Amber Phillips

Washington Post

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Amber Phillips is a reporter for the Washington Post. She formerly covered Washington for the Las Vegas Sun.

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The idea of a “town hall” is as old as colonial America.

Effective Opposition or Sour Grapes?

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Nevada Senator Harry Reid has been the major force preventing Yucca Mountain in his home state from being developed as the repository for America's many tons of nuclear waste.

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Nevada Senator Harry Reid has been the major force preventing Yucca Mountain in his home state from being developed as the repository for America's many tons of nuclear waste.

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