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The official dedication ceremony for Nevada Geothermal Power Inc.'s 49.5 MW Blue Mountain Faulkner 1 Geothermal Power Plant recently was held, and the plant has been operating for about four weeks.

THE DEMOCRATS FINALLY LEARN THAT " TURN-ABOUT-IS-FAIR-PLAY " Gary Ater The Republicans just hate it when the other side uses the same tactics that they use.

About two dozen people rallied today in downtown Reno in support of sweeping health care reform and urged the two Republican members of Nevada's congressional delegation to embrace the cause.

Financial support for Senator John Ensign has shifted significantly in the days since he admitted to having an affair with a campaign staffer.

In a season where Senate candidates are working hard to court their party bases, Majority Leader Harry Reid 's gamble on health care this week stood out.

Along a curve of desert highway near the gated home of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, mechanic Bill Johnson is struggling to keep his checkbook balanced.

Heather and Tony Podesta are conscientious objectors to the culture of change in Washington.

Sen. John Ensign, dogged by ethics allegations and questions about an extramarital affair with a former aide, has vowed not to resign.

Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., has announced federal funding for Nevada projects totaling more than $100 million.

The measure is similar to legislation in the U.S. House, H.Res.252, introduced earlier this year by Representatives Adam Schiff , George Radanovich , and Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chairs Frank Pallone and Mark Kirk .

In March, American anti-gay activists traveled to Uganda for a conference that pledged to "wipe out" homosexuality.

Anti-nuclear groups are fighting the Obama administration's nomination of a pro- Yucca Mountain nuclear industry insider to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Female employees of KBR are advised that according to Senator John Ensign the only recourse to being drugged, gang raped, and imprisoned in a shipping container is the private arbitration incorporated in the fine print of one's employment contract.

Nevada may soon have new faces in high places These are interesting times for Nevada's congressional delegation.

Senator John Ensign is among those under investigation in Congress. Blog Harry Hamburg/Associated Press Allegations surrounding Representative Charles B. Rangel, at a hearing on Thursday, are under investigation by the House Ethics Committee.

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is due to visit a counterterrorism command center and to address an Anti-Defamation League awards dinner this weekend in Las Vegas.

Vice President Joe Biden visited economically troubled Nevada on Friday to promote the progress of the federal stimulus program and boost the re-election campaign of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who has troubles of his own.

Republican Gov. Jim Gibbons said Tuesday it's up to U.S. Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., to decide whether to resign his seat amid allegations he helped his mistress' husband secure lucrative lobbying contracts after the affair was discovered.

A former Department of Justice Public Integrity official says a criminal investigation by U.S. attorneys of Nevada Sen.

Gen. Carrol H. "Howie" Chandler discusses Air Force imagery with photographer Nicholas Price at the Library of Congress Oct.

An office affair and a blizzard of rule-bending are not the reason Sen. John Ensign, Nevada Republican, stands amid the irreparable wreckage of his personal reputation and political future.

Embattled Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., is unlikely to resign anytime soon. But that doesn't mean Republicans won't speculate about who they would like to replace him.

Interesting, when the GOP is faced with all but unmitigated hypocritical behavior on the part of one of its leaders one of two defenses is commonly raised.

Democrats and Republicans may both say they're opposed to a second stimulus, but bit by bit they may be building one anyway.

Does anyone doubt that the Ensign scandal - especially after the explosive new details emerged last week in the New York Times about ethical, if not technically illegal, actions on the part of Sen.

Oct. 6: President Barack Obama met with a bipartisan group of lawmakers Tuesday to discuss the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, insisting that while a request for a troop increase has not yet been addressed, he is committed to the fight against the Taliban.

I just spent several days with my granddaughter who recently started kindergarten, and I was reminded of the truth of the old joke about the difference between a kindergarten and the Congress.

House Republicans failed Wednesday for a third time to oust Rep. Charles Rangel as chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, but they kept the political spotlight on his ethical problems.

October 6 - Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington provided additional information to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Senate Select Committee on Ethics, supplementing the complaints CREW filed against Sen.

At the very least, Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., is guilty of bad judgment, and Rep.

Why isna t Sen. John Ensign up in arms about government-mandated car insurance? The Nevada Republican suggested last week that proposals to fine those who flout an individual health care mandate doesna t pass constitutional muster.

Majority leader, like potential GOP opponent, calls scandal - personal matter' Steve Marcus Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., left, talks with Sen.

Or, in Senator Ensign's case, what happens in Washington and is sent back home to Nevada.

The word for it is "inspiring." It's so heartwarming to see a public servant willing to go the extra mile, willing to take on the sort of mission that would cause a lesser person to hesitate.

Not all GOP Members of Congress are dumb, but some are more dumb than others. The dumbest of the dumb are the ones who actually try to answer idiotic taunts from even dumber Democrats.

The Justice Department and the Senate Ethics Committee are expected to conduct preliminary inquiries into whether Senator John Ensign violated federal law or ethics rules as part of an effort to conceal an affair with the wife of an aide, current and former officials said Friday.

There is already plenty to dislike about Sen. John Ensign, the anti-gay Nevada politico who once called for President Bill Clinton's impeachment - and then had an affair of his own .

Sen. John Ensign's former mistress and her husband sought an $8.5 million settlement from the Nevada Republican before the affair became public, The New York Times reported Thursday.

The former leader of the state Republican Party in Nevada joined a growing list of candidates Thursday seeking to deny Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid a fifth term.

Historic health care legislation could be on the floor of both houses of Congress as early as mid-October as Democrats work to answer President Barack Obama's call for greater protections for those who have unreliable insurance or no coverage at all.