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Nevada: Catherine Cortez-masto

Thu, 06/12/2008 - 18:07

Reid previews Senate housing bill, mortgage foreclosure prevention event

By Joseph K. Cooper

LAS VEGAS - In a conference call with reporters this morning, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid discussed the Senate housing bill and previewed a mortgage foreclosure prevention resource center this weekend at the Cashman Center in Las Vegas.

Reid said that Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) is making progress on producing a bipartisan housing bill, but that if Senate Republicans wouldn't sign on he'll take up the previously passed House bill next week.

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Wed, 06/11/2008 - 16:47

Gibbons calls emergency budget meeting

By Joseph K. Cooper

Expected attendees include Assemblywoman Sheila Leslie (D-Reno) in place of Speaker Barbara Buckley (D-Las Vegas), Assembly Minority Leader Heidi Gansert (R-Reno), Senate Majority Leader Bill Raggio (R-Reno), Senate Minority Leader Steven Horsford (D-Las Vegas), state Treasurer Kate Marshall, state Attorney General Catherine Cortez-Masto and Lieutenant Governor Brian Krolicki.

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Wed, 06/04/2008 - 12:18

Obama up 5 to 2 in NV superdelegates

By Joseph K. Cooper

LAS VEGAS-Yesterday, Ill. Sen. Barack Obama gained 26.5 superdelegates to the Democratic National Convention, two of them from Nevada.

Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez-Masto and state Democratic Party chairman Sam Lieberman endorsed Obama yesterday after polls closed in Montana at 7 p.m. PDT.

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Tue, 06/03/2008 - 22:23

Obama gains Cortez-Masto as fourth Nevada superdelegate (UPDATED)

By Joseph K. Cooper

LAS VEGAS-Nevada's Attorney General, Catherine Cortez-Masto, has endorsed Ill. Sen. Barack Obama for the Democrats' presidential nominee.

Cortez-Masto's endorsement came just after 7 p.m. PDT, as polls closed in Montana.

"It is now time for the Democratic Party to unite behind one candidate," said Cortez-Masto announcing the endorsement. "Through a unified Party we will defeat John McCain in November.  I look forward to working with Senator Obama to create positive change for the citizens of Nevada and the United States."

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Tue, 06/03/2008 - 18:34

AP: Term limits challenge going to Supreme Court

By Joseph K. Cooper

LAS VEGAS-Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez-Masto has submitted a petition to the state Supreme Court, asking for clarification of the state's term limits laws, according to the Associated Press.

The term limits law, passed in 1996, limits legislators and other officials to twelve years of service.  Controversy has arisen because some officials, like Clark County Commissioner Bruce Woodbury, believe that term limits only went into effect beginning with the next election in 1998.  Woodbury has served on the Clark County Commission since 1981.

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Wed, 04/23/2008 - 23:38

NV superdelegates stay the course, reflect on Dem primary

By Joseph K. Cooper

LAS VEGAS-The Pennsylvania Primary, hailed for seven weeks as a make-or-break contest in the ongoing Democratic nomination process, appears to have changed little, either nationally or here in Nevada.

With N.Y. Sen. Hillary Clinton lagging in pledged delegates, many analysts believe the only way she can secure the Democratic nomination is to convince superdelegates that Ill. Sen. Barack Obama is unelectable.  Her win in Pennsylvania, although it may have produced a net gain of 12 pledged delegates, does not appeare to have changed any Nevada superdelegates' minds, however.

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