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NOAM N. LEVEY Reporting from Washington Senate Democratic leaders, having negotiated critical last-minute commitments, Friday stood on the verge of achieving the 60 votes they need to begin consideration of the most expansive healthcare legislation to go before the Senate in nearly half a century.

Nine Nevada counties are pressing Congress to repeal a provision in a federal appropriations bill that could cost counties in at least six Western states millions of dollars in lost revenues from geothermal activity.

One of three wavering U.S. Senate Democrats said Friday that he would vote to start the chamber's health care debate, bolstering the chances for a broad overhaul one day before its first crucial test.

If their pitches to Boulder City Republican women are any indication, the jostling among Republicans who hope to face Sen.

Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., says that the Senate owes his constituents "a full and open debate" on the health care overhaul.

The White House is on a collision course with Catholic bishops in an intractable dispute over abortion that could blow up the fragile political coalition behind President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., second right, with Sens. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., left, Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., second left, and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., right, speaks to the media about the Democratic health care bill on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Nov.

A federal government Web site tracking spending and job creation via the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act listed more than $1 billion coming to Nevada, including more than $7.7 million for the state's 32nd, 22nd, 9th and 25th congressional districts.

Sen. Robert C. Byrd is the longest serving member of Congress in United States history.

The Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, faces a crucial test of his primacy in trying to open debate on health care.

It's tough to recall a more action-packed political news release than the one Rob Lauer dashed off last week.

The Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, hopes to finalize the Senate version of major health care legislation this week.

McCarran International Airport is the only major airline hub in the country with no designated rest area for military personnel, including those who have long layovers while en route to war zones, according to veterans' advocates.

Doubt it, consider this a ' lawmakers are anxiously awaiting Congressional Budget Office calculations on the Senate health care bill, and debate on the historic measure can't start in earnest until the agency renders its verdict.

Majority Leader Harry Reid is considering a plan for higher payroll taxes on the upper-income earners to help finance health care legislation he intends to introduce in the Senate in the next several days, numerous Democratic officials said Wednesday.

Mike Wiley, a Republican candidate running against U.S. Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., in the 2010 election, got his start in politics as a radio talk show host, just like Rush Limbaugh.

Democratic leaders in the U.S. Senate said on Tuesday they hope to bring a long-delayed health care reform bill to the floor next week, kicking off a tough fight that may well spill into next year.

After a landmark win in the House of Representatives, President Obama's push for health care reform faces a difficult path in the Senate amid divisions in his own Democratic Party on how to proceed.

Nevada Supreme Court Justice James Hardesty announced last week he will run for re-election next year.

Read-only mm_head JANET HOOK Reporting from Washington With the struggle over healthcare entering an even tougher phase, President Obama has hit both a milestone and a speed bump in his duel pursuit of a major overhaul of the nation's medical system and a rebirth of progressivism in America.