Representative Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) and Representative Don Bacon (R-NE), members of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, join Andrea Mitchell to weigh in on the opportunities to work across the aisle in the new year. Despite concerns that far-right Republicans like Marjorie Taylor Greene are now part of a slim House majority, Gottheimer remains optimistic: “you’re always gonna have… Read more »

LINCOLN — A couple of years back, the McCool Junction Public Schools was able to get a federal grant to obtain a propane-powered school bus to replace an aging vehicle.    Now, the school district south of York is in line to get a $395,000 federal grant to buy an electric bus and electric charging station through the federal infrastructure bill passed a year ago.  On… Read more »

FIRST ON FOX: Several House Republicans expressed confidence in their leadership going into the next Congress with control of the House hanging in the balance. Fox News Digital asked congressional Republicans their confidence level with leadership on a scale of 1 to 10. The House leadership scored high marks among several GOP members asked, with their scores ranging… Read more »

SALINAS, CA – Today, U.S. Representatives Jimmy Panetta (D-CA), Don Bacon (R-NE), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Mike Waltz (R-FL), and Pat Fallon (R-TX) of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) introduced the Strengthening the Force and Fleet through Enlisted Education Act, or Smart Act.  This bipartisan bill would expand advanced degree opportunities for enlisted servicemembers at the… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES, November 16, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Noting the barbarism of staged dogfighting and disease threats to poultry posed by cockfighting, Reps. Cindy Axne, D-Iowa, and Don Bacon, R-Neb., introduced legislation to strengthen the federal law against animal fighting. Reps. Mark Amodei, R-Nev., Troy Carter, D-La., Buddy Carter, R-Ga., Brian Fitzpatrick,… Read more »

The US Senate cleared a major hurdle Wednesday advancing a bill that puts protections into law for same-sex couples and interracial marriages.  The bill, called the Respect for Marriage Act, recognizes valid marriages regardless of gender or race, while also repealing the 1990’s Defense of Marriage Act.    [...] Rep. Don Bacon was the only Nebraska House member to… Read more »

The House Republican Conference advanced its first round of rule changes Wednesday for when it retakes the House in January.  The GOP is saving more controversial rule change proposals for after Thanksgiving but voted in favor of a change to how a speaker of the House could be ousted from power. The rule proposed by Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) is meant as a way to… Read more »

Nebraska's newly re-elected 2nd District Congressman continues to see a threat from China and other bad actor nations buying up farmland in the United States. Chinese ownership of farmland in the U.S. is a national security threat, Rep. Don Bacon recently told USDA Newswire. "Agricultural security is national security and Nebraska is one of the largest food-producing states in the… Read more »

Washington, DC – Rep. Don Bacon (NE-02) spoke on the House floor to honor Sergeant Dennis L. Pavlik, who is believed to be the last living Korean War POW from Nebraska. Sergeant Pavlik joined the United States Army in October of 1952 when he was inducted at Fort Omaha in Nebraska. After completing training, Pavlik moved to multiple locations across Korea… Read more »

EXCLUSIVE: Republican Rep. Don Bacon, who was re-elected to represent Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District on Tuesday, wants to improve the lives of veterans and active duty service members if the GOP wins back control of the House. In an interview with Fox News Digital on Friday, Bacon — who defeated his Democratic challenger, Tony Vargas, in Tuesday's election and served as… Read more »