Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) today voted yes on a budget and debt limit package that was backed by the President. “If I could vote ‘no’ and be assured this would result in less spending and lower deficits, I would absolutely do so," said Rep. Bacon. "The President asked for a yes vote on this because a no vote would have resulted in months of budget… Read more »

Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) today voted no on H.R. 582, Raise the Wage Act, because it is anti-worker, anti-business and would cause the loss of up to 3.7 million jobs. It mandates a 107 percent increase in the federal minimum wage. He issued the following statement regarding the negative effects of the legislation, based on findings by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office… Read more »

Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02), a member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), made the following remarks after he voted no on H.R. 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020 following consideration by the House of Representatives. “For decades the House of Representatives, under majority control of both parties, consistently formed a bipartisan… Read more »

Today, Representatives Don Bacon (R-NE), Gil Cisneros (D-CA), Seth Moulton (D-MA), and Van Taylor (R-TX) introduced bipartisan legislation amending the United States Code to criminalize lynching and provide for enhanced sentencing under existing federal hate crime statutes. H.R. 3536, The Justice for Victims of Lynching Act of 2019, would recognize that a lynching offense is a tool used… Read more »

Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) issued a statement regarding his support for, and bipartisan passage by the House, of the Senate Border Supplemental Bill: "As a member of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, I am pleased that our 23 Democrats and 23 Republicans came together to endorse the Senate Border Supplemental Bill. Our support showed that bipartisan solutions in Congress are… Read more »

 Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) a member of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), recently completed the committee’s 21 hour-marathon consideration of H.R. 2500, the Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).  Rep. Bacon, an Air Force veteran and retired Brigadier General, is a leading congressional advocate for the armed services and military… Read more »

Today, Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) voted in favor of H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act, which would provide conditional green cards and work authorizations to immigrants who were brought illegally to the United States as children, as well as green cards and work authorizations to current recipients of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and Deferred Enforced Departure… Read more »

Bacon Praises Congress for Passing Tax Fix for Gold Star Families Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) today joined his colleagues in passing bi-partisan legislation to fix the tax application on benefits paid to survivors of deceased family members. On a 417-3 vote, H.R. 1994 The Secure Act, was passed. It included language from H.R. 2481 which addressed the tax issue. “The benefits… Read more »

Congressmen Jim Langevin (D-RI) and Don Bacon (R-NE), two of the co-chairs of the bipartisan Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth, issued a statement regarding House passage of the Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, which contains provisions they authored to protect adopted children from unregulated custody transfers, a practice also known as… Read more »

Earlier this month, Congressman Don Bacon (NE-2) re-introduced the “Kerrie Orozco First Responders Family Act.” The legislation allows the immediate relatives of first responders who die in the line of duty to continue to process their immigration application in a timely manner despite the death of their loved one. This legislation simply extends the privilege to first… Read more »