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LCV 100/94%Throughout Thursday’s hearing, Bernhardt’s repeated favoritism for the fossil fuel industry was called into question. Regarding the administration’s energy dominance policy, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) noted that “it appears that policy extends to oil and gas but it doesn’t extend to other forms of energy development on public lands such as solar, wind, and geothermal.”She then listed a series of decisions and regulatory rollbacks made by the department “that imply your support more so of the fossil fuel industry.” This includes opening up national monuments to allow oil, gas, and coal leasing, rushing to allow an oil and gas lease sale in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, repealing safety rules put in place after the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, and recalling furloughed workers during the recent government shutdown to continue processing oil and gas leases.“Why hasn’t the department given the same level of intensity to cleaner forms of energy development than it is to fossil fuel development?” asked Cortez Masto.“I really appreciate the question,” said Bernhardt. “I don’t think I can name a policy where we’ve not treated, for example, solar or wind, equally fairly.”Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) pressed Bernhardt on whether he would extend his ethics recusal beyond the required time limit, set to expire soon, “since you’ve had so many of your clients [who are] going to be working directly with this agency?”Bernhardt said no. “I’m basically handcuffed if I am recusing myself,” he said. “I don’t really think that’s the best strategy.”Later, Murkowski noted that Interior ethics officials found that should Bernhardt be confirmed, he will be in compliance with ethics rules and conflicts of interest law....freedom partners neg ads_<a href="http://catherinecortezmasto.com/post/150454314664/cortez-masto-campaign-releases-new-ad-featuring">http://catherinecortezmasto.com/post/150454314664/cortez-masto-campaign-releases-new-ad-featuring</a>For media inquiries, please contact: press@catherinecortezmasto.comP.O. Box:Catherine Cortez Masto for Senate
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Las Vegas, NV 89139beat nra North Carolina, the NRA spent $6.2 million on the incumbent Republican Sen. Richard Burr, the most it has ever invested in a down-ballot race. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)The National Rifle Association took a historic gamble in 2016, and it paid off in a huge way.The gun rights group placed multimillion-dollar bets on Donald Trump and six Republican Senate candidates locked in highly competitive races. It poured $50.2 million, or 96 percent of its total outside spending, into these races, and lost only one — an open seat in Nevada, vacated by the Democratic Minority Leader, Harry Reid. That race cost the NRA roughly $2.5 million.The NRA’s big night came as a tidal wave of white voters without college degrees voted overwhelmingly for Trump, leading to one of the biggest election-night upsets in memory. The reasons why this demographic turned out in such high numbers for the GOP nominee will be parsed for years, and it is not at all clear how much of a factor his embrace of the NRA’s hardline position on gun rights played into the outcome.But the NRA’s investment, which was more than any other outside group, paid for a slew of ads that directly targeted the same voters who propelled Trump to victory. The organization’s radio and television spots sought to cast Hillary Clinton and the Democratic rivals of its preferred Senate candidates as an existential threat to the Second Amendment, and national security. It is a message that resonates in the gun belt, a swath of primarily Southern and Midwestern states where Trump achieved some of his most consequential victories.In October alone, <a href="https://www.publicintegrity.org/2016/10/19/20359/gun-loving-women-should-not-vote-hillary-says-nra" target="blank" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration: none;">according to the Center for Public Integrity</a>, roughly one out of every 20 television ads in Pennsylvania was sponsored by the NRA. That same month, the group paid for one in nine ads in North Carolina, and one of every eight in Ohio. The ads imply that Clinton and Democrats would leave law-and-order abiding citizens defenseless. In <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPM8e_DauUw" target="blank" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration: none;">one spot</a>, a woman is alone in bed when a burglar breaks into her home. The narrator intones, “Don’t let Hillary leave you protected with nothing but a phone.”Trump won all three states, and the NRA’s preferred Senate candidates also swept to victory.
The NRA’s largest 2016 outlay was the $30.3 million it spent in support of Trump.In North Carolina, the group spent $6.2 million on the incumbent Republican Senator Richard Burr, the most it has ever invested in a down-ballot race. Burr won by about six percentage points. Elsewhere, the NRA helped elect Senators Marco Rubio in Florida; Roy Blunt in Missouri; Todd Young in Indiana; and Rob Portman in Ohio. It spent between $2 million and $3.2 million on each of those races.The numbers account for independent expenditures—unrestricted money spent on ads and other media, independent of official campaigns.The 2016 election results represent a continuation of the NRA’s impressive success rate when making substantial investments in closely-contested races. Over the three prior election cycles, the group disbursed $1 million dollars or more toward 14 congressional races, and achieved its desired outcome 11 times. To help Republicans win back the Senate in 2014, it spent $20.6 million dollars on five key races in the upper chamber, and in each of them, its preferred candidate won.This election cycle, the NRA spent more than $52 million—a number that will rise as final campaign finance figures are tallied — to carry on its effort to increase <a href="https://www.thetrace.org/2016/05/nra-election-campaign-spending/" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration: none;">Republican control</a> of government, a mission that has ramped up since the Citizen’s United decision in 2010, when the Supreme Court removed caps on independent expenditures. The sum is by far the greatest in the organization’s history, smashing its previous record, of $31.7 million, set in 2014.In federal elections, the NRA typically ranks among heavyweight outside spending groups. For the second cycle in a row, it has earned a place in the top ten. But 2016 was a unique year for the organization, owing to the fact that many super PACs, like Karl Rove’s American Crossroads GPS, which spent roughly $115 million to elect Mitt Romney in 2012, declined to back Trump. The NRA stepped in to fill the void, putting at least $30.3 million on the line to help elect the real estate mogul, more than any other outside group — including the leading Trump super PAC, which spent $20.3 million.By comparison, the gun rights group deployed about $12.5 million to help Romney in 2012.
The close relationship between the NRA and Donald Trump began in May, when the organization endorsed the candidate earlier than it had ever endorsed a Republican presidential contender. Trump appeared before thousands of people at the NRA convention in Louisville, Kentucky, where he gleefully accepted the organization’s official support.“The Second Amendment is under threat like never before,” Trump told the crowd. “Crooked Hillary is the most anti-gun, anti-Second Amendment candidate ever to run for office.”In July, the NRA’s top lobbyist, Chris Cox, was given a prime speaking slot at the Republican National Convention. He reminded attendees that the next president would fill a Supreme Court vacancy, and the new Justice could directly affect gun rights.“A Hillary Clinton Supreme Court means your right to own a firearm is gone,” he said.Before Election Day, polls suggested that the Senate, under Republican control since 2014, was up for grabs. Now in the position of defending the upper chamber, the NRA focused the majority of its resources on six toss-up seats, hoping to keep or flip them Republican.The House, under Republican control before the election, was not expected to change hands, and so it was not a priority for the NRA. All told, it sprinkled roughly $1 million over 48 races. The group made two substantial investments in Republican incumbent candidates — just under $215,000 in Lloyd Smucker of Pennsylvania, and about $175,000 in Bruce Poliquin of Maine. Both candidates won.
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Emergency Update: The Koch brothers have just dropped a new $2 million ad buy attacking Katie McGinty.

What’s worse, so far in Pennsylvania Koch brothers-backed group Americans for Prosperity has knocked on more than 21,000 doors and made nearly 500,000 phone calls to re-elect climate denier Pat Toomey.

And McGinty isn’t their only target. The Koch group Freedom Partners Action Fund has spent $24 million so far trying to protect the climate-denying majority in the Senate. They’re making huge investments against Ted Strickland in Ohio and Catherine Cortez Masto in Nevada, as well. And their friends at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have spent hundreds of thousands to “greenwash” Senator Mark Kirk’s record in his campaign against climate champion and veteran Tammy Duckworth in Illinois.  8/16

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The Koch brothers have fired their first salvo--that the public knows about--in the 2016 election year.

The Koch-funded <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Concerned_Veterans_for_America" target="blank" style=" text-decoration: none;">Concerned Veterans for America</a> is beginning to air a <a href="http://cv4a.org/concerned-veterans-for-america-launches-ad-campaign-highlighting-u-s-rep-joe-hecks-support-for-va-reform/" target="blank" style=" text-decoration: none;">$700,000 broadcast and digital advertising buy</a> throughout Nevada supporting U.S. Representative Joe Heck's candidacy for Senator Harry Reid's seat. Senator Reid will be retiring at the end of his term and Rep. Heck's bid for the vacant Senate seat will be contested by Reid's <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/03/us/harry-reid-hopes-to-ensure-democrats-success-as-tenure-winds-down.html" target="_blank" style=" text-decoration: none;">preferred successor</a> ex-Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto.

The advertisement can be found <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TpEVs6fiuM" target="_blank" style=" text-decoration: none;">here</a>.

Koch Industries has been one of Rep. Heck's <a href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cycle=Career&cid=N00031244&type=I" target="blank" style=" text-decoration: none;">top contributors throughout his career</a>, and Heck voted with Koch-held positions <a href="http://www.prwatch.org/files/joeheckafp_scorecard.pdf" target="blank" style=" text-decoration: none;">nearly 90 percent of the time in 2015</a>. In 2014, the Koch-funded <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Americans_for_Prosperity" target="_blank" style=" text-decoration: none;">Americans for Prosperity</a> also ran a $200,000 advertisement in support of Heck.

The Concerned Veterans for America ad appears to be the first political ad aired in 2016 by a known Koch front group, although the shadowy Koch network may also be funding election activities without public disclosure. Concerned Veterans for America <a href="http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/morning-score/2015/10/rga-back-up-in-kentucky-koch-backed-vets-group-goes-after-four-senate-democrats-210821" target="_blank" style=" text-decoration: none;">also began an advertising campaign</a> in October 2015 against Colorado Senator Michael Bennet, Indiana Senator Joe Donnelly, Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey, and North Dakota Senator Heidi Heitkamp.

Concerned Veterans for America and its related organizations have received nearly $21 million in funding from <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Freedom_Partners" target="blank" style=" text-decoration: none;">Freedom Partners</a>, which Politico has described as the <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/behind-the-curtain-exclusive-the-koch-brothers-secret-bank-096669#ixzz2hj4y5I8o" target="blank" style=" text-decoration: none;">Koch network's "secret bank,"</a> and has received nearly $2 million from the Koch-linked <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/TC4_Trust" target="blank" style=" text-decoration: none;">TC4 Trust</a> since 2011. The Koch brothers' donor network has pledged to spend close to a billion dollars in the race for the White House in 2016 and has already <a href="http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/267641-koch-network-spent-nearly-400-million-in-2015" target="blank" style=" text-decoration: none;">spent nearly $400 million in 2015</a>. The details of this spending may not be known for years it at all.=<div id="mw-content-text" lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="direction: ltr;"><div class="mw-parser-output" style="">Catherine Marie Cortez Masto <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English" style="background: none; text-decoration-line: none !important;">/ˌkɔːrˈtɛz ˈmæstoʊ/</a> (born March 29, 1964) is an American attorney and politician serving as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seniority_in_the_United_States_Senate" title="Seniority in the United States Senate" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">junior</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">United States Senator</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Nevada</a>since 2017. She is a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Democratic Party</a> and previously served as the 32nd <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Nevada" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Nevada" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Attorney General of Nevada</a> (2007–2015).Cortez Masto graduated from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Nevada,Reno" title="University of Nevada, Reno" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">University of Nevada, Reno</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzaga_University_School_of_Law" title="Gonzaga University School of Law" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Gonzaga University School of Law</a>. She worked four years as a civil attorney in Las Vegas and two years as a criminal prosecutor for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.Attorney%27s_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Attorney's Office" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">U.S. Attorney's Office</a> in Washington, D.C. She was the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_Attorney_General" title="Nevada Attorney General" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Attorney General of Nevada</a> (2007-15), elected to replace <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Chanos" title="George Chanos" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">George Chanos</a>. She was not eligible to run for a third term in 2014 because of lifetime <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Term_limits_in_the_United_States" title="Term limits in the United States" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">term limits</a> established by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Nevada" title="Constitution of Nevada" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Nevada Constitution</a>.Cortez Masto defeated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Heck" title="Joe Heck" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Joe Heck</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Nevada,2016" title="United States Senate election in Nevada, 2016" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">U.S. Senate election in Nevada</a> to replace outgoing Democratic Senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid" title="Harry Reid" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Harry Reid</a>, becoming the first woman elected to represent Nevada in the Senate and the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latino" title="Latino" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Latina</a> elected to serve in the Senate.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-politico-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[1]</a> She took office on January 3, 2017.<div id="toc" class="toc" style="background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 7px; display: table; zoom: 1;"><div class="toctitle" style="direction: ltr; text-align: center;"><h2 style="background: none; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border: 0px; display: inline; line-height: 1.3;">Contents</h2>  [<a role="button" tabindex="0" class="togglelink" style="background: none; cursor: pointer;">hide</a>] </div><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0.3em 0px; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#Early_life" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">1Early life</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#Education_and_law_career" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2Education and law career</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#Nevada_Attorney_General" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">3Nevada Attorney General</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#U.S.Senate" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">4U.S. Senate</a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#Elections" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">4.1Elections</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#Tenure" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">4.2Tenure</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#Committee_assignments" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">4.3Committee assignments</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#Caucus_memberships" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">4.4Caucus memberships</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#Political_positions" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">5Political positions</a><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: none;"><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#Environment" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">5.1Environment</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#Gun_law" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">5.2Gun law</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#Health_care" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">5.3Health care</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#Immigration" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">5.4Immigration</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#LGBT" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">5.5LGBT</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#Women's_health" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">5.6Women's health</a></li></ul></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#See_also" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">6See also</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#References" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">7References</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-18" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#External_links" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">8External links</a></li></ul></div><h2 style="background: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); line-height: 1.3;">Early life[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catherine_Cortez_Masto&action=edit&section=1&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Early life" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>Cortez Masto was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas,Nevada" class="mw-redirect" title="Las Vegas, Nevada" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Las Vegas, Nevada</a>, the daughter of Joanna (née Musso) and Manny Cortez.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[2]</a> Her father was the longtime head of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas_Convention_and_Visitors_Authority" title="Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority</a> and served as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_County,Nevada" title="Clark County, Nevada" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Clark County</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark_County_Commission" title="Clark County Commission" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Commissioner</a> and as an attorney for the County.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-sunarchive-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[3]</a> Manny Cortez, now deceased, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid" title="Harry Reid" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Harry Reid</a> had a longstanding friendship.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-national-4" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[4]</a> Her father is of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Mexican people" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Mexican</a> descent and her mother is of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian people" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Italian</a> descent.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[5]</a> Her paternal grandfather, Edward Cortez, immigrated to Nevada from the Mexican state of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chihuahua(state)" title="Chihuahua (state)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Chihuahua</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-6" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[6]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-7" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[7]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-8" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[8]</a><h2 style="background: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); line-height: 1.3;">Education and law career[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catherine_Cortez_Masto&action=edit&section=2&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Education and law career" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2>Cortez Masto earned a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science_in_Business_Administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Bachelor of Science in Business Administration" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Bachelor of Science in Business Administration</a> degree in finance from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Nevada,Reno" title="University of Nevada, Reno" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">University of Nevada, Reno</a> in 1986 and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">J.D.</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzaga_University_School_of_Law" title="Gonzaga University School of Law" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Gonzaga University School of Law</a> in 1990.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-9" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[9]</a>She was admitted to the State Bar of Nevada in 1990, the U.S. District Court, District of Nevada in 1991 and the U.S. Court of Appeals, for the Ninth Circuit in 1994. She is married to Paul Masto, a former Special Agent in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secret_Service" title="United States Secret Service" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">United States Secret Service</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-10" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[10]</a>Her career includes four years as a civil attorney in Las Vegas and two years as a criminal prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington, D.C. She also served as former Nevada Democratic Governor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Miller(Nevada_governor)" title="Bob Miller (Nevada governor)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Bob Miller’s</a> chief of staff.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-national-4" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[4]</a>In November 2014, Cortez Masto was named executive vice chancellor of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_System_of_Higher_Education" title="Nevada System of Higher Education" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Nevada System of Higher Education</a>. There was initial controversy because she was hired directly by the chancellor, and not the university system's board of regents; the chancellor indicated that the regents had previously recommended that he hire an assistant, and in December the board voted unanimously to approve her annual salary of $215,000.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-11" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[11]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-12" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[12]</a><h2 style="background: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); line-height: 1.3;">Nevada Attorney General[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catherine_Cortez_Masto&action=edit&section=3&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Nevada Attorney General" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2><div class="thumb tright" style="background-color: transparent; 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background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent), url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="%221.0%22" encoding="%22UTF-8%22" standalone="%22no%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg" viewbox="%220" width="width" height="height" cg="Cg" id="%22smallbox%22" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%23000%22%3E%0A" cpath="Cpath" d="%22M-1.499" h10.99v7.919h-10.99z="h10.99v7.919h-10.99z" e="E" a="A" h5.943v4.904h-5.943z="h5.943v4.904h-5.943z" g="g" display="display" block="block" text-indent="text-indent" px="px" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" user-select="user-select" none="none" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Cortez Masto in 2011</a></div></div></div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Catherine_Cortez_Masto.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent), url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="%221.0%22" encoding="%22UTF-8%22" standalone="%22no%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg" viewbox="%220" width="width" height="height" cg="Cg" id="%22smallbox%22" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%23000%22%3E%0A" cpath="Cpath" d="%22M-1.499" h10.99v7.919h-10.99z="h10.99v7.919h-10.99z" e="E" a="A" h5.943v4.904h-5.943z="h5.943v4.904h-5.943z" g="g" display="display" block="block" text-indent="text-indent" px="px" white-space="white-space" nowrap="nowrap" overflow="overflow" hidden="hidden" user-select="user-select" none="none" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">In 2009, Cortez Masto's office launched an investigation against </a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Krolicki" title="Brian Krolicki" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Brian Krolicki</a>, the Republican <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Nevada" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant Governor of Nevada" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Lieutenant Governor of Nevada</a>. Krolicki faced felony charges related to allegations that he mishandled the Nevada College Savings Trust Fund when he was state treasurer. During the investigation, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas_Review-Journal" title="Las Vegas Review-Journal" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Las Vegas Review-Journal</a> discovered that Cortez Masto's husband, Paul, planned to host a fundraising party for Robert S. Randazzo, a Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor, four days before the attorney general's office was scheduled to prosecute Krolicki. Cortez Masto said she was unaware of the fundraising party.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-13" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[13]</a> The charges against Krolicki were ultimately dismissed in Clark County District Court.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-14" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[14]</a> The dismissal of charges against Krolicki was regarded as a political setback for Cortez Masto, who, according to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas_Sun" title="Las Vegas Sun" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Las Vegas Sun</a>, "opened herself to charges of politicizing her office and prosecutorial misconduct."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-15" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[15]</a>In 2010, Cortez Masto's office began investigating <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_America" title="Bank of America" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Bank of America</a>, accusing the company of raising interest rates on troubled borrowers. Her office sought to end Nevada's participation in a loan modification settlement in order to sue the bank over alleged deceptive marketing and lending practices. Bank of America denied any wrongdoing.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-16" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[16]</a> The lawsuit was settled in 2012 for $750 million for lien reductions and short sales.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-17" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[17]</a>Cortez Masto defended the state of Nevada's position in the lawsuit <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sevcik_v.Sandoval" title="Sevcik v. Sandoval" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Sevcik v. Sandoval</a>. The lawsuit challenged Nevada's denial of same-sex marriage as prohibited by the state's constitution and statutory law. After initially defending the state's same-sex marriage ban,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-18" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[18]</a> Cortez Masto and the state abandoned their defense of the ban in light of a ruling by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Ninth_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-19" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[19]</a><h2 style="background: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); line-height: 1.3;">U.S. Senate[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catherine_Cortez_Masto&action=edit&section=4&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: U.S. Senate" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2><h3 style="background: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Elections[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catherine_Cortez_Masto&action=edit&section=5&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Elections" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h3><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-style: italic; padding-left: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 0.5em;">Main article: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Nevada,2016" title="United States Senate election in Nevada, 2016" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">United States Senate election in Nevada, 2016</a></div>Cortez Masto declined to run for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Nevada" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Nevada" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Governor of Nevada</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_gubernatorial_election,2014" title="Nevada gubernatorial election, 2014" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2014 election</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-20" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[20]</a> When <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">U.S. Senator</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid" title="Harry Reid" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Harry Reid</a> decided not to run for re-election in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Nevada,2016" title="United States Senate election in Nevada, 2016" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2016 election</a>, he endorsed Cortez Masto as his successor.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-national-4" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[4]</a> Cortez Masto's campaign relied heavily on the political infrastructure Reid had assembled.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-21" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[21]</a> Her opponent was United States Representative <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Heck" title="Joe Heck" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Joe Heck</a>.Cortez Masto, who supports increased investments in renewable energy technology, was supported by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Conservation_Voters" title="League of Conservation Voters" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">League of Conservation Voters</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-22" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[22]</a> Cortez Masto was also financially supported by End Citizens United, a political action committee seeking to overturn <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v.FEC" title="Citizens United v. FEC" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Citizens United v. FEC</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro_choice" title="Pro choice" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">pro choice</a> groups such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMILY%27s_List" title="EMILY's List" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">EMILY's List</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_Parenthood" title="Planned Parenthood" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Planned Parenthood</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-23" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">[23]</a>Cortez Masto won 47% of the vote (520,658 votes), with Joe Heck behind at 45% (494,427 votes).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-politico-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[1]</a>She filled the seat of former Senator Harry Reid on January 3, 2017, becoming the first Latina in the United States Senate.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-24" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[24]</a><h3 style="background: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Tenure[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catherine_Cortez_Masto&action=edit&section=6&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Tenure" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h3><h3 style="background: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Committee assignments[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catherine_Cortez_Masto&action=edit&section=7&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Committee assignments" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h3><ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="%221.0%22" encoding="%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg" width="%225%22" height="%2213%22%3E%0A%09%3Ccircle" cx="%222.5%22" cy="%229.5%22" r="%222.5%22" fill="%22%2300528c%22/%3E%0A%3C/svg%3E%0A" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Banking,Housing,and_Urban_Affairs" title="United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs</a><ul style="list-style-type: disc; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="%221.0%22" encoding="%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg" width="%225%22" height="%2213%22%3E%0A%09%3Ccircle" cx="%222.5%22" cy="%229.5%22" r="%222.5%22" fill="%22%2300528c%22/%3E%0A%3C/svg%3E%0A" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Banking_Subcommittee_on_Financial_Institutions_and_Consumer_Protection" title="United States Senate Banking Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_banking_subcommittee_on_Securities_and_Consumer_Credit" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate banking subcommittee on Securities and Consumer Credit" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment</a></li></ul></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Energy_and_Natural_Resources" title="United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Committee on Energy and Natural Resources</a><ul style="list-style-type: disc; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="%221.0%22" encoding="%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg" width="%225%22" height="%2213%22%3E%0A%09%3Ccircle" cx="%222.5%22" cy="%229.5%22" r="%222.5%22" fill="%22%2300528c%22/%3E%0A%3C/svg%3E%0A" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Energy_Subcommittee_on_Energy" title="United States Senate Energy Subcommittee on Energy" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Subcommittee on Energy</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Energy_Subcommittee_on_Public_Lands,Forests_and_Mining" title="United States Senate Energy Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests and Mining</a></li></ul></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Rules_and_Administration" title="United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Committee on Rules and Administration</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Commerce,Science,and_Transportation" title="United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation</a><ul style="list-style-type: disc; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="%221.0%22" encoding="%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg" width="%225%22" height="%2213%22%3E%0A%09%3Ccircle" cx="%222.5%22" cy="%229.5%22" r="%222.5%22" fill="%22%2300528c%22/%3E%0A%3C/svg%3E%0A" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Commerce_Subcommittee_on_Communications,Technology,Innovation,and_the_Internet" title="United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Commerce_Subcommittee_on_Consumer_Protection,Product_Safety,Insurance_and_Data_Security" title="United States Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance and Data Security" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance and Data Security</a></li></ul></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Indian_Affairs" title="United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Committee on Indian Affairs</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Special_Committee_on_Aging" title="United States Senate Special Committee on Aging" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Special Committee on Aging</a></li></ul><h3 style="background: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Caucus memberships[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catherine_Cortez_Masto&action=edit&section=8&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Caucus memberships" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h3><ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="%221.0%22" encoding="%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg" width="%225%22" height="%2213%22%3E%0A%09%3Ccircle" cx="%222.5%22" cy="%229.5%22" r="%222.5%22" fill="%22%2300528c%22/%3E%0A%3C/svg%3E%0A" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Hispanic_Caucus" title="Congressional Hispanic Caucus" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Congressional Hispanic Caucus</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Caucus_for_Women%27s_Issues" title="Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues</a></li></ul><h2 style="background: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); line-height: 1.3;">Political positions[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catherine_Cortez_Masto&action=edit&section=9&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Political positions" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2><h3 style="background: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Environment</h3>Cortez believes in human caused <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change" title="Climate change" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">climate change</a> and that the federal government should limit the amount of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas" title="Greenhouse gas" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">greenhouse gas</a> emissions from power plants.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-HP1005a-25" style="text-decoration-line: none; background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">[25]</a> She supports the growth of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_job" title="Green job" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">green jobs</a> and increasing Nevada's reliance on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_power" title="Solar power" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">solar power</a> and other forms of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_energy" class="mw-redirect" title="Clean energy" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">clean energy</a>. She opposes the use of Yucca Mountain as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucca_Mountain_nuclear_waste_repository" title="Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">nuclear waste repository</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-Akers1005e-26" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">[26]</a><h3 style="background: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Gun law</h3>Cortez Masto is a gun owner. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Rifle_Association" title="National Rifle Association" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">National Rifle Association</a> (NRA) has given Cortez Masto a "F" rating due to her support for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_control" title="Gun control" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">gun control</a>. During the 2016 election cycle, the NRA spent $1 million on an attack ad against her. She opposes allowing individuals on the terrorist watch list to buy guns, stating that allowing them to do so "makes no sense."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-Smith1005g-27" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">[27]</a>In response to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Las_Vegas_shooting" title="2017 Las Vegas shooting" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2017 Las Vegas shooting</a>, Cortez Masto co-sponsored a bill with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianne_Feinstein" title="Dianne Feinstein" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Dianne Feinstein</a> to ban <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bump_stocks" class="mw-redirect" title="Bump stocks" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">bump stocks</a>. She stated that, although the bill cannot bring back the lives of those lost, it can be a start towards decreasing gun violence and mass shootings.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-2News1005G-28" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[28]</a><h3 style="background: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Health care[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catherine_Cortez_Masto&action=edit&section=12&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Health care" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>Cortez Masto does not support the repeal of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affordable_Care_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Affordable Care Act" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Affordable Care Act</a> (also known as Obamacare).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-HP1005a-25" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[25]</a> However, she does support improving upon the act, which she has called "imperfect." She has co-sponsored the Marketplace Certainty Act to bring more stability to the healthcare marketplace in lieu of insurance providers leaving the program.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-Gonzalez-29" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[29]</a><h3 style="background: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Immigration[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catherine_Cortez_Masto&action=edit&section=13&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Immigration" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>She supports the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DREAM_Act" title="DREAM Act" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">DREAM Act</a> and allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain citizenship.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-HP1005a-25" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[25]</a><h3 style="background: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">LGBT[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catherine_Cortez_Masto&action=edit&section=14&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: LGBT" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>Cortez Masto supports <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_marriage" class="mw-redirect" title="Gay marriage" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">gay marriage</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-HP1005a-25" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[25]</a><h3 style="background: none; margin: 0.3em 0px 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; border-bottom: 0px; line-height: 1.6;">Women's health[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catherine_Cortez_Masto&action=edit&section=15&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: Women's health" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h3>Cortez Masto is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pro-choice" class="mw-redirect" title="Pro-choice" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">pro-choice</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-HP1005a-25" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[25]</a> In the 2016 election, she was endorsed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planned_Parenthood" title="Planned Parenthood" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Planned Parenthood</a> and funded by their action fund.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-Messerly1005a-30" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[30]</a>Additionally, she does not believe that companies can withhold access to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_control" title="Birth control" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">birth control</a> from women based on religious beliefs.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_note-HP1005a-25" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">[25]</a><h2 style="background: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); line-height: 1.3;">See also[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catherine_Cortez_Masto&action=edit&section=16&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: See also" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2><ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="%221.0%22" encoding="%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg" width="%225%22" height="%2213%22%3E%0A%09%3Ccircle" cx="%222.5%22" cy="%229.5%22" r="%222.5%22" fill="%22%2300528c%22/%3E%0A%3C/svg%3E%0A" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans_in_the_United_States_Congress" title="List of Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States Congress" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">List of Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States Congress</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_United_States_Senate" title="Women in the United States Senate" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Women in the United States Senate</a></li></ul><h2 style="background: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); line-height: 1.3;">References[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catherine_Cortez_Masto&action=edit&section=17&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: References" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2><div class="reflist columns references-column-width" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.3em; column-width: 30em; list-style-type: decimal;"><ol class="references" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 3.2em; 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Patrick (December 8, 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lasvegassun.com/news/2009/dec/08/cortez-mastos-shining-star-dims/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="%221.0%22" encoding="%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E%0A%09%3Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" a="A" cpath="Cpath" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">"Cortez Masto's shining star dims after Krolicki decision"</a>. Las Vegas Sun. 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Retrieved October 4, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Outside+spending+groups+pump+millions+into+political+races+in+Nevada&rft.date=2016-10-02&rft.aulast=Botkin&rft.aufirst=Ben&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reviewjournal.com%2Fpolitics%2Foutside-spending-groups-pump-millions-political-races-nevada&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACatherine+Cortez+Masto" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-24" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_ref-24" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up^{</a> }<cite class="citation news" style="font-style: inherit; word-wrap: break-word;">Philipps, Dave (November 9, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/09/us/politics/nevada-senate-catherine-cortez-masto.html" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="%221.0%22" encoding="%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E%0A%09%3Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" a="A" cpath="Cpath" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">"Catherine Cortez Masto Wins Nevada to Become First Latina Senator"</a>. The New York Times. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Serial_Number" title="International Standard Serial Number" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="%221.0%22" encoding="%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E%0A%09%3Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" a="A" cpath="Cpath" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">0362-4331</a>. Retrieved November 9, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Catherine+Cortez+Masto+Wins+Nevada+to+Become+First+Latina+Senator&rft.date=2016-11-09&rft.issn=0362-4331&rft.aulast=Philipps&rft.aufirst=Dave&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2016%2F11%2F09%2Fus%2Fpolitics%2Fnevada-senate-catherine-cortez-masto.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACatherine+Cortez+Masto" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-HP1005a-25" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;">^ <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_ref-HP1005a_25-0" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up to:a</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_ref-HP1005a_25-1" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">b</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_ref-HP1005a_25-2" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">c</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_ref-HP1005a_25-3" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">d</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_ref-HP1005a_25-4" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">e</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_ref-HP1005a_25-5" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">f</a> <cite class="citation web" style="font-style: inherit; word-wrap: break-word;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/joe-heck-vs-catherine-cortez-masto-nonpartisan-candidate_us_57f55bc5e4b087a29a548547" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="%221.0%22" encoding="%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E%0A%09%3Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" a="A" cpath="Cpath" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">"Joe Heck vs. Catherine Cortez Masto: Nonpartisan Candidate Guide For 2016 Nevada Senate Race"</a>. Huffington Post. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Huffington+Post&rft.atitle=Joe+Heck+vs.+Catherine+Cortez+Masto%3A+Nonpartisan+Candidate+Guide+For+2016+Nevada+Senate+Race&rft.date=2016-10-11&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fentry%2Fjoe-heck-vs-catherine-cortez-masto-nonpartisan-candidate_us_57f55bc5e4b087a29a548547&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACatherine+Cortez+Masto" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-Akers1005e-26" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_ref-Akers1005e_26-0" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up^{</a> }<cite class="citation web" style="font-style: inherit; word-wrap: break-word;">Akers, Mick (24 February 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lasvegassun.com/news/2017/feb/24/cortez-masto-clean-energy-advocates-wary-of-epa-un/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="%221.0%22" encoding="%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E%0A%09%3Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" a="A" cpath="Cpath" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">"Cortez Masto, clean energy advocates cite concerns about EPA under Pruitt"</a>. Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 5 October 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Las+Vegas+Sun&rft.atitle=Cortez+Masto%2C+clean+energy+advocates+cite+concerns+about+EPA+under+Pruitt&rft.date=2017-02-24&rft.aulast=Akers&rft.aufirst=Mick&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Flasvegassun.com%2Fnews%2F2017%2Ffeb%2F24%2Fcortez-masto-clean-energy-advocates-wary-of-epa-un%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACatherine+Cortez+Masto" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-Smith1005g-27" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_ref-Smith1005g_27-0" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up^{</a> }<cite class="citation web" style="font-style: inherit; word-wrap: break-word;">Smith, Anthony. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://mic.com/articles/184910/nevadas-members-of-congress-are-sending-thoughts-and-prayers-heres-where-they-stand-on-guns#.gcg4XUFa5" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="%221.0%22" encoding="%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E%0A%09%3Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" a="A" cpath="Cpath" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">"After massacre, Nevada's members of Congress are sending "thoughts and prayers.""</a>. Mic. Retrieved 5 October 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Mic&rft.atitle=After+massacre%2C+Nevada%27s+members+of+Congress+are+sending+%22thoughts+and+prayers.%22&rft.aulast=Smith&rft.aufirst=Anthony&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fmic.com%2Farticles%2F184910%2Fnevadas-members-of-congress-are-sending-thoughts-and-prayers-heres-where-they-stand-on-guns%23.gcg4XUFa5&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACatherine+Cortez+Masto" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-2News1005G-28" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_ref-2News1005G_28-0" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up^{</a> }<cite class="citation web" style="font-style: inherit; word-wrap: break-word;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ktvn.com/story/36524490/senator-catherine-cortez-masto-cosponsors-bill-on-gun-control-and-releases-statement-on-las-vegas-shooting" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="%221.0%22" encoding="%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E%0A%09%3Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" a="A" cpath="Cpath" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">"Senator Catherine Cortez Masto Cosponsors Bill On Gun Control and Releases Statement on Las Vegas Shooting"</a>. 2 News. Retrieved 5 October 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=2+News&rft.atitle=Senator+Catherine+Cortez+Masto+Cosponsors+Bill+On+Gun+Control+and+Releases+Statement+on+Las+Vegas+Shooting&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ktvn.com%2Fstory%2F36524490%2Fsenator-catherine-cortez-masto-cosponsors-bill-on-gun-control-and-releases-statement-on-las-vegas-shooting&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACatherine+Cortez+Masto" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-Gonzalez-29" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_ref-Gonzalez_29-0" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up^{</a> }<cite class="citation web" style="font-style: inherit; word-wrap: break-word;">Gonzalez, Yvonne (7 July 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lasvegassun.com/news/2017/jul/07/cortez-masto-highlights-dangers-of-obamacare-repea/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="%221.0%22" encoding="%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E%0A%09%3Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" a="A" cpath="Cpath" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">"Cortez Masto highlights dangers of Obamacare repeal"</a>. Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 5 October 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Las+Vegas+Sun&rft.atitle=Cortez+Masto+highlights+dangers+of+Obamacare+repeal&rft.date=2017-07-07&rft.aulast=Gonzalez&rft.aufirst=Yvonne&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Flasvegassun.com%2Fnews%2F2017%2Fjul%2F07%2Fcortez-masto-highlights-dangers-of-obamacare-repea%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACatherine+Cortez+Masto" class="Z3988" /></li><li id="cite_note-Messerly1005a-30" style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; break-inside: avoid-column;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cortez_Masto#cite_ref-Messerly1005a_30-0" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;"><span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="user-select: none; top: -99999px; clip: rect(1px 1px 1px 1px); overflow: hidden; position: absolute !important; padding: 0px !important; border: 0px !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important;">Jump up^{</a> }<cite class="citation web" style="font-style: inherit; word-wrap: break-word;">Messerly, Megan (10 August 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lasvegassun.com/news/2016/aug/10/cortez-masto-ad-goes-after-heck-on-abortion-stance/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="%221.0%22" encoding="%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E%0A%09%3Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" a="A" cpath="Cpath" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">"Cortez Masto ad goes after Heck on abortion stance"</a>. Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved 5 October 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Las+Vegas+Sun&rft.atitle=Cortez+Masto+ad+goes+after+Heck+on+abortion+stance&rft.date=2016-08-10&rft.aulast=Messerly&rft.aufirst=Megan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Flasvegassun.com%2Fnews%2F2016%2Faug%2F10%2Fcortez-masto-ad-goes-after-heck-on-abortion-stance%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACatherine+Cortez+Masto" class="Z3988" /></li></ol></div><h2 style="background: none; font-weight: normal; margin: 1em 0px 0.25em; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); line-height: 1.3;">External links[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catherine_Cortez_Masto&action=edit&section=18&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro" title="Edit section: External links" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">edit</a>]</h2><ul style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0.3em 0px 0px 1.6em; padding: 0px; list-style-image: url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="%221.0%22" encoding="%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg" width="%225%22" height="%2213%22%3E%0A%09%3Ccircle" cx="%222.5%22" cy="%229.5%22" r="%222.5%22" fill="%22%2300528c%22/%3E%0A%3C/svg%3E%0A" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data"><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cortezmasto.senate.gov/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="%221.0%22" encoding="%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E%0A%09%3Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" a="A" cpath="Cpath" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Congresswoman Catherine Cortez Masto</a> official U.S. Senate website</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://catherinecortezmasto.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="%221.0%22" encoding="%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E%0A%09%3Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" a="A" cpath="Cpath" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Catherine Cortez Masto website</a></li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ballotpedia.org/Catherine_Cortez_Masto" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: linear-gradient(transparent, transparent) right center no-repeat, url(" data:image="data:image" svg="svg" xml="xml" c="C" fxml="Fxml" version="%221.0%22" encoding="%22UTF-8%22%3F%3E%0A%3Csvg" width="%2212%22" height="%2212%22%3E%0A%09%3Cpath" fill="%22%23fff%22" stroke="%22%2336c%22" d="%22M9.995" h5.982v10.5h1.5z="h5.982V10.5H1.5z" e="E" a="A" cpath="Cpath" h11v5.39l9.427="H11v5.39L9.427" l-1.31-1.31l5.393="l-1.31-1.31L5.393" l-2.69-2.688="l-2.69-2.688" l4.2="L4.2" z="z" l.022="l.022" l8.2="L8.2" l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z="l2.882-2.88-1.85-1.852z" padding-right="padding-right" px="px" xmlns="%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22" xmlns:data="data">Catherine Cortez Masto</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballotpedia" title="Ballotpedia" style="text-decoration-line: none; 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background: none;">Library of Congress</a></li></ul><table class="wikitable succession-box" style="background-color: rgb(248, 249, 250); margin: 0.5em auto; border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); border-collapse: collapse; clear: both;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="3" style="border-width: 5px 1px 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(221, 206, 242) rgb(162, 169, 177) rgb(162, 169, 177); border-image: initial; padding: 0.2em 0.4em; background-color: rgb(234, 236, 240); text-align: center;">Legal offices</th></tr><tr style="text-align: center;"><td rowspan="1" style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; width: 237.375px;">Preceded by
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Chanos" title="George Chanos" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">George Chanos</a></td><td rowspan="1" style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; width: 318.375px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada_Attorney_General" title="Nevada Attorney General" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Attorney General of Nevada</a>
2007–2015</td><td rowspan="1" style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; width: 236.375px;">Succeeded by
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Laxalt" title="Adam Laxalt" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Adam Laxalt</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3" style="border-width: 5px 1px 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(255, 191, 0) rgb(162, 169, 177) rgb(162, 169, 177); border-image: initial; padding: 0.2em 0.4em; background-color: rgb(234, 236, 240); text-align: center;">Party political offices</th></tr><tr style="text-align: center;"><td rowspan="1" style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; width: 237.375px;">Preceded by
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid" title="Harry Reid" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Harry Reid</a></td><td rowspan="1" style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; width: 318.375px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Democratic</a> nominee for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senators_from_Nevada" title="List of United States Senators from Nevada" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">U.S. Senator</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada" title="Nevada" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Nevada</a>
(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators" title="Classes of United States Senators" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Class 3</a>)
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Nevada,2016" title="United States Senate election in Nevada, 2016" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2016</a></td><td rowspan="1" style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; width: 236.375px;">Most recent</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3" style="border-width: 5px 1px 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204) rgb(162, 169, 177) rgb(162, 169, 177); border-image: initial; padding: 0.2em 0.4em; background-color: rgb(234, 236, 240); text-align: center;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">U.S. Senate</a></th></tr><tr style="text-align: center;"><td rowspan="1" style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; width: 237.375px;">Preceded by
Harry Reid</td><td rowspan="1" style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; width: 318.375px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Senators_from_Nevada" title="List of United States Senators from Nevada" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">United States Senator (Class 3) from Nevada</a>
2017–present
Served alongside: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Heller" title="Dean Heller" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Dean Heller</a></td><td rowspan="1" style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; width: 236.375px;">Incumbent</td></tr><tr><th colspan="3" style="border-width: 5px 1px 1px; border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 255, 204) rgb(162, 169, 177) rgb(162, 169, 177); border-image: initial; padding: 0.2em 0.4em; background-color: rgb(234, 236, 240); text-align: center;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_order_of_precedence" title="United States order of precedence" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Current U.S. order of precedence</a> (ceremonial)</th></tr><tr style="text-align: center;"><td rowspan="1" style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; width: 237.375px;">Preceded by
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Neely_Kennedy" title="John Neely Kennedy" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">John N. Kennedy</a></td><td rowspan="1" style="border: 1px solid rgb(162, 169, 177); padding: 0.2em 0.4em; width: 318.375px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seniority_in_the_United_States_Senate" title="Seniority in the United States Senate" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">United States Senators by seniority</a>
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