The last time Nevada had more Republicans than Democrats was 2007, the year before Barack Obama won the state’s electoral votes, ushering in two decades of Nevadans picking a Democrat for president. That is,

Russell Vought’s nomination to be White House budget director will advance to the Senate floor despite a last-minute move by Senate Democrats to boycott his committee vote. Republican members of the Senate Budget Committee voted unanimously to advance Vought’s nomination as Democrats protest a now-rescinded funding freeze by the Trump administration.

California Democrats delayed votes on their “Trump-proofing” bills that would have provided $25 million for funding lawsuits against the federal government, and $25 million largely for

Senate Budget Committee Republicans approved Russ Vought’s nomination to serve as President Donald Trump’s budget director on Thursday, overcoming the absence of Democrats on the panel who boycotted the markup.