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Posted in Press | 02/24/10 | By Nevada Democratic Party
Las Vegas, NV. – Sue Lowden said today that she opposes tax cuts for small businesses and efforts to create jobs in Nevada, in response to criticism of her own job-killing history as a Las Vegas casino boss. When it was revealed that Lowden cut a quarter of her work force while giving her husband a hefty bonus, the GOP Senate candidate responded by attacking a bipartisan Jobs Bill the Senate passed today to give tax credits and tax cuts… Read More »
Posted in Press | 02/24/10 | By Nevada Democratic Party
Las Vegas, NV. – Today the Senate passed a Jobs Bill with overwhelming bipartisan support, despite John Ensign’s vote against tax cuts, job creation and lowering unemployment. Would Republican Senate candidates Danny Tarkanian, Sue Lowden and Sharron Angle have voted against a bill that will help small businesses and create jobs, like John Ensign Read More »
Posted in Press | 02/18/10 | By Nevada Democratic Party
Las Vegas, NV. – In a feeble attempt to distract from President Barack Obama’s visit to Nevada, the state GOP is trotting out anti-gaming, pro-Yucca Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty. The Nevada Republican Party has once again shown how out of touch it is with ordinary Nevadans, bringing someone who so clearly stands for everything Nevadans are against and against everything Nevadans are for. Pawlenty thinks gaming is “destructive” and favors “permanent storage (of nuclear waste) at Yucca Mou Read More »
Posted in Press | 02/17/10 | By Nevada Democratic Party
Las Vegas, NV. – As Nevada deals with a major budget crisis, it is even more important that the state qualify for up to $175 million in Race to the Top funding. But Gov. Jim Gibbons is, as usual, playing politics with the future of our state – leaving the discussion of Race to the Top funding off the agenda for this spring’s special se Read More »
Posted in Press | 02/16/10 | By Nevada Democratic Party
Las Vegas, NV. – Former colleagues and the widow of State Sen. John “Jack” Vergiels told the Las Vegas Sun this week that they are outraged by Republican Senate candidate Sue Lowden’s tasteless attack on the longtime state legislator and Senate majority leader, who died in December at age 72. The ad erroneously accused Vergiels of “enriching himself” while taxing Nevadans. Helena Vergiels, Jack Vergiels’ widow, said she was “outraged” when she saw the commercial Sunday. Lowden “owes me an… Read More »
Posted in Press | 02/16/10 | By Nevada Democratic Party
Las Vegas, NV. – Tomorrow marks the anniversary of passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the rhetoric has already ramped up from Republicans both nationally and in Nevada. National Republicans who voted against ARRA a year ago and who have said all along that the legislation isn’t working are now busy taking credit for ARRA-funded projects in thei Read More »
Posted in Press | 02/15/10 | By Nevada Democratic Party
This week marks the one-year anniversary of passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, legislation that has created and saved tens of thousands of jobs in Nevada and many more around the country. Already Republicans are lining up to attack the legislation, saying it hasn’t done its job. Nationally, Republicans are touting ARRA-funded projects in their districts – projects that never would have come to be without Sen. Reid’s leadership – despite having used their obstructionist tactics to oppose… Read More »
Posted in Press | 02/12/10 | By Nevada Democratic Party
As Sen. Harry Reid champions a jobs bill in the Senate, we’re wondering whether Nevada Republicans will once again stand in the way of the work Democrats are doing to improve our economy. That’s why we’re calling on the crowded field of Republican primary candidates for U.S. Senate to answer these questi Read More »
Posted in Press | 02/09/10 | By Nevada Democratic Party
Las Vegas, NV. – According to an investigative report, after Jim Gibbons served in the state legislature he allegedly used a former mistress as a courier to pick up bags and envelopes filled with cash from California businessmen, including one who later developed projects in Northern Nevada. KLAS Channel 8 drew on court documents in a civil rights lawsuit against Gibbons brought by Las Vegas cocktail waitress Chrissy Mazzeo, who has accused Gibbons, then a candidate for governor, of attempting… Read More »
Posted in Press | 02/08/10 | By Nevada Democratic Party
Las Vegas, NV. – In his State of the State speech Monday, Gov. Jim Gibbons took aim at the federal government for failing to provide funding for our state, once again passing the blame for underfunding key programs in Nevada. In reality, the state leaves federal dollars on the table every year because it does not fund its programs at levels that qualify for federal matching funds.
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