A much-needed possible solution to the ongoing challenge of student loan debt has surfaced, far surpassing President Joe Biden’s ideas on the topic.
A member of Nebraska’s congressional delegation — Rep. Don Bacon of Omaha — is among members of the U.S. House of Representatives who have signed on to House Resolution 4144.
Known as the Federal Assistance to Initiate Repayment (FAIR) Act,… Read more »
WASHINGTON: A bipartisan group of US lawmakers called on FIFA to recognise the exiled Afghanistan women's soccer team, in a letter sent to the sport's international governing body on Friday (Aug 11).
The team has been playing in exile in Australia since the Taliban took control of the Afghan government in August 2021, causing many prominent women to flee the country for fear of… Read more »
OMAHA – The Common Ground Committee, a nonprofit group that scores members of Congress and state governors on bipartisan behavior, but not on their voting records, weighed in this month on Nebraska’s all-GOP slate of top elected officials.
Common Ground measures legislators on such things as the number of bipartisan bills they co-sponsor, their discussions of policy and opponents,… Read more »
Before the Space Force was founded in December 2019, Airmen ruled the heavens, at least as far as most military space activities were concerned. For decades tens and perhaps hundreds of thousands of Airmen controlled and acquired satellites, managed communications and intelligence, and performed other space missions. Air Force Space Command claimed more than 26,000… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – States are overwhelmed with the number of SNAP applications. Inflation, economic downturn, and natural disasters, can cause an influx of applications when families are struggling to stretch their grocery budget. The number of employees hired to process applications may be insufficient to deal with a large increase in applications. H.R. 5094, The SNAP Staffing… Read more »
To protect student loan borrowers and America’s taxpayers, U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) is cosponsoring a Republican-led bill that would streamline and improve the federal student loan repayment system.
“This fiscally responsible alternative to President Biden’s plan will be a critical step towards fixing our student loan system and will provide a path for 40 million borrowers to pay back… Read more »
Rep. Don Bacon’s grand opening of a Saunders County Congressional office Friday in Wahoo included local elected officials and residents from Wahoo, Ashland and surrounding communities.
Saunders County Supervisor John Zaugg and Wahoo Mayor Jerry Johnson both spoke during the ribbon cutting, stressing their appreciation for a local office, which is located at 543 Linden… Read more »
BELLEVUE, Neb. (WOWT) - Officials at Offutt Air Force Base announced Wednesday that a new organization that will oversee key grids needed to maintain national security.
U.S. Strategic Command, known as STRATCOM, is the Defense Department’s leading command responsible for operating missile defense and maintaining a global information grid. There, the Electromagnetic Spectrum… Read more »
Washington – Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02) announced he will be cosponsoring H.R. 4144, the Federal Assistance to Initiate Repayment (FAIR) Act, introduced by Reps. Burgess Owens (UT-04), Lisa McClain (MI-09), and Virginia Foxx (NC-05) in the Committee on Education & the Workforce.
The FAIR Act, a Republican solution to fix our broken student loan system, will simplify the repayment… Read more »
The U.S. military is failing to speedily develop and deploy electronic warfare equipment amid a global competition for electromagnetic spectrum supremacy, according to a congressman who served in the Air Force for more than two decades.
After years of putting electronic warfare on “autopilot,” troops’ ability to now jam and spoof and spy from afar has “withered,” said Rep. Don… Read more »
