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July 22, 2008 To the left or right? Gas prices swaying tottering voters

Democratic Rep. Shelley Berkley voted for the bill. Republican Rep. Dean Heller voted against it. Heller joined a group of primarily freshmen Republicans ...

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Source: Las Vegas Sun, NV


July 20, 2008 Speculating, drilling leases debated

Shelley Berkley, D-Nev.; and Jon Porter, R-Nev., voted for the "use it or lose it" plan. Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nev., voted against it. ...

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Source: Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV


July 18, 2008 Despite Massive Support for Online Gambling, Nevada Leaders Cold

Representative Shelley Berkley, a Democratic Nevadan, has fought against the UIGEA and is considered a supporter of regulation for the online gaming ...

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Source: Online Casino Advisory, Canada


July 18, 2008 Nevada contingent opposes latest Web gaming bill

Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., who has called for a one-year study of Internet gambling by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, ...

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Source: Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV


July 17, 2008 Yucca Mountain Cost Estimate Tops $90 Billion

Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., urged colleagues to reconsider. She said there are unresolved issues at Yucca Mountain, including unfinished designs for ...

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Source: RedOrbit, TX


July 17, 2008 A nuclear boondoggle

Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., faced down a passel of nuclear industry hired guns at the hearing and told her colleagues to “keep in mind Yucca Mountain’s ...

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Source: Las Vegas Sun, NV


July 16, 2008 Nevada daily political update: Gibbons, budget cuts

Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., had nine minutes and 25 seconds to oppose Yucca Mountain in a Congressional subcommittee hearing Tuesday, but the Democrat had ...

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Source: Las Vegas Sun, NV


July 16, 2008 Berkley’s 9 minutes of defiance on Yucca

On the other side: Nevada Rep. Shelley Berkley, the lone opponent of the proposed nuclear waste dump to appear in the Tuesday morning hearing. ...

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Source: Las Vegas Sun, NV


July 15, 2008 Energy Department revises cost estimate for Yucca Mountain project

"Nevada families are overwhelmingly opposed to our home state becoming this nation's nuclear garbage dump," said Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., ...

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Source: GovExec.com, DC


July 15, 2008 Ensign splits with Nevada delegation on Medicare bill

Jon Porter and Dean Heller had previously voted in favor of the bill, as did Democratic Rep. Shelley Berkley. All three voted to today override Bush, ...

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Source: Las Vegas Sun, NV


July 15, 2008 WSJ: Freedom’s Watch, Adelson could prove critical

In June, the group aimed at Rep. Shelley Berkley with allegations that she doesn't back US troops. So far, the group's results have been mixed. ...

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Source: Politicker, NY


July 14, 2008 Sun: Porter taking lead on national tourism fund

Porter's Democratic colleague, US Rep. Shelley Berkley, has also lent her support to a bill creating the fund, and US Sens. Harry Reid (D) and John Ensign ...

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Source: PolitickerNV, NV


July 13, 2008 Porter energizes colleagues to press for US tourism fund

Porter has signed onto the bill, as has Democratic Rep. Shelley Berkley (also a member of the Travel and Tourism Caucus), helping to give it a House ...

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Source: Las Vegas Sun, NV


July 10, 2008 The Israel Project: Iran Fakes Missile Launches

Ron Wyden (OR), Rep. Rob Andrews (NJ), Rep. Shelley Berkley (NV), Rep. Tom Davis (VA), Rep. Eliot Engel (NY), Rep. Frank Pallone (NJ), Rep. ...

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Source: Israel News Agency, Israel


July 09, 2008 Partisan fight over Medicare could render seniors victims

Nevada’s three lawmakers, Democratic Rep. Shelley Berkley and Republican Reps. Jon Porter and Dean Heller, all voted yes. Nevada has more than 320000 ...

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Source: Las Vegas Sun, NV


July 09, 2008 Little love for facebook

In the 1st Congressional District, US Rep. Shelley Berkley's (D-Las Vegas) group has just 45 supporters. Incumbent US Rep. Dean Heller (R-Carson City) in ...

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Source: Politicker, NY


July 08, 2008 In a dead tie, these politicians could have achieved a positive result

Nevada Representative Shelley Berkley's HR2140, which has the support of the AGA, is before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security at ...

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Source: Online-Casinos.com, Denmark


July 08, 2008 Shelley Berkley

Dyer is one of seven Republicans who hope to unseat US Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-Las Vegas) in November. By Joseph K. Cooper.

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Source: Politicker, NY


July 06, 2008 DR. DESAI'S RISE AND FALL

He donated to Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., and Republican Don Chairez when they vied for a congressional seat in 1998. "He used to seat doctors who didn't ...

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Source: Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV


July 04, 2008 How your DC servants are spending their holiday

Rep. Shelley Berkley squeezed in a trip to the annual Utah Shakespearean Festival in Cedar City after attending an event at the Clark County Flood Control ...

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Source: Las Vegas Sun, NV


July 03, 2008 THE RJ GOES TO A PARTY: Friends and supporters of college attend ...

US Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nevada, presented a certificate of congressional recognition. Hilton's daughter Linda toasted her father. ...

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Source: Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV


July 03, 2008 Nevada trio kill Michigan bill

By Lisa Mascaro By Our Partners at the Las Vegas Sun WASHINGTON, DC -— Rep. Shelley Berkley was poised by a main door to the House chamber last week as ...

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Source: Casino City Times, MA


July 02, 2008 A history-making gubernatorial race

And judging by the results obtained a couple of weeks ago by The Mellman Group, a Democratic firm that has done work for Rep. Shelley Berkley and Sen. ...

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Source: Las Vegas Sun, NV


July 01, 2008 Don't be caught in rising floodwaters

Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., attended the news conference Monday and said she remembers flash floods that rose to highway overpasses. ...

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Source: Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV


June 29, 2008 Connell: Casino vote turns into theater of the absurd

Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-MGM, also stood tall for Kerkorian on Capitol Hill. Berkley waters her petunias in Nevada these days, but she still possesses the ...

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Source: Port Huron Times Herald, MI


June 29, 2008 Bill funds wars, expands GI Bill benefits

Critics said the offsetting tax increases would further stifle the economy and kill jobs. Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., voted for the bill. Reps. ...

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Source: Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV


June 27, 2008 Court decision may not affect Nevada

Rep. Shelley Berkley said the ruling balanced the rights of gun owners while still addressing public safety. The ruling, however, didn't go far enough, ...

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Source: Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV


June 26, 2008 Berkley’s calendar: Party at Clinton’s house, strategy session ...

Hillary Clinton for president, Democratic Rep. Shelley Berkley found herself on the receiving end of some enticing invitations this week. ...

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Source: Las Vegas Sun, NV


June 26, 2008 Nevada contingent helps House reject Michigan tribal casinos

All three Nevadans in the House voted to kill the bill. Reps. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., and Jon Porter, R-Nev., actively worked against it. Likewise, Rep. ...

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Source: Las Vegas Review - Journal, NV


June 26, 2008 OBAMA VERSUS ADELSON AND THE MONEYGOROUND.

For example, this attempt to bribe Democratic Representative Shelley Berkley: “I have unique personal knowledge of how Mr. Adelson seeks to dominate ...

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Source: Tapped, DC


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