Tag: Don Bacon

LIVE NOW: Congressional Electromagnetic Warfare Working Group on Achieving Spectrum Superiority—A Hudson Event

Reps. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), Rick Larsen (D-Wash.), and Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.), the co-chairs of the Congressional Electromagnetic Warfare Working Group, discuss the U.S. military’s efforts to achieve spectrum superiority with Hudson Senior Fellow Timothy A. Walton and Association of Old Crows President Brian Hinkley at 8:00 a.m. ET on July 18 in an event held…


Congressional Electromagnetic Warfare Working Group on Achieving Spectrum Superiority—A Hudson Event

Reps. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), Rick Larsen (D-Wash.), and Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.), the co-chairs of the Congressional Electromagnetic Warfare Working Group, discuss the U.S. military’s efforts to achieve spectrum superiority with Hudson Senior Fellow Timothy A. Walton and Association of Old Crows President Brian Hinkley at 8:00 a.m. ET on July 18 in an event held…


LIVE 8 AM ET: Congressional Electromagnetic Warfare Working Group on Achieving Spectrum Superiority—A Hudson Event

Reps. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), Rick Larsen (D-Wash.), and Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.), the co-chairs of the Congressional Electromagnetic Warfare Working Group, discuss the U.S. military’s efforts to achieve spectrum superiority with Hudson Senior Fellow Timothy A. Walton and Association of Old Crows President Brian Hinkley at 8:00 a.m. ET on July 18 in an event held…


Republicans Raise Concerns After Two Objects Shot Down over Alaska, Canada

Republicans are raising concerns following actions by the U.S. military to shoot down two objects over Alaska and Canada recently, after a Chinese spy balloon was taken down off the South Carolina coast last week. “Defending our borders and our national security interests requires military dominance and the political will to utilize that dominance,” Rep….


GOP Rep. Bacon Wins Reelection in Tight Nebraska Race

Incumbent Republican Rep. Don Bacon has secured reelection, beating Democratic challenger Tony Vargas in a tight race for Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District. The Associated Press called the race for Bacon, who won 51.9 percent of the vote to Vargas’s 48.1 percent with 97 percent of the votes reported as of 2:42 a.m. ET on Nov. 9….


Congressional Candidates Battle For The Middle Ground In Nebraska Debate 

In a debate on Oct. 13 to represent Nebraska’s Omaha area in Congress, Don Bacon and Tony Vargas each vied to portray himself as the more proven bipartisan candidate. It’s a close race. Of the two most recent polls listed on the website FiveThirtyEight, one favored the Democrat Vargas, and the other favored the Republican…


Civility Rates High in Tight Congressional Race In and Around Omaha

A perennially close Congressional seat covering what’s called “the blue dot” in one of the reddest states in the country, Nebraska, looks like it’ll be tight again in the November elections. Incumbent Republican Don Bacon, representing Nebraska’s second district since 2016, seeks to hold his seat against state legislator Tony Vargas, the Democratic nominee. As…


Republicans Explain Why They Voted for Jan. 6 Commission

Thirty-five Republicans joined with Democrats on May 19 to vote for a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol breach. See the full list below. GOP members who voted for the commission largely said they did so because they wanted to make sure another riot like the one that took place did not happen…