Obama leaves clean energy event in a motorcade of 22 fossil-fueled vehicles

From the Nevada Policy Research Institute On January 26, 2012, President Obama visited a Las Vegas UPS plant. Stimulus subsidy for said UPS plant to purchase natural-gas-powered trucks: 5.6 million dollars. Stimulus subsidy for North Las Vegas green energy plant that laid off 200 workers yesterday: 5.9 million dollars. Using taxpayer dollars to leave an [...]

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Congressman Joe Heck comments on President Obama’s State of the Union address

Congressman Joe Heck comments on President Obama’s State of the Union address “I hope President Obama will work with us to create private sector jobs, but after three years it’s time to evaluate his results. With Nevada’s unemployment rate at 12.6%, the fact is his policies haven’t helped Nevadans get back to work.  We need [...]

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1000 Days & Counting!

1000 days, that’s a long time – no matter how you count it.  But if your counting…Using simple math that’s: 1000 days 142.8571 weeks 35.71429 months 2.97619 years What’s the occasion?  Oh, nothing important really – it’s just the amount of time that has passed since Harry Reid and the Senate Democrats have passed a [...]

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Have A Question For President Obama?

Posted on Facebook by Senator Dean Heller on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 1:14pm According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, President Obama will be in Las Vegas on Wednesday and Thursday to further his campaign — spreading his message of higher taxes, more government spending, and even more burdensome regulations. With far too many in our state struggling [...]

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President Supports Bipartisan Plan in U.S. House to Help Increase Tourism

While speaking at Disney World today, President Obama expressed his support for bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Representative Joe Heck (NV-3) to help attract more international business travelers and tourists to America.  The Welcoming Business Travelers and Tourists to America Act (H.R. 3039) was introduced September, 2011 and currently has 35 cosponsors including 12 Democrats. [...]

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Did you ever think you would agree with Rachel Maddow?

Did you ever think you would agree with Rachel Maddow? Me neither, but by blocking the creation of 20,000 new American jobs, President Obama has finally united the country. With bipartisan support, construction of the Keystone Pipeline should be a no brainer. Yet, it took an act of Congress to force the President to make [...]

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Sacrificing 20,000 American Jobs For Political Motives Is Reckless

Chairman Amy Tarkanian Nevada State GOP Chairman Las Vegas, NV – State GOP Chairman Tarkanian released the following statement after it was reported that President Barack Obama will block Keystone XL energy pipeline and the thousands of American jobs that will come along with it: “President Obama tries to act like he is working hard [...]

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Do You Want a Balanced Budget Amendment?

In just a few days, the U.S. Senate will once again debate and vote on the Balanced Budget Amendment. After years of reckless spending—from the Wall Street bailout to the failed stimulus—and record deficits, we need put a halt to the runaway growth of government that weighs down our economy. I support passing a Balanced [...]

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Online piracy debate far from over

By Gautham Nagesh     – 11/16/11 06:52 PM ET The Hill THE LEDE: Any hope supporters had of the House quickly passing the Stop Online Piracy Act might have been quashed on Wednesday, when a one-sided hearing in front of the House Judiciary Committee sparked a massive backlash online. The legislation would empower the government [...]

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FBI Counterintelligence National Strategy

A Blueprint for Protecting U.S. Secrets 11/04/11 Espionage may seem like a throwback to earlier days of world wars and cold wars, but the threat is real and as serious as ever. We see it—and work hard to counter it—all the time. It’s not just the more traditional spies passing U.S. secrets to foreign governments, [...]

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Heck Statement on UNESCO Granting Membership to Palestine

Congressman Heck made the following statement regarding United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) decision to grant full membership to Palestine: “While it is my hope that Israel and Palestine can achieve a lasting peace, it will only occur through direct negotiations. The Palestinian government must end these attempts to circumvent the negotiations process [...]

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Nifty At 50! Congressman Joe Heck turns 50

Nifty At 50! Congressman Joe Heck turns 50! Monica, Chelsea and Joey Heck Call the fire department! Our dad, Congressman Heck is turning 50! In honor of him, we thought we would take a few moments to share with you how special he really is to us. Upon arriving in Washington, our dad was one [...]

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Harry Reid – racks up another Wing Nut award!

Yes, multi-time winner of the LVTSG Wing Nut award has done it again!  Our Senator from the great State of Nevada; the Senate Majority Leader stood up on the floor of the senate and actually said… “It’s very clear, that private-sector jobs are doing just fine. It’s public-sector jobs where we’ve lost huge numbers.” You [...]

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Harry Reid thinks ‘private-sector jobs are doing just fine’

Andy Matthews NPRI President I was so certain that Newt Gingrich’s opening line at Tuesday night’s Republican presidential debate — “and unlike President Obama, I’m glad to be in Las Vegas” — would end up as the quote of the week. But then Wednesday came, and Harry Reid offered his assessment of the economy. Watch [...]

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Presidential Proclamation — United Nations Day

Presidential Proclamation — United Nations Day BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION In 1945, 51 nations in a world shaken by war signed the Charter of the United Nations. Determined to move beyond an era of violence and uncertainty, these pioneers aimed to prevent conflict by addressing its causes. Today, [...]

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Las Vegas Attorney David Amesbury, Pleads Guilty to Charges Relating to Scheme to Fraudulently Control Condominium Homeowners’ Associations and Scheme to Commit Bank Fraud

WASHINGTON – A Las Vegas attorney pleaded guilty today for his role in a scheme to fraudulently gain control of condominium homeowners’ associations (HOAs) in the Las Vegas area so that the HOAs would direct business to a certain law firm and construction company, and for his role in a scheme to commit bank fraud, [...]

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Creating jobs the right way

By Senator John McCain If you agree that we need to create jobs in America — long term, meaningful, private sector jobs — then I need you to take immediate action. Last week, I was joined by a number of my Republican colleagues in the U.S. Senate in introducing an alternative to President Obama’s jobs [...]

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Republican Senators Introduce Alternative Jobs Bill, The Jobs Through Growth Act

October 13, 2011 Washington, D.C. ­– U.S. Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Rand Paul (R-KY) and Rob Portman (R-OH), joined by other Republican senators, today introduced a Republican alternative jobs bill, the Jobs Through Growth Act. This legislation reforms the tax code, cuts spending and reigns in overregulation to help foster an environment in which the [...]

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President Obama: “I will not take no for an answer”

On October 10, the American Jobs Act was filibustered by Senate Republicans. There was no vote on the actual bill. But it would have succeeded: the American Jobs Act has at least 51 votes — a clear majority — to pass the Senate. And a new poll shows that 63 percent of Americans support it, [...]

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H. R. 358 the Protect Life Act

It never ceases to amaze me just how politicians can bend, warp and distort the truth when it fits their needs!  Ever since the Protect Life Act bill was introduced – it became the rallying point for abortion advocates and opponents alike! Abortion advocates tout that this is really the “Let Women Die” act – [...]

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Stop Oil Speculation Now Coalition

From the Stop Oil Speculation Now Coalition: We want to bring another important matter to your attention that will harm consumers and airlines, and cost jobs. Airlines and their customers are now being threatened by a proposal to increase airline taxes to tackle the deficit. The S.O.S. Now coalition, we are asking you to support [...]

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DOJ Statement on US / Delta Airlines Acquisition of Slots at Washington’s Reagan and NY’s Laguardia Airports

Department Continues to Investigate Slot Acquisition at National Airport and Will Not Continue its Investigation at LaGuardia Airport WASHINGTON – The DOJ (Department of Justice) issued the following statement today after the Department of Transportation (DOT) issued its order involving US Airways’ and Delta Airlines’ acquisition of slots at Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport and [...]

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Congressman Joe Heck: Produce locally , sell globally

Congressman Joe Heck (NV-3) made the following statement regarding his vote on trade agreements with South Korea, Columbia and Panama. “Nevada businesses will directly benefit from these trade agreements. For example, Thunder Power in Las Vegas will no longer pay an 8 percent tariff on the batteries it exports to Korea. Additionally, these agreements will [...]

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Statement by the President on the Senate Vote on the American Jobs Act

Tonight, a majority of United States Senators voted to advance the American Jobs Act.  But even though this bill contains the kind of proposals Republicans have supported in the past, their party obstructed the Senate from moving forward on this jobs bill. Tonight’s vote is by no means the end of this fight.  Independent economists [...]

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Two Men Charged in Alleged Plot to Assassinate Saudi Arabian Ambassador to the United States

WASHINGTON – Two individuals have been charged in New York for their alleged participation in a plot directed by elements of the Iranian government to murder the Saudi Ambassador to the United States with explosives while the Ambassador was in the United States. The charges were announced by Attorney General Eric Holder; FBI Director Robert [...]

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