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Kansas' congressional delegation was split in their approach to a $1.7 trillion spending package signed into law by President Joe Biden, with some supporting the bill while others criticized it as wasteful government spending.
The measure passed the U.S. House on Friday, just one day after the U.S. Senate gave the bill its stamp of approval. The effort came shortly before the current funding structure was set to expire on Dec. 23, avoiding a government shutdown.
Access to health care for Native Americans and Alaska Natives will be bolstered with funding included in a massive government spending bill awaiting President Joe Biden's signature.
The U.S. House passed the measure Friday, avoiding a government shutdown and providing more certainty for a federal agency that delivers health care to more than 2.5 million people.
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, D-3rd Dist., today announced five federal grants for Wyandotte County projects.
They were among 14 grants totaling $31.2 million in the 3rd District.
Each of the Davids-requested projects were submitted in tandem with local officials and selected for their potential to improve health and safety in the community, tackle climate change, and bring economic opportunity to the 3rd District, according to Rep. Davids' office. Appropriations requests are subject to strict transparency and accountability rules.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids celebrated adoption of federal legislation strengthening legal protection for same-sex and interracial marriages that was opposed by the five Republicans in the Kansas congressional delegation.
Davids, who serves the predominantly urban 3rd District, said the bipartisan measure sent to President Joe Biden would "enshrine marriage equality" in federal law by repealing the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act that defined marriage as the exclusive union between a man and woman.
Congress has sent a bill protecting gay and interracial marriage to President Joe Biden, and only one Kansan voted for it.
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Roeland Park, was the only member of the Kansas congressional delegation to vote for the Respect for Marriage Act, which would repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. Davids was one of many co-sponsors of the legislation.
She and other supporters of the legislation said they were inspired by to act after the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson that overturned federal abortion protections in Roe v. Wade.
Federal legislation that would codify protections for same-sex and interracial marriages is up for a final vote in the U.S. House as soon as Thursday.
The move follows lawmaker concerns that the United States Supreme Court could reinterpret existing precedent, possibly dissolving recognition of those marriages.
But some Republicans fear the Respect for Marriage Act would allow for lawsuits against organizations that exclude same-sex married couples from their services.
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, D-3rd Dist., has been elected vice chair of the New Democrat Coalition.
The New Democrat Coalition, one of the largest Democratic caucuses in the House, represents 96 members of Congress who have set a goal of bridging the gap between parties, passing pro-economic growth, pro-innovation and fiscally responsible policies.
A National Science Foundation grant is expected to support the retention and graduation of high-achieving, low-income STEM students, said U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, announcing the award.
Kansas City Kansas Community College (KCKCC) is set to receive $745,635 to fund scholarships — over the next five years — for 30 full-time students who are pursuing a degree with a biology emphasis, Davids detailed.
Native American women make 51 cents for every dollar earned by non-Latino White men in 2021. It would take almost a full additional year to catch up on earnings, but their Equal Pay Day is being observed on November 30, the last day of Native American Heritage Month.
Sharice Davids, Kansas Third District Representative, toured the Gardner Justice Center Thursday, Oct. 27 with Chief James Belcher, Mayor Todd Winter and City Manager Jim Pruetting. The Justice center recently received federal funding to replace recording systems in some of their law enforcement vehicles.