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    Sen. Cortez Masto, Rep. Amodei Among Nevada Leaders Condeming Pro-Trump Extremists

    Jan 07, 2021

    Nevada's political leaders have condemned Wednesday’s storming of the U.S. Capitol building.

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    Sen. Cortez Masto Co-Sponsors Fed Reform Bill Aimed At Racial Inequality

    Sep 10, 2020

    Nevada U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto is cosponsoring Federal Reserve reform legislation introduced by Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand aiming to address racial economic inequality.

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    Sen. Cortez Masto Pushes For More Protection For Nursing Homes During Pandemic

    Aug 12, 2020

    Nevada U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto spoke Wednesday on the Senate floor about protecting Nevadans in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities from COVID-19.

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    Sen. Cortez Masto Withdraws Name From Biden VP Consideration

    May 29, 2020

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada says she's not interested in serving as running mate to presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden.

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    Sens. Rosen, Cortez Masto Call Rep. Horsford's Affair 'Private Matter'

    May 20, 2020

    Nevada U.S. Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen have both issued a statement saying that an extramarital affair involving Democratic Rep. Steven Horsford is a private matter.

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    How Are Nevada's Elected Officials Handling The Pandemic?

    May 12, 2020

    It’s been nearly two months since Governor Steve Sisolak closed non-essential businesses to prevent further spread of th

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    Cortez Masto Prepares Guide For Those Touched By Coronavirus

    Apr 09, 2020

    Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto represents a state where its biggest industry — hospitality — has shut down in the face of the coronavirus.

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    Hardest Hit Again? What Nevada Needs From Congress

    Mar 20, 2020

    Nevada was one of the state's hardest hit by the Great Recession. Tens of thousands lost or walked away from their homes.

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    Nevada Senators: Trump Can't Be Trusted With U.S. Security

    Feb 06, 2020
    Nevada's U.S. senators say they had no choice but to vote to remove President Donald Trump from office because he put himself above the law and was willing to violate the Constitution to try to get himself re-elected.
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    Senators Invite Reno Police Chief, Elko Vet To Trump Speech

    Feb 04, 2020
    Reno's police chief and a Vietnam combat veteran from Elko will serve as the official guests of Nevada's U.S. senators Tuesday at President Donald Trump's State of the Union address.
     
    Sen. Jacky's Rosen invited Gil Hernandez, a U.S.
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    Sen. Cortez Masto: Desert Refuge Compromise Balances Air Force Mission With Recreation, Conservation

    Jan 16, 2020

    For two years, environmentalists, hunters, jeepers, tri

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    Nevada Senators Criticize Trump's Court Of Appeals Nominee

    Sep 24, 2019

    RENO, Nev. (AP) — President Donald Trump's nomination for an open seat on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is being criticized by Nevada's U.S. senators.

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    Nevada Senator Co-Sponsors Legislation To Prevent Sexual Abuse Of Olympic Athletes

    Aug 09, 2019

    U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto cosponsored legislation to prevent sexual abuse of Olympic athletes.

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    Is Deal To Remove Nuke Material To Be Trusted?

    May 14, 2019

    Earlier this year, Nevada learned the Department of Energy had secretly shipped weapons-grade plutonium to a facility within the Nevada National Security Site.

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    Nevada Senators, Energy Chief See Plutonium Site

    May 11, 2019

    LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada's U.S. senators and Energy Secretary Rick Perry toured a federal facility north of Las Vegas where the government is handling weapons-grade plutonium shipped from South Carolina.

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    Cortez Masto Looks To Increase Government Response To Violence Against Native American Women

    Apr 03, 2019

    Nevada U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto and two other senators introduced legislation to accelerate the federal government’s response to the killing, kidnapping and trafficking of Native American women.

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    Energy Secretary May Speed Plutonium Removal From Nevada

    Mar 22, 2019

    CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Sen.

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    Cortez Masto: Perry Signals Commitment On Plutonium Removal

    Mar 21, 2019

    CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto says Energy Secretary Rick Perry has indicated a commitment to provide a timeline for removing secretly shipped plutonium out of Nevada.

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    Sen. Cortez Masto Vows To Slow DOE Nomination Process

    Mar 11, 2019

    Senator Catherine Cortez Masto says she will slow the process for all nominations to the staff of the Department of Energy until the agency stops sending plutonium to Nevada, and provides a date for the removal of the plutonium secretly shipped here last year. 

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    Senator: No Trust Of Sec. Rick Perry After Plutonium Transport

    Feb 06, 2019

    After the Department of Energy's sneaky transport of weapons-grade plutonium to the Nevada National Security Site, U.S. Sen.

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    Nevada Senators Want Classified Briefing On Secret Plutonium

    Feb 02, 2019
    RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada's U.S. senators are asking Energy Secretary Rick Perry for a classified briefing on the secret shipment of weapons-grade plutonium to a nuclear security site north of Las Vegas.

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    Furloughed Federal Workers Meet With Nevada Senators

    Jan 14, 2019

    Several dozen federal workers in Nevada met Friday with Senators Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto in Las Vegas and Reno, describing how they're relying on food stamps, rationing gasoline and trying to get by as the federal government shutdown continues. 

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    Sen. Cortez Masto Co-Sponsors Bill To Expand Background Checks For Gun Sales

    Jan 08, 2019

    U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto joined 40 other senators in reintroducing a bill to expand federal background checks on all gun sales.

    Under current law, unlicensed or private sellers are not required to conduct a background check prior to transferring a firearm.

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    Nevada Democratic Sen. Critical Of Grouse Plan

    Dec 07, 2018

    BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada is sharply criticizing the Trump administration's new move to ease land-use restrictions that were in place to protect the greater sage grouse across the West.

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    Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto Named Chair Of Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee

    Nov 15, 2018

    Nevada Democratic Senator Catherine Cortez Masto has been named the chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

    Cortez Masto will steer the committee into a cycle where Democrats hope to take back the majority in the Senate.

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