Several Republican challengers have made six figure loans to their own campaigns, as they try to catch up to the massive war chests of the Democratic incumbents.

In a Wednesday hearing on the management of spent nuclear fuel in the House Energy & Commerce Committee — no Nevadans are members — leaders took turns lamenting that the Yucca site, first chosen as the sole site in 1987 and approved for funding in 2002, still houses no nuclear waste due to the power of multiple generations of Nevada politicians.

The combined $187 million is roughly in line with the $182.5 million that Nevada’s delegation secured last fiscal year. All of the project funds were requested by the state’s two senators, with a handful having House sponsors as well.

The spotlight’s on Nevada as residents prepare to vote in races for president, U.S. Senate, and 52 legislative seats that will determine the governor’s veto power.

Those digital gains are imperiled by a familiar obstacle: congressional inaction. Funding for the ACP is expected to run out in May, causing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to begin winding down the program; it stopped taking new applicants in early February. If Congress does not act to renew the program’s funding, hundreds of thousands of Nevadans could see their Internet bills increase or their service cut.

Democratic Sens. Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto and Republican Rep. Mark Amodei are concerned about the plan's impact on jobs, mail ballot-heavy elections and the economy.

None of Nevada's six delegation members are planning to retire; barring a surprise retirement (or more likely an election loss), retirements represent an opportunity for them to raise their profiles within their committees. 

The Senate’s $95 billion national security supplemental — passed with bipartisan support early Tuesday with funding for Ukraine, Israel, Gaza and Taiwan — was always going to be a tough sell in the House.

I asked some of Harry Reid’s former colleagues and staffers to explain how Reid the politician, an avid athlete himself, might compare to Andy Reid the coach.

The political dynamics now offer Democrats the opportunity to message their willingness to fund border agencies and curb the asylum system while painting Republicans — who have long made securing the border a campaign issue — as the obstacle to doing so.

With Biden’s presidency recently hitting the three-year mark, I thought it would be a good time to talk to four experts who evaluated Nevada’s economic recovery over the last three years. 

Even so, hope springs eternal among those who would like to see something done about the otherwise purely partisan process used to draw electoral districts, even if no alternative provides perfect results.

Members of the Nevada delegation I spoke with this week expressed optimism about the contours of the deal, with Democratic members willing to overlook reservations in favor of reviving the child tax credit extension. 

Amodei, a senior appropriator, said even if the toplines are adhered to, there is likely not enough time to write spending bills to those levels by next week. If it were up to him, Congress would pass a continuing resolution to extend current spending levels to February, making a uniform deadline for all government funding and averting a shutdown.

Here’s what is coming down the pipeline for Nevada’s congressional delegation next year.

After 31 years as chairman and 36 years on the tribal council, Melendez retired Dec. 13. During his time in office, Melendez and the tribal council significantly expanded the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony’s land, made strides in tribal health care and created a unique tax system that is known across Indian Country as the “Nevada system.”

The rugged, glacier-carved Ruby Mountains and their streams serve as a stronghold of native cutthroat trout and other wildlife, while providing an abundance of world-class public land opportunities for outdoor recreation.

At the two-year anniversary of the infrastructure law, Nevada has received billions of federal dollars — and Democrats plan to campaign on it. And reader, rejoice — the government will not shut down! (At least until the next deadline in January.)

As the government shutdown deadline (again) approaches, Congress is exploring ways to kick the can down the road. Plus, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) wants Puerto Rican self-determination.

Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) Israel funding proposal was met with dismay from Nevada’s congressional Democrats, who said the newly elected speaker was politicizing national security objectives.