WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper on U.S. Senate vacancies and how they are filled (No. IF11907) on Dec. 1, 2022, by American national government specialist Thomas H. Neale: * * * Senate Vacancies in the Constitution and State Law Vacancies in the membership of the U.S. Senate can occur as the result of the resignation, death, or expulsion of a Member, or the refusal of the Senate to seat a Senator-elect. Article I, Sec  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2022: Representative Sharice Davids announced the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Kansas City Kansas Community College (KCKCC) a grant of $745,635 to support the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income STEM students. Over the next five years, the award will fund scholarships for 30 full-time students who are pursuing a degree with a biology emphasis. "As someone who worked  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2022: Today on the House Floor, Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) congratulated the Andale High School Indians on their 2022 Class 3A football state championship, historic record and accomplishments. "Since 2019, Coach Dylan Schmidt and the Class of 2022 have shown the state and the country that the hard work and dedication they put into their game is unmatched on the field," said Rep. Estes on the House floor  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) voted to prohibit the inclusion of so-called community project funding, frequently called earmarks, in the 118th Congress rules package. "Washington's reckless spending of hardworking taxpayer dollars adds to our ever-growing debt and was worsened last year by the current process of community project funding. And we all know how frivolous spending has become over prior decades using the  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Dec. 1, 2022: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. today pressed Rostin Behnam, Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission about cryptocurrency and the recent FTX collapse. He said in part, "Two weeks ago a nuclear bomb went off in the financial world. We know with nuclear physics, there can be good and there can be bad from it... As we think about the uses of digital currency, we all understand th  more