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ICYMI: Rep. Susie Lee Hosts Facebook Live with Local Nevada Teachers to Discuss Black History Month
LAS VEGAS – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) announced that NeighborWorks America, a congressionally chartered non-profit organization, has granted $450,000 in funding to local organization Nevada HAND, which provides affordable housing for Nevada seniors and working families.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) co-sponsored the Coronavirus Unemployment Benefits Tax Relief Act, introduced by Rep. Cindy Axne (Iowa-03), which would provide additional financial relief to Americans who have been unemployed during this unprecedented public health and economic crisis.
LAS VEGAS – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) announced that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has granted over $2 million in funding for FirstMed Health and Wellness Centers in southern Nevada.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Susie Lee (Nev.-03) helped pass the National Apprenticeship Act of 2021 in the U.S. House of Representatives. This bill would expand access to high-quality, federally funded Registered Apprenticeships, youth apprenticeships, and pre-apprenticeships.
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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.
WASHINGTON — Former Republican lawmakers and a bipartisan group of past national security officials criticized President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration on the eve of a House vote to terminate the president’s plan to circumvent Congress.
WASHINGTON — After weeks of sparring over President Donald Trump’s plan to build a wall along the Southwest border, the fight resumes this week in Congress.
House Democrats plan to push forward on a resolution to terminate Trump’s emergency declaration as an unconstitutional bypass of Congress to shift funds from Pentagon projects to pay for a border wall.
WASHINGTON — House Democrats filed a resolution of disapproval Friday that would terminate the national emergency declaration made by President Donald Trump earlier this month, saying the president’s move violates authority vested in Congress.
Rep. Susie Lee held a roundtable Thursday to determine the best way forward to advance LGBTQ rights. Among the topics discussed were health issues, sensitivity training and President Donald Trump’s transgender ban in the military.
Teacher Brian Rippet waved a chemistry book in the air Monday morning.
Congress passed a spending package last week avoiding another government shutdown, but President Donald Trump also set up a showdown with lawmakers with an emergency declaration to fund his border wall.