Omaha, Neb.— Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) released the following statement today after the Senate unanimously passed H.R. 943, the Never Again Education Act, a bipartisan bill that provides our nation’s teachers with the resources and training they need to teach our children the important lessons of the Holocaust and the consequences of intolerance and hate. The bill… Read more »
Omaha, Neb. – Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) today urged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to pass antilynching legislation this year by bringing H.R. 35, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, to the Senate floor for a vote.
The language of H.R. 35 was previously passed by the Senate in February 2019 as Senator Kamala Harris’ legislation, S. 488 the Justice for Victims of… Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) issued the following statement regarding his upcoming no vote on H. Res. 965:
“I will be voting with a resounding no on H.Res. 965 for many reasons, with one being that it would allow the House to remain in recess until July 21. Congress needs to get back to work to help America recover. Not sit on the sidelines. Further, this provision… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02), along with 199 of his colleagues, including 14 Democrats, today voted against the fifth coronavirus bill that was rushed to the floor by Speaker Pelosi, without input from any Republicans and most Democrats. This $3 trillion bill wish list has no chance of passing the Senate or being signed into law. He issued the following statement… Read more »
Omaha, Neb. – Today, the Lugar Center and the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University jointly released their new Bipartisan Index rankings of members of Congress for 2019; the first year of the 116th Congress. This non-partisan tool measures the degree to which Senators and Representatives work across party lines on legislation, and Congressman… Read more »
Two dozen members of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus hosted a virtual floor debate on state and local funding Thursday, hoping to illustrate that the House can conduct official proceedings remotely. But the experimental session was not without a few technological hiccups.
Caucus members used the Zoom videoconferencing app to connect with one another for the mock debate,… Read more »
OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — It’s a problem for states, cities and counties around the country. The local governments are losing millions of dollars in tax revenue due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The CARES Act passed by Congress gave states and local governments $150 billion, but that money can only be used for coronavirus relief, not to prop up the… Read more »
Lawmakers are preparing their aerospace priorities for the fiscal 2021 defense policy bill, in which the Air Force hopes to see an endorsement of its modernization-heavy, $154.6 billion budget request. One provision that could have big ripple effects for the service is a push to remove “pass-through” funding from the Air Force’s budget, which critics say makes it seem larger in… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Congressmen Don Bacon (R-NE-02) was today joined by Reps. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND-At Large), Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24), Gilbert Cisneros (D-CA-39), Rick Crawford (R-AR-01), Jason Crow (D-CO-06), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE-01), Elaine Luria (D-VA-02), Michael McCaul (R-TX-10), Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-20), and Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11) to introduce bipartisan legislation aimed at… Read more »
Omaha, Neb.—Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02) today announced the winners of the 2020 Congressional Art Competition, from Nebraska’s Second District.
Rep. Bacon works with the Nebraska Art Teachers Association to coordinate the competition. The first place-artwork will be displayed in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. While second place will be displayed in Rep. Bacon’s Washington D.C.… Read more »
