LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Democratic Nevada Sen. Jacky Rosen and Republican Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo are pointing fingers at one another’s political events as Lombardo pushes Rosen to vote with different Democrats in reopening the federal authorities.
Rosen, who has not joined a handful of Democratic senators in supporting Republicans’ plan to reopen the federal government, has stated expired well being care tax credit are a sticking level. Nevada Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto has voted with Republicans to reopen the federal government.
“I want this government shutdown to end, which is why I urge Governor Lombardo to push Donald Trump and his own party in Washington to work in a bipartisan way to reopen the government and prevent a massive spike in health care costs for Nevadans,” Rosen stated in a press release Wednesday. “Republicans control Congress and the White House, and if they fail to extend the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced premium tax credits, nearly 40,000 Nevadans are projected to lose their health coverage, and every Nevada family will see costs go up.”
In a letter to Rosen dated Wednesday, Lombardo urged the senator to hitch Cortez Masto and Republicans.
Gov. Joe Lombardo sits down for an interview with 8 Information Now on March 24, 2025. (KLAS)
Within the letter, Lombardo stated he was involved about practically 500,000 Nevadans dropping their Supplemental Diet Help Program (SNAP) funding advantages in November. Nevada covers a part of the funding, and Lombardo warned “gaps in federal funding” would end result within the loss.
In a name with reporters Thursday, Rosen slammed Republicans and Lombardo for supporting the president’s “Big, Beautiful Bill,” which lower well being care protection for tens of hundreds of Nevadans and threatened different social applications, together with meals help, she stated.
“Where was [the governor] standing up to this administration when it comes to protecting Nevadans’ health care?” Rosen stated Thursday. “I’m glad if he wants to push, this is his party, this is his president, this is his shutdown. Let him talk to his president, who he’s defending, and tell him how he’s hurting Nevada.”
Along with pushing Democrats to vote with them, Republicans are pushing members of the opposite social gathering to vote to complement the food-assistance applications. In a letter on Thursday, Rosen urged U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins to launch cash for SNAP, so advantages don’t lapse.
A vote on Thursday within the Senate to pay important employees failed. Thursday marked Day 23 of the shutdown.
