Bacon Announces Art Competition Deadline Extended WASHINGTON – Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02) today announced that the deadline of the Congressional Art Competition has been extended to April 12, 2023.    “The Congressional Art Competition is an excellent opportunity for Nebraska’s high school students to showcase their artwork and be recognized for their abilities,” said… Read more »

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 »

Bacon Ranked 2nd for Bills Signed Into Law WASHINGTON – Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE-02) was notified by GovTrack as having the second highest number of bills signed into law out of any Member of Congress in the 117th Congress.  Between 2021 and 2022, eleven of the bills introduced by Bacon were signed into law by the President.     “I came to Congress to… Read more »

Bacon Votes to Protect Free Speech   Washington – Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02) today voted to protect the free speech of all Americans, from censorship by government officials.   “The recent acknowledgement by Facebook that the FBI pressured them to censure news reports about the Hunter Biden laptop story-which has since been proven to be true-and the bully tactics from the White… 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 »