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Reid: Things could be worse in Nevada
WASHINGTON
(UPI) -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Friday unemployment in Nevada, now the highest in the country, would be worse without federal spending.
Reid, in a Senate speech, credited federal stimulus money for creating 4,000 jobs in Nevada in the past four months, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.
"The economy in Nevada is not in good shape. It is getting better but not good," he said. "We are one of the leading states in the union with unemployment but think how much worse it would be if we have not been able to create these jobs in Nevada with the recovery bill."
The four-term senator faces an uphill fight for re-election in November, political analysts say. Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nev., said the report that Nevada's unemployment rate has hit 14 percent shows Democratic policies have failed.
"Since the passage of the stimulus, Nevada's economy has continued to decline," Heller said in a statement. "Despite assertions to the contrary, it does not appear that jobs are being saved or created under the current economic plan."
WASHINGTON
(UPI) -- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said Friday unemployment in Nevada, now the highest in the country, would be worse without federal spending.
Reid, in a Senate speech, credited federal stimulus money for creating 4,000 jobs in Nevada in the past four months, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.
"The economy in Nevada is not in good shape. It is getting better but not good," he said. "We are one of the leading states in the union with unemployment but think how much worse it would be if we have not been able to create these jobs in Nevada with the recovery bill."
The four-term senator faces an uphill fight for re-election in November, political analysts say. Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nev., said the report that Nevada's unemployment rate has hit 14 percent shows Democratic policies have failed.
"Since the passage of the stimulus, Nevada's economy has continued to decline," Heller said in a statement. "Despite assertions to the contrary, it does not appear that jobs are being saved or created under the current economic plan."