Reps. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) and Don Bacon (R-Neb.), and Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) top their respective lists of most effective lawmakers during the last Congress, according to a new reportfrom the nonpartisan Center for Effective Lawmaking (CEL). Read more here. Read more »

Reps. Gerald Connolly, D-VA, and Don Bacon, R-NE, and Sens. Gary Peters, D-MI, and John Cornyn, R-TX, top their respective lists of the most effective Democratic and Republican lawmakers in the recently completed 117th Congress (2021–23), according to the latest round of legislative effectiveness scores compiled by the Center for Effective Lawmaking released March… Read more »

The House Judiciary Committee is launching an investigation into the various unauthorized record disclosures the Air Force acknowledged it made last year, including known cases of the military branch releasing personnel records of GOP candidates to a Democratic-aligned group. A GOP-led Judiciary subpanel investigating the politicization of the federal government announced Thursday it had… Read more »

OMAHA, Neb. — Methadone, a medication used to treat opioid use disorder cannot be prescribed and picked up at a pharmacy. Patients have to go to an opioid treatment program to get access to it. But new legislation proposed by Congressman Don Bacon aims to change that. Read more here. Read more »

Metropolitan Community College is seeking to take over the Marine Corps Reserve Training Center adjacent to its Fort Omaha campus for future expansion, a move that would effectively end a 155-year military presence at the historic site in north Omaha. A provision in the federal 2023 National Defense Authorization Act, passed late last year, authorizes a “no-cost land exchange” of… Read more »

The war in Ukraine is now entering its second year. Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed, both soldiers and civilians. The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to push back against the onslaught, but Vladimir Putin’s warmachine is showing no signs of letting up. Read more here.  Read more »

Several House Republicans are calling for an investigation after the Air Force improperly released their military service records to a third-party group with reported ties to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC).  Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., one of 11 lawmakers affected by the release, is calling out the Due Diligence Group (DDG) for "identity theft" and is… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Cory Booker, and Dick Durbin Thursday reintroduced the bipartisan Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of the Law (EQUAL) Act, along with Rep. Kelly Armstrong and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries. The EQUAL Act, according to Booker, is designed to, “eliminate the federal crack and powder cocaine sentencing disparity and apply it retroactively to those already… Read more »

Rep. Don Bacon is calling for an official investigation after his and other Air Force veterans’ personnel records were released without authorization. The Nebraska congressman’s records were released to a third-party individual without his approval in November 2021, according to a letter from the Air Force. The news outlet Politico was first to report on the existence of… Read more »

Two Republican lawmakers say the Air Force alerted them that their military records were improperly released during the midterm campaign.  Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) was informed of the “unauthorized release” in a letter from the Air Force obtained by POLITICO. Rep. Zach Nunn (R-Iowa) said in a statement that he was told by the Air Force that his own records were also disclosed… Read more »