Each month I want to provide you with regular updates about what’s going on in our nation’s capital and throughout the 4th District of Kansas. Here’s what happened in November.
The End of the Democrat Shutdown For 43 painful days, Senate Democrats held our government hostage and demanded we give in to their radical political agenda, causing the longest government shutdown in American history. House Republicans passed a clean, straightforward bill on Sept. 19. Senate Democrats repeatedly blocked the bill from moving forward, forcing the government to shut down on Oct. 1 when the new fiscal year was set to begin. Finally, on Nov. 9, Senate Democrats gave up their act and moved forward on a bill to reopen the government. On Nov. 12, I voted with my House Republican colleagues on the final passage of the funding bill, and President Trump quickly signed it.
