State of the Union on Tuesday.
Sen. Jacky Rosen has invited Tanya Flanagan of North Las Vegas, a three-time cancer survivor who works for Clark County as a Public Information Administrator. Because of her pre-existing condition, Flanagan would be at risk of being denied access to affordable health care if the Affordable Care Act were repealed or struck down in federal court, according to a news release from Rosen's office.
The reason I ran for Congress was pretty simple: I want to get things done. For too long, party has won out over our communities and our country, causing dysfunction and gridlock in Washington. The result has been that working families are falling behind.
Members of the state's congressional delegation capped off last week by sending two letters to the Department of Energy seeking information about a secret 2018 shipment of a half metric ton of weapons-grade plutonium sent to the Nevada National Security Site.
Democratic lawmakers sent a joint letter to the Department of Energy seeking additional information on the transport of one-half metric ton of weapons-grade plutonium to Nevada.
The letter comes a day after a federal judge denied a preliminary injunction by Nevada officials to prevent further plutonium shipments to the state.
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — For Congresswoman Susie Lee, D-Nevada, it's standing room only Friday at a roundtable on raising the minimum wage. Her office was crammed with people, many minimum wage workers, who say they can't live on what they're earning.
Shonda Austin brought her energetic toddler with her because she can't afford childcare. For her family, Austin says in order to make ends meet, her husband has to find work out of state.
After less than a month on Capitol Hill, Rep. Susie Lee, D-Nev., will take over congressional oversight of the Veterans Affairs Department's multibillion-dollar electronic health record overhaul.
House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Mark Takano, D-Calif., on Thursday tapped the freshman congresswoman to lead the Technology Modernization subcommittee, a body specially created to oversee the department's massive IT upgrade.
Lee will succeed Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., who led the subcommittee since it was stood up last summer. Banks now serves as the group's ranking member.
Heads need to roll at the U.S. Department of Energy. Right now.