The House on Monday voted to unwind an unprecedented spending surge at IRS and Republicans promised more such efforts are on the way. By Eric Katz, Government Executive House Republicans are pledging to use their new majority to identify agencies at which to slash budgets, pointing to their vote Monday to do so at the [...]
GOP demand could emerge again later this year to address debt limit and government funding By Laura Weiss, Roll Call The new Republican-controlled House passed a bill to claw back $71.5 billion in funding for the IRS that was part of Democrats’ climate, tax and health care reconciliation law last year. The party-line 221-210 vote [...]
By Don Walton, Lincoln Journal-Star, December 17, 2021, Updated January 3, 2022 — Rep. Adrian Smith is strongly positioned to make a bid for the chairmanship of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee if Republicans gain control of the House in the 2022 election as most political prognosticators anticipate. Smith and Rep. Vern Buchanan [...]
By Risell Ventura, Nebraska.tv, Thursday, November 11, 2021 — KEARNEY, Neb. — Congressman Adrian Smith voiced his opinion about President Joe Biden's Infrastructure bill with NTV News on Thursday. The White House recently announced the largest federal investment in infrastructure in more than a decade will be signed into law by President Biden on Monday. Members [...]
By Don Walton, Lincoln Journal-Star, September 28, 2021, Updated November 2, 2021 — While the congressional redistricting spotlight has centered on metropolitan Omaha's competitive 2nd District, western and central Nebraska's 3rd District is on pace to grow to encompass 80 counties and spread across an estimated 85% of the state. It would continue to expand [...]
By York News Times, October 7, 2021 — YORK – U.S. Congressman Adrian Smith (who represents Nebraska’s Third District) and Consul of Mexico Guadalupe Sanchez went on an agricultural tour this week, as an opportunity for Congressman Smith to demonstrate the value of the ongoing trade relationship between the United States and Mexico. While they [...]
By Adrian Smith, U.S. Representative, Star-Herald Op-Ed, August 8, 2021 — Since President Biden took office inflation has increased every single month. At a time when our nation is trying to rebuild and recover in response to COVID-19, the Biden Administration and Congressional Democrats don’t seem to mind that the price of everyday goods and [...]
