Bacon and Nadler Reintroduce Legislation to Protect Organ Donors Washington – Today, Representatives Don Bacon (NE-02) and Jerrold Nadler (NY-12) reintroduced the Living Donor Protection Act bill package to protect the rights of living organ donors. The Living Donor Protection Act is introduced as a two-bill package in the House, H.R. 4583,… Read more »

Dear friend, There has been a lot of misinformation about Medicaid out there and I want to provide updated estimates of the impacts of adjustments to Medicaid policies in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB), from the Congressional BudgetOffice(CBO). Liberals are trying to scare the American people by using misleading… Read more »

Bacon Leads Bipartisan Bill to Help Postpartum Women Washington – Today, Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE-02) alongside Rep. Lori Trahan (D-MA-03), reintroduced H.R. 4074, the Optimizing Postpartum Outcomes Act. This legislation seeks to improve maternal postpartum health by directing the Secretary of Health and Human Services to issue guidance on the coverage… Read more »

Republican rep indicates he will be 'a no' on Trump-backed rescissions measure if AIDS relief cut As the Trump administration and congressional Republicans eye passage of a rescission proposal, Rep. Don Bacon, a Nebraska Republican who doesn't shy away from bucking President Donald Trump, has indicated that he won't support it if it guts an AIDS relief program. The… Read more »

Dear friend. There have been many conflicting messages about what is really in the reconciliation bill (the One Big Beautiful Bill) recently passed by the House. So, I’ve decided to bust some of those claims! Some people are wondering WHY President Trump’s DOGE cuts aren’t included in the OBBB. The most… Read more »

Bacon, McClellan, Hyde-Smith, Merkley Introduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill to Address Mental Health Treatment Shortages Washington, D.C. – Today, Representatives Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) and Don Bacon (NE-02) and Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) introduced legislation to address mental health and… Read more »

Nebraska Congressman discusses tug of war between Republican representatives on safety net spending   Nebraska Congressman Don Bacon discussed taxes and more at a roundtable with the Omaha Chamber of Commerce. The tax law that Congress passed in 2017 is about to expire. https://www.ketv.com/article/nebraska-congressman-discusses-taxes/64657505 Read more »

Congressman Don Bacon is against moving SNAP benefits to state level   The federal government continues to make cuts to its budget, and on the state level Nebraska is following suit. Congressman Don Bacon said one federal cut could be a big burden on Nebraska. He said he opposes moving some of the costs of the supplemental nutrition assistance program or SNAP to the… Read more »

'Preserves the integrity': Nebraska Rep. Bacon supports $500B in Medicaid cuts As congressional Republicans look to preserve the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Nebraska Rep. Don Bacon said he's found $500 billion in cuts to Medicaid that he would support. He said he's been through the proposal "line by line" with 12 other… Read more »

Vanishing $100 Million: Nebraska health officials decry federal cuts   Rep. Don Bacon, a Republican who represents most of the Omaha metro area, said in a written response that freezing grants and firing personnel should be done with a scalpel, not a sledgehammer, and that money appropriated by Congress must be honored by the White House. “While I agree with the White House… Read more »