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Teacher Brian Rippet waved a chemistry book in the air Monday morning.
The nearly 20-year-old textbook is older than most students at Whittell High School in Douglas County, where Rippet teaches. It doesn't contain 10 percent of the world's known chemical elements, he said, because scientists have discovered new ones in the last two decades. The acknowledgment drew gasps from the crowd gathered outside the Grant Sawyer building in downtown Las Vegas.
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.
Those machinations came as Nevada's congressional Democrats received a classified briefing from the Department of Energy on the secret shipment of plutonium the agency sent to the state.
The Senate approved the spending measure 83 to 16 before the bill went to the House, where it passed 300 to 128.
Washington, DC – Rep. Susie Lee (NV-03) released the following statement after the Nevada Legislature passed and Governor Steve Sisolak signed The Background Check Act into law:
The debate over funding for President Trump's proposed border wall came to a head today in Washington.
Many of Nevada's legislators spoke out against the emergency declarations, including Sens. Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto criticizing Trump for a rejection of bipartisanship and undermining of Congress.Trump declared a national emergency to appropriate the funding from his proposed wall, triggering rebuke from the left and likely setting up a protracted legal fight.
Washington, DC – Tonight, after weeks of negotiations by leaders of both parties in both Chambers, Rep. Susie Lee joined her colleagues in voting to pass a smart, strong, bipartisan, bicameral compromise bill that secures our borders and avoids a second unnecessary shutdown. Just hours before the scheduled vote, President Trump announced his plans to declare a state of emergency, ignoring the work by members in both parties and Chambers.
Rep. Susie Lee released the following statement:
Washington, DC – Yesterday, Rep. Susie Lee (NV-03) helped introduce bipartisan legislation to crack down on lavish spending by Cabinet officials and to increase transparency for taxpayers on renovation and redecorating expenses at federal agencies. Rep. Susie Lee joined a group her colleagues led by Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) and Congressman Mark Meadows (NC-11) in introducing the Reining In Irresponsible Decorating Expenses (RIIDE) Act.
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).
Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Susie Lee (D-NV) introduced a bipartisan amendment to the Veterans' Access to Child Care Act that would ensure every veteran is able to access child care services regardless of whether they are using them at a VA Medical Center or a Vet Center. Under the bill as written, only veterans at VA Medical Centers would have access to child care. However, a large number of veterans also receive mental health treatment and re-adjustment services at Vet Centers.
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.