Tag: Senate
WASHINGTON (AP) A hard-won, warts-and-all budget pact between House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Donald Trump is facing a key vote in the GOP-held Senate, with many conservatives torn between supporting the president and…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A veteran conservative Republican legislative leader who helped block Medicaid expansion in Kansas this year launched a campaign Wednesday for the U.S. Senate, jumping into an already crowded race within weeks…
NEW YORK Congress can never do anything about the growing numbers of people still dying from 9/11, but the Senate voted Tuesday to ensure the words Never Forget will never be just a slogan…
WASHINGTON Secretary of State Mike Pompeo may have publicly ruled out a run for Senate next year. But some advisers to President Donald Trump dont believe him. At the White House, some of the…
WASHINGTON (AP) The House on Friday overwhelmingly approved a bill ensuring that a victims compensation fund for the Sept. 11 attacks never runs out of money. The 402-12 vote sends the bill to the…
LEAVENWORTH, Kansas Republican former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach announced Monday that hes running for the U.S. Senate seat held by Pat Roberts. Kobach beat then-Gov. Jeff Colyer in the primary election last…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A government transparency group says the Kansas attorney generals office has dismissed part of a formal complaint, while continuing to investigate whether the public was denied the right under the Open…
WASHINGTON (AP) Congress is at a standoff over a $4.6 billion aid package for the southern border as House Democrats say a Senate-passed measure doesnt go far enough to care for thousands of migrant…
WASHINGTON The House passed a $19.2 billion disaster aid package to help victims of recent storms and flooding rebuild, with the price tag growing by about $1.8 billion on the floor through amendments to…
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) A ruling from Kansas highest court could force the state Senate to vote on a nominee for a lower-court judgeship whose nomination was withdrawn because of his political tweets. The state…
