House Speaker Paul Ryan says the legislating on repealing and replacing Obamacare “will occur this year.” But he’s vague on when a replacement would be implemented.
Donald Trump’s hesitation in hiring immigration hard-liner Kris Kobach reflects the next president’s indecision on how to approach the biggest issue of his presidential campaign.
Republican Sen. Ryan Silvey of Kansas City will not be chairman of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee in 2017, and he says it’s because he broke with his party on a pair of labor bills.
Missouri Rising, the state chapter of a federal PAC known for tracking candidates and publishing opposition research, has hired a Jefferson City lobbyist and has vowed to use many of its election year tactics to push for passage of right-to-work legislation.
Brushing aside Donald Trump's dismissiveness, the nation's intelligence chief insisted Thursday that U.S. agencies are more confident than ever that Russia interfered in America's recent presidential election. And he called the former Cold War foe an "existential threat" to the nation.
The speaker of the Missouri House has promised quick action on right-to-work and ethics reform, as well as bills cutting regulations on business and wide-ranging changes to the education system.
In one of his final actions before leaving office, Secretary of State Jason Kander admonished the Republican dominated General Assembly for legislation last year requiring voters to provide a photo ID before they can cast a ballot.
Democrats might defy a newly imposed ban on recording video from the House floor, a rule change Missouri Rep. Emanuel Cleaver says is aimed at punishing lawmakers like himself for staging a gun-control sit-in last year. Cleaver said his Republican colleagues clearly meant the video ban to be retaliatory. “When people have such powerful numbers in the House and the Senate and the White House the temptation is always there to overreach and to say, ‘Let’s give it to ’em,’ ” Cleaver said. “And I think we’ll find out, sooner rather than later, that can come back to bite.”
One of Kansas Rep. Roger Marshall’s sons dabbed during his swearing in photo opportunity with House Speaker Paul Ryan. Cal Marshall has been grounded, his dad said.
The Missouri governor-elect said Tuesday he wants to maintain state control of Kansas City’s police department. Mayor Sly James said state control is ‘ludicrous.’
His inauguration less than three weeks away, President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday raised new doubts about the nation's intelligence community, tweeting fresh criticism at the same officials who will help inform his most sensitive decisions once he takes office.
An 8-year-old ethics investigation into Missouri Rep. Sam Graves came up as an example of why lawmakers wanted to rein in the independent Office of Congressional Ethics. Graves was cleared in the end. But critics of the office reportedly used his case as an example of how costly and damaging such investigations could become for members, even if the accusations are never proved.
Protesters will bring knitted “pussy hats” and marijuana to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20. But getting space lined up for all the demonstrations is proving to be a headache.
President-elect Donald Trump has selected former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats to lead the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, a role that would thrust him into the center of the intelligence community that Trump has publicly challenged, a person with knowledge of the decision said Thursday.
The Republican-led House on Thursday approved a bill that would require congressional approval before any major regulation can take effect, a reflection of GOP frustration with what they consider onerous rules from eight years of the Obama administration.
House Speaker Paul Ryan stops Kansas Rep. Roger Marshall's youngest son, Cal Marshall, from dabbing during the ceremonial swearing-in of members of the 115th Congress and their families on Tuesday. According to Rep. Marshall's Twitter account, his son has been grounded. (Video courtesy of C-SPAN)
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Son of Kansas lawmaker dabs, and Ryan asks, 'Are you going to sneeze?'
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Johnson County Sheriff Frank Denning calls it a career
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