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Tipoffs for Great Bend, Kansas (Congressional) Newsletter for Saturday January 27, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Davids Urges Movement on Bipartisan Affordable Housing Legislation
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Today, Representatives Sharice Davids (D-KS-03) and Jake LaTurner (R-KS-02) urged U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson to schedule a vote on bipartisan legislation that boosts affordable rental housing options in rural, suburban, and urban Kansas. The Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act would expand and strengthen the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, which has financed 38,391 affordable homes in Kansas since  more

Rep. Cleaver Makes Friendly Wager on AFC Championship Game with Rep. Mfume
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) made a friendly wager with Baltimore Representative Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) on the outcome of the AFC Championship Game this Sunday. When the Kansas City Chiefs win, Rep. Mfume will provide Maryland crab cakes from Jimmy's Famous Seafood. Should the Baltimore Ravens get extraordinarily lucky and win the conference championship, Rep. C  more

REPS. ESTES, BURLISON INTRODUCE BEEF ACT TO PROTECT LOCAL MEAT PROCESSORS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Jan. 26, 2024: Yesterday, Reps. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) and Eric Burlison (R-Missouri) introduced the Banning EPA's Encroachment of Facilities (BEEF) Act, H.R.7079, which will protect small family-owned meat and poultry processors from new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations by prohibiting the EPA from finalizing, implementing or enforcing a new EPA proposed rule entitled "Clean Water Effluent Limit  more