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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

I-Team: Yucca Mountain Fight Brewing in Nation's Capital

I-Team: Yucca Mountain Fight Brewing in Nation's Capital
KLAS-TV
PAHRUMP, Nev. -- A fight between senators in Washington, D.C., could resurrect the controversial Yucca Mountain nuclear storage project in Nye County. Nye County leaders met Tuesday to support the opening of Yucca Mountain, rehiring consultants to ...http://www.8newsnow.com/story/22626986/i-team-yucca-mountain-fight-brewing-in-nations-capital

Republicans threaten Reid with Yucca Mountain - FOX5 Vegas - KVVU
KVVU Las Vegas
"[Reid] knows that a vote to end the filibuster is a vote to complete Yucca Mountain," Alexander said. Reid has long been an opponent of the nuclear waste storage facility that was built in a mountain in Nye County, NV, near the California state line ...http://www.fox5vegas.com/story/22624649/republicans-threaten-reid-with-yucca-mountain
GOP Renews Push For Yucca Mountain
CBS Local
... 2013 7:14 AM. View Comments. Rail tunnel descending into the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository located in Nye County, Nevada, about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas. (photo: MAXIM KNIAZKOV/AFP/Getty Images). Tate. Reporting Tate South ...http://lasvegas.cbslocal.com/2013/06/18/gop-renews-push-for-yucca-mountain/
Alexander Ties Filibuster Debate to Yucca Mountain
Roll Call (blog)
Those were the words from Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander this morning linking the “nuclear option” debate to Majority Leader Harry Reid's long-standing battle against a nuclear waste repository being built in his home state of Nevada. In a floor speech ...http://blogs.rollcall.com/wgdb/alexander-ties-filibuster-debate-to-yucca-mountain/
Sen. Alexander: Dems won't go 'nuclear' because Reid fears Yucca vote
The Hill (blog)
Reid opposes completing the nuclear waste site the government began building at Yucca Mountain. And Republicans would be able to use a simple majority vote to push ahead with the project once they held the Senate majority if Reid waters down the ...http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/306209-sen-alexander-dems-wont-go-nuclear-because-reid-fears-yucca-vote
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GOP threatens to build Yucca if Reid kills filibuster
Las Vegas Sun
“A vote to end the filibuster is a vote to complete Yucca Mountain. If we have 51 votes, we can order the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to issue a license, we can order the Department of Energy to build it and we can fund it,” said Sen. Lamar Alexander ...http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/jun/18/gop-threatens-build-yucca-if-reid-kills-filibuster/
Alexander: “A Vote To End The Filibuster Is A Vote To Complete Yucca Mountain
The Chattanoogan
Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tn.) said on the Senate floor today that he does not expect Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to change Senate rules "because Reid knows that a vote to end the filibuster is a vote to complete Yucca Mountain.” Senator ...http://www.chattanoogan.com/2013/6/18/253497/Alexander-A-Vote-To-End-The.aspx
Nuclear Option Debate Gets Literal
Roll Call (blog)
Yucca Mountain is the proposed Nevada nuclear waste repository that Reid has long crusaded against, unafraid to leverage the clout of the majority leader's office time and again to kill the project. Asked at a news conference about Alexander's comments ...http://blogs.rollcall.com/wgdb/nuclear-option-debate-gets-literal/

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