2008 Caucus Trivia Game

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From The Politics Blog

Reid's leadership style questioned: It was only a matter of time after the rocky start to this Congress that conversation would begin anew: Is Harry Reid good or bad ...

Reid, Ensign 'soul mates'?: That Nevada’s two senators, Harry Reid and John Ensign, refrain from criticizing one another in public is known – it’s part of their non-aggression pact.

Titus arrives in D.C.; Obama, Reid meet: Soon-to-be Rep. Dina Titus arrived a few hours ago, touching down in advance of tomorrow's big day as new lawmakers are sworn in.

Reid: Illinois governor distorting phone call: WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said this evening that Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich is leaking and distorting a telephone conversation between the two ...

Reid on 'Meet the Press': WASHINGTON -- Tune in Sunday morning when Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is scheduled to be a guest on “Meet the Press” as the 111th ...

Ensign, GOP senators: No bailout money for Big Three: WASHINGTON -- Nevada Sen. John Ensign joined six other conservative, mostly Southern Republican senators in writing a letter urging President George W. Bush not to ...

Congress 101: WASHINGTON — Some of you have asked why Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who favored the $14 billion auto bailout bill, ended up voting against ...

Nevada political round-up; bailout hearing in Las Vegas: It’s official. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced committee assignments this afternoon for the new Congress and Sen. Joseph Lieberman retains chairmanship of the Homeland ...

Politics Stories

Louder now: No on pork for mob museum: Congress: Stimulus money for Vegas project? Fuhgeddaboudit; By Lisa Mascaro; The mob museum just can’t seem to get any love in this town. Republican Sen. John Ensign on Wednesday became the latest Nevada lawmaker to say there’s no way Las Vegas’ proposed Mob Museum is going to get a dime from the federal economic stimulus package.

Early bills would assist Nevada’s kids, workers: By Lisa Mascaro; After a fitful start, the new Congress began to move forward Wednesday as Democrats unveiled priority legislation, including bills important to Nevada, and Republicans promised to pursue aggressively their role as the “loyal opposition.”

Heller named to Ways and Means: By Lisa Mascaro; Nevada Republican Rep. Dean Heller was named to the House Ways and Means Committee today, a powerful tax-writing panel that will be central to this year’s legislative agenda in Congress.

The new era’s dawn is hopeful, if a little messy: Congress: Titus exults, Reid maneuvers; By Lisa Mascaro; Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid opened the 111th Congress on Tuesday in a Senate chamber that looked different from just a few weeks ago, displaying a new political map of voters’ optimism — even as the messiness of democracy was just outside its doors.

Union’s concessions could start a trend: By Sam Skolnik; After a decisive vote from Las Vegas city workers to allow cuts in their future cost-of-living raises, three other unions may be primed to fall like dominoes and ratify similar agreements with the city. And it may be the case that public sector unions throughout Clark County will feel increased pressure to make concessions because of the pact.

House renews probe of U.S. attorney firings: Vote to continue lawsuit means inside story of Bogden’s dismissal may come to light; By Lisa Mascaro; The untold story of the firing of Nevada’s former U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden may yet be unraveled.

School Police officers monitor a girls basketball game Tuesday at Chaparral High. Athletic events ar

District dozen hit jackpot with overtime pay: Caps on excesses to go before board; By Emily Richmond; While 2008 brought reduced work schedules and less pay for many Southern Nevadans, a handful of Clark County School District employees raked in a hefty amount of overtime. The district’s top overtime earner was School Police Officer Christopher Law, who was paid $84,533 in overtime from January to November, on top of his base salary of $55,791.

Studying up, and it feels like ‘first day of school’: New congresswoman reviews rules with eye on effectiveness; By Lisa Mascaro; Dina Titus begins a new political era today, for herself and Nevada, when she stands on the floor of the House of Representatives and is sworn in as a member of the 111th Congress.

The building where the mob museum is planned in Las Vegas is a former courthouse where one day of th

Mob museum is Exhibit A for GOP leader: politics: McConnell uses local project to make point against stimulus pork; By Lisa Mascaro; Las Vegas’ proposed mob museum is a subject ripe for ridicule, and the Republicans here have held it up as just that. “We would like, on the spending side, obviously, to avoid funding things like a mob museums or water slides,” said Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader in the Senate.

Reid called possible Obama replacements: By Lisa Mascaro; Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid personally called Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. after news reports that the senator had rejected Jackson and two other lawmakers as possible Senate appointees because he was concerned they could not win the seat in a future election.