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US Representative Tracey Mann of Kansas voted yes on the Fiscal Year 2024 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.
Research Associate Matthew Klein contributed to this report. Republicans tried for a clean sweep of Kansas’s federal offices by targeting lone Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids in 2022 redistricting, shifting her 3rd District seven points to the right. But the GOP’s gerrymander couldn’t outrun the leftward trend of the Kansas City suburbs or the fallout from the failed push to pass an abortion ban, and Davids ended up winning comfortably, 55%-43% — two points wider than her margin of victory in 2020.
WASHINGTON (KSNT)- The U.S. Senate is set to vote on a debt ceiling deal to avoid an unprecedented default. However, as the clock winds down, some lawmakers are split on the agreement reached by the White House and GOP leaders. U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, R-Kansas said he cannot support the bill in an interview Thursday […]
A view of the House Floor immediately following the vote -image courtesy CSPAN
A view of the House Floor immediately following the vote -image courtesy CSPAN