Inauguration Day is Monday for President-Elect Donald Trump. Southwest Missouri Congressman Eric Burlison anticipates Trump to quickly address the nation’s immigration problems along the southern border. “A lot of the anxiety and frustration about the border will be...
New year, new Congress. Lawmakers get back to work today on Capitol Hill, with the first order of U.S. House business being the election of a speaker. Speaker Mike Johnson, R-LA, will need every House Republican’s support that he can get because they have a slim...
Missouri Congressman Mark Alford is backing Mike Johnson to remain U.S. House Speaker. In a Facebook post, Alford said that Johnson is aligned with President-elect Donald Trump “to carry out the mandate that voters demanded.” Two years ago, it took 15 votes to elect a...
Southwest Missouri Congressman Eric Burlison has taken over sponsorship of a bill that would eliminate the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. During a virtual town hall meeting this week, he called the ATF a “duplicative agency.” “The state of Missouri...
(Washington, D.C.) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz to serve as the next U.S. attorney general. The nomination is getting mixed reviews from Democrats and Republicans. Kansas City Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, a Democrat,...