Should something happen to the president, vice president and House speaker, the succession calls for the president pro tempore of the Senate to be sworn in as president. Currently that’s 92-year-old Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., who recently became the longest-serving member of Congress in the nation’s [...]
In a recent article here at Red County, I listed Daniel Gilyeat, Patricia Lightner, and John Rysavy as Republican candidates for the 3rd Congressional District race.
I should have also included Thomas Sherer's name on that list. Click here to see the list of candidates who have filed for [...]
As President Obama and Congress consider ways to counter unemployment — without using the maligned word “stimulus” — New York Times columnist and economist Paul Krugman suggests a “small-scale version of the New Deal’s Works Progress Administration,” more aid to states, and tax credits to encourage [...]
Former U.S. Congressman Bob McEwen will be in Wichita next week to present two seminars. McEwen, an advocate for pro-family interests and free-market economics, is sponsored by the Senator Dick Kelsey for Congresscampaign.
The two seminars McEwen will present are titled “Renewing American Leadership” and “Enhancing Local Economic Development”
These [...]
The news that Kansas third district congressman Dennis Moore has decided not to seek reelection is a week old now, but the ramifications will take a while to shake out. As Martin Hawver put it in a recent Capitol Rail: “We don’t know who, but we’re imagining, somewhere [...]
To an appreciative Saturday evening audience, candidate for the Republican party nomination for United States Congress from the fourth district of Kansas Jim Anderson laid out in detail his political positions and his plans for Congress.
Anderson spoke as part of a series of events featuring Alan Keyes, who spoke [...]
With Rep. Dennis Moore, D-Lenexa, reportedly ready to give up his 3rd Congressional District after six terms, is Kansas looking at an all-red delegation in 2011? Moore, who grew up in Wichita and was Johnson County’s district attorney for three terms, has survived aggressive GOP attempts [...]
My Congressman, Democrat Dennis Moore in Kansas' 3rd Congressional District, just announced that he will not seek re-election in 2010. The timing of this decision was not expected. The most common assumption was that six-term Congressman Moore would seek re-election in 2010, but retire in 2012.
Right now, it's unclear whether' [...]
Overall, Kansans seem to approve of how Republican Sens. Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts are doing in the Democratic-controlled Congress. In the latest SurveyUSA poll, co-sponsored by KWCH, Channel 12, Brownback had a 52 percent approval rating, up 4 percentage points from September, and 54 percent approved of [...]
Mike Pompeo at Wichita Pachyderm Club
Yesterday, Kansas fourth district congressional candidate Mike Pompeo addressed members and guests of the Wichita Pachyderm Club. His conservative message was [...]
In the wake of the disputed 2000 presidential election, many Republicans thought that election reform was a nonissue and that Congress shouldn’t be telling locals how to run their elections. Nine years later, with a Democrat in the White House, 52 percent of Republican voters surveyed [...]
Tomorrow, the monthly meeting of Kansans for Liberty features national conservative figure Alan Keyes and a presentation about Oathkeepers.
Keyes is in Wichita to endorse the candidacy of Jim Anderson for the Kansas fourth district congressional position. A preview of Keyes’ appearance by Wichita Eagle reporter Dion Lefler [...]
The website GovTrack.us is a great resource for citizens who are interested in the United States Congress. With the rapid expansion of government in the recent past, this is something we should all be concerned with.
By using GovTrack.us, you can search for bills by their bill number, words [...]
This Friday, the Wichita Pachyderm Club presents Kansas fourth district congressional candidate Mike Pompeo. This is another in a series of addresses by the Republican candidates for this position. All candidates have either already spoken to the Pachyderm Club or will be invited.
All are welcome to attend Pachyderm [...]
Kansas’ GOP members of Congress oppose cutting billions of dollars in federal subsidies to privately run Medicare Advantage plans as a way to help pay for health care reform. But Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger says the cuts make sense. “When Congress is looking for savings, this [...]
“Almost half of Congress are millionaires. Isn’t that unbelievable? So, apparently, Congress is pretty good at managing their own money.” — Jay Leno
“CBS News is reporting that President Obama has decided to send 40,000 more troops to Afghanistan. Obama says it’s all part of his plan to finally deliver on [...]
Republicans have moved ahead of Democrats, 48 to 44 percent, among registered voters on the latest Gallup survey question asking: “If the election was held today, which party’s candidate would you vote for in your congressional district?” Last month, Republicans trailed by 2 percentage points. The [...]
