The Latest Breaking News from Roger Marshall

Combo appropriations package hits the skids in Senate - Roll Call

Senators have reservations about trying to tack two more spending bills onto the House-passed Military Construction-VA bill.

Roll Call · Sep 14, 2023

Sen. McConnell says he plans to serve his full term as leader despite questions about his health

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has repeatedly said he is “fine” since he froze up mid-sentence in the middle of a press conference on Wednesday

The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2023

Got milk? This Kansas senator says schools aren’t offering the right kind

WASHINGTON -- A glass sat in front of Sen. Roger Marshall in a Senate hearing on food policy this February. On the outside, an etching of the Kansas State University mascot. On the inside, whole milk.

Tribune News Service · Jul 20, 2023

Torres Small backed by Senate Agriculture leaders for USDA deputy - Roll Call

Senate Agriculture Committee leaders say they support Xochitl Torres Small's promotion to Agriculture deputy secretary.

Roll Call · May 10, 2023

Meet the new permitting debate. It’s the same as the old one. - Roll Call

The forces for and against a permitting overhaul, a version of which is in the GOP debt limit bill, look much as they did in December.

Roll Call · May 8, 2023

Senate to vote on solar tariffs, prairie bird protections

The Senate is expected to approve a measure Wednesday that would reinstate tariffs on solar panel imports from several Southeast Asian countries after President Joe Biden paused them in a bid to boost solar installations in the U.S. Lawmakers also will vote late Wednesday on a separate plan to undo…

The Independent UK · May 3, 2023

Editorial: Biden isn’t banning gas stoves. But facts don’t stop Missouri and Kansas GOP outrage

It’s not a surprise anymore when prominent politicians focus their energies on rabble-rousing culture war battles instead of doing the hard stuff of governing, but we still feel compelled to point out when Kansas and Missouri leaders actively mislead their constituents.

Tribune News Service · Apr 22, 2023

Republicans said abortion rules should be up to the states. Instead they’re in the courts

WASHINGTON — On the day the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, and with it the constitutional right to an abortion, Sen. Josh Hawley was thrilled.

Tribune News Service · Apr 20, 2023

Democrat Lucas Kunce focuses on Josh Hawley’s Jan. 6 actions in Senate campaign. It’s paying off

WASHINGTON — Democrat Lucas Kunce easily outraised Sen. Josh Hawley in his first three months after declaring that he would take on the incumbent Missouri Republican in the 2024 Senate race, centering his campaign around Hawley’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Tribune News Service · Apr 20, 2023

Senate votes to overturn COVID-19 national emergency order

WASHINGTON — The Senate voted Wednesday to terminate a COVID-19 pandemic ​national emergency order implemented by former President Donald Trump in 2020 that was due to be terminated in May anyway.

Tribune News Service · Mar 30, 2023