Tag: Congress
That was some vote in the House Wednesday on a resolution opposing President Trumps withdrawal from northern Syria and noting the mayhem that has resulted. In an era marked by furious partisanship, the House voted…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) The only Democratic candidate running for an eastern Kansas congressional seat has dropped out of the race. Abbie Hodgson announced Tuesday that she was ending her campaign in the 2nd District.…
WASHINGTON The Supreme Court justices sounded closely split Tuesday and a bit uncertain over whether to make it illegal under federal law for companies and public agencies to fire employees solely because they are gay,…
WASHINGTON The push by some Democrats to impeach President Donald Trump has been marked by false starts, semantic debates and legal roadblocks. Not surprisingly, perhaps, the first House Judiciary Committee hearing in the hotly contested…
SALINA, Kan. (AP) Former Kansas Lt. Governor Tracey Mann says he plans to run for the states 1st District seat in Congress. Mann, who was lieutenant governor for former Gov. Jeff Colyer, announced his…
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) A Kansas business executive with political ties to former Republican Gov. Sam Brownback has officially kicked off her campaign to challenge freshman Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids. Amanda Adkins made the…
WASHINGTON (AP) Facing criticism that the Senate has become little more than what one member calls an expensive lunch club, Congress returns for the fall session today with pressure mounting on Senate Majority Leader…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) Western Kansas congressman launched a Senate campaign on Saturday, pitching himself to fellow Republicans as a pragmatic conservative who can keep the seat in GOP hands by thwarting immigration hardliner Kris…
WASHINGTON (AP) ? The federal budget deficit is expected to balloon to more than $1 trillion in the next fiscal year under the first projections taking into account the big budget deal that President Donald…
Former Speaker of the U.S. House Tip ONeill famously said, All politics is local. He was referring specifically to congressional races, where responding to local issues from a national perspective farm subsidy payments, Social…
