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Senators Want Electric Grid Security Through Differing Approaches IULIA GHEORGHIU | MAY 4, 2017 | 04:43 PM Senate bills to protect the electric grid are making a comeback this Congress, but senators appear divided on whether modernizing the grid — or actually making it less efficient — would serve as the best protection against electromagnetic pulse […]
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S Sens. Gary Peters and Thom Tillis led a bipartisan group of their colleagues in a letter to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies urging them to support robust funding for State Veterans Homes that help provide long-term care to our nation’s veterans. Federal funds provided […]
By FRANKIE BARNHILL • MAY 3, 2017 Sunday night, Congress negotiated a budget bill to fund the government for the next six months. One provision not included was a reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools Act, or SRS. The almost 20-year-old law sends money to rural counties with a high percentage of federal land, to offset the loss of property taxes that […]
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Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) spoke about the continuous need for Secure Rural Schools (SRS) and Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing. Risch was joined by Valley County Commissioner Gordon Cruickshank, who was a witness at today’s hearing. Risch and Cruickshank […]
The White House has signed off on the re-nomination of Idaho Judge David Nye to fill Idaho’s long-vacant federal district judgeship, Idaho Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch said Thursday. “The White House has told me that Judge Nye will be included in the very first group of district judicial nominees that it sends to […]
My Greatest Supporters in the Senate April 27, 2017 by Kelly DeSola When then 10-year-old Carson Magee attended JDRF Children’s Congress in Washington, D.C. in July of 2013, he had no idea that he would connect with his greatest supporters in the Senate. Carson says of the experience, “When I got there I made friends […]
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Pentagon and Trump officials sound alarm on North Korea nuclear threat BY ANITA KUMAR WASHINGTON The Trump administrative ratcheted up its campaign against North Korea on Wednesday, summoning all 100 senators to the White House to hear top defense officials declare that defending the U.S. from a possible nuclear attack has become a top priority. The […]
Pentagon and Trump officials sound alarm on North Korea nuclear threat BY ANITA KUMAR akumar@mcclatchydc.com WASHINGTON The Trump administrative ratcheted up its campaign against North Korea on Wednesday, summoning all 100 senators to the White House to hear top defense officials declare that defending the U.S. from a possible nuclear attack has become a top priority. […]