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  1. WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 5: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) gestures to a reporter for a question during a news conference following a vote on the Right to Contraception Act at the U.S. Capitol on June 5, 2024 in Washington, DC. Senate Democrats, seeking to put reproductive rights at center stage heading into November's election, held a vote to move forward with legislation to codify the right to contraception access nationwide it was blocked by all present Senate Republicans, except Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME). (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

    Senate Republicans block bill to protect birth control access

    by Sophie Boudreau

    | June 6, 2024

    The bill would have guaranteed the right for Americans to obtain and use birth control without government interference. It would also protect the right of health care providers to distribute information about contraception and provide it to patients.
  2. Sam Brown

    Sam Brown opposes many gun safety reforms. How will that shape the 2024 US Senate race?

    by Casey Harrison

    | June 3, 2024

    Sam Brown has been on record saying he opposes many gun safety measures supported by Nevada voters, and that the Second Amendment ‘shall not be infringed.’  Since his foray into Nevada politics nearly four years ago, Republican US senate candidate Sam Brown has been frank when it comes to his laissez faire stance on gun […]
  3. WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 03: A poster hung by supporters of Climate Power can be seen on Capitol Hill calling on Congress to stop big oil companies from price-gouging consumers on May 3, 2024 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Climate Action)

    Nevada Senators Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto call for investigation into Big Oil amid price-fixing and collusion allegations

    by Sophie Boudreau

    | May 31, 2024

    Senate Democrats joined their House counterparts in calling for an industry-wide investigation into Big Oil collusion and price-fixing allegations, which they say cost US consumers at the pump while driving up corporate profits.
  4. US SENATE - The Nevadan

    Sam Brown walks back 2022 comments supporting Yucca Mountain

    by Casey Harrison

    | May 29, 2024

    In a social media post, retired US Army Capt. Sam Brown stated he’s spoken with engineers and experts about the Yucca project over the last month and that ‘it is abundantly clear that the project is dead.’ The frontrunner for the Republican nomination to challenge Nevada Democratic US Sen. Jacky Rosen said he no longer […]
  5. The Right to Contraception Act would protect access to birth control nationwide as many reproductive rights advocates worry that contraceptive access will be Republicans’ next target after they successfully helped overturn Roe v. Wade.

    Senate Democrats will hold a vote on birth control protections in June

    by Sophie Boudreau

    | May 24, 2024

    The Right to Contraception Act would protect access to birth control nationwide as many reproductive rights advocates worry that contraceptive access will be Republicans’ next target after they successfully helped overturn Roe v. Wade.
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