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Members of Nevada's congressional delegation have continued to file legislation aimed at Yucca Mountain.
Sen. Jacky Rosen and Rep. Susie Lee, along with Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and Reps. Mark Amodei and Steven Horsford, introduced the Jobs, Not Waste Act, which would put a hold on any action on the Yucca Mountain site.
WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a resolution condemning bigotry and anti-Semitism, a measure seen as an indirect rebuke of statements about Israel made by Rep. Ilhan Omar that fractured the Democratic caucus and set off a furor that party leaders have struggled to contain.
The resolution was initially crafted to address statements by Omar, D-Minn., a freshman Muslim lawmaker who last week infuriated Jewish Democrats by saying pro-Israel advocates in Congress were giving their allegiance to a foreign country.
WASHINGTON — Nevada lawmakers tried to create a new roadblock to transforming Yucca Mountain into a nuclear waste repository on Thursday by introducing bills in the House and Senate that would require the government to study alternative uses of the site.
The Jobs, Not Waste Act is being spearheaded by Democrats Jacky Rosen in the Senate and Susie Lee in the House.
WASHINGTON — Nevada lawmakers will fire the first shot Tuesday in the expected legislative battle over Yucca Mountain in the new Congress.
The state's representatives and senators said Monday they are filing bills in the House and Senate that would require states, local governments and tribes to consent to housing a nuclear waste repository before the federal government could build a storage facility.
Nevada lawmakers have introduced a bill in Congress that would stop any attempt to revive the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site.
U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Representative Dina Titus (D-NV), along with Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Representative Steven Horsford (D-NV), and Representative Susie Lee (D-NV) introduced the Nuclear Waste Informed Consent Act in the United States Senate and U.S. House of Representatives.
Members of Nevada's congressional delegation are attempting to ensure states have a voice in the construction of nuclear waste repositories.
House Democrats last week celebrated the passage of a resolution blocking President Donald Trump's emergency declaration and long-sought gun control bills that would require universal background checks for gun purchases as well as extend the time for the background checks to be completed.
But with opposition from Trump and the Senate GOP, the measures are unlikely to become law.
A bipartisan public lands bill that preserves 1.3 million acres of wilderness passed the House this week with unanimous support from Nevada representatives. The measure passed the Senate earlier this month, and the president is expected to sign it.
LAS VEGAS - One of 8 News NOW's I-Team stories inspired a lawmaker to get involve and take action. The story shed light on questions about a school for students with special needs, and whether the staff was secluding some students in an outdoor area.
It was a concern for local mother Shantal Myers, but thanks to Congresswoman Susie Lee, D-NV, her story is being heard on Capitol Hill.