Save for laterLouisiana Rep. Ralph Abraham is running for governor in 2019.
“I’m running for governor and I intend to win,” the Republican lawmaker tweeted Thursday morning.
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Edwards has accused him of ‘abandoning’ responsibilities in Congress
Louisiana GOP Rep. Ralph Abraham is running for governor. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)
Decision to focus on the Senate is helpful for Republican vote-counting
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., will not be running for governor. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)
Louisiana GOP Sen. John Kennedy announced Monday that he has decided against a run for governor next year.
“I love being in the United States Senate. I will not be a candidate for Governor in 2019,” Kennedy said in a statement. “I will, however, continue to work hard every day in D.C. and Louisiana for jobs, economic growth, cheaper health insurance, a stronger military, and an end to government waste.”
Republican primary might include Sen. John Kennedy too
Democrats have characterized the gubernatorial ambitions of Rep. Ralph Abraham, R-La., as a way to “quit” the House given Republicans will soon be the minority party in the lower chamber. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)
Louisiana Rep. Ralph Abraham signaled he will likely run for governor next year but stopped short of fully committing to the race.
“If I had to make a decision today, it would be that I was running,” the 5th District Republican said in an interview with the Monroe News Star, pledging to make a final decision by Jan. 1. “The focus always needs to be how Louisiana can be a better place and we just aren’t getting there with the current governor.”
Roberts: ‘stark differences of opinion’ about House and Senate versions
Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Senate Agriculture Committee chairman, says there are stark differences between the House and Senate farm bills. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)
The 2014 farm bill expired Sunday, ending dozens of programs and putting others in a holding pattern until four key lawmakers either produce a replacement bill or seek some form of extension of the now defunct law.
The four principal negotiators working on a 2018 farm bill say they hope to resolve differences between House and Senate farm bills and have a conference report ready in October for a vote in the lame-duck session in November or December.
Reaction ranges from a ‘huge deal’ to a ‘bi-lateral con job’
President Donald Trump answers a final question while departing a news conference following his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday in Singapore. Trump described his meeting with Kim as “better than anyone could have expected.” (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump made history Tuesday in Singapore as the first American president to meet face-to-face with a leader of North Korea since the Kim dynasty sprouted on the peninsula roughly seven decades ago.
At the heart of negotiations was the “complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization” of the Korean peninsula in exchange for “security guarantees” for the North’s mercurial leader, Kim Jong Un.
CQ Budget, Episode 57
House Agriculture Chairman K. Michael Conaway, R-Texas, at podium, aims to have a House vote on the GOP-written farm bill in early May . Flanking him, from left, Reps. Neal Dunn, R-Fla., James R. Comer, R-Ky., Scott DesJarlais, R-Tenn., Glenn Thompson, R-Pa., Roger Marshall, R-Kan., Ralph Abraham, R-La., Bob Gibbs, R-Ohio, and Rick W. Allen, R-Ga. (Ellyn Ferguson/CQ Roll Call)
Our favorite visual aids from congressional floor-watching
(Courtesy @FloorCharts screenshot of C-SPAN)
From tributes to senators to hours of testimony from a tech giant, spring has been a visual mixed bag in Congress.
Lawmakers like these oversized and sometimes garish visual aids because they help them get their point across. The Twitter handle @FloorCharts posts some of the daily highlights, and we’re doing a monthly roundup of the best of the best.
Said he has not made a final decision
Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., says he hasn’t decided about a run for governor, but he criticized the state’s Democratic governor, John Bel Edwards. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call file photo)
Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy says he is weighing a challenge to the state’s incumbent Democratic governor, John Bel Edwards.
Kennedy told WWL that he had not made a final decision while also calling Edwards ineffective.
Legislation comes to a halt along partisan lines
Louisiana Rep. Ralph Abraham, pictured on Tuesday, told Roll Call in a statement that he would oppose any additional restrictions on bump stocks. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Updated Oct. 31 at 12:35 p.m. | In the wake of the Oct. 1 Las Vegas shooting — the deadliest in U.S. history — lawmakers from both parties were quick to call for a review of the bump stock attachments found on 12 of the rifles in the gunman's hotel room.
Most lawmakers have signaled they support more strictly regulating the devices. But GOP and Democratic leaders diverge on whether the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) already has the authority under current gun laws to regulate them.
Failed to appear in court for debt collection hearing
Former Rep. Vance McAllister, R-La., finished fourth in the primary for his re-election bid in 2014. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)
An arrest warrant has been issued for former Louisiana Rep. Vance McAllister after he failed to appear in court for a debt collection hearing.
Earlier this year, banks and creditors began to collect debts McAllister owed. Among some of the banks and creditors McAllister was sued by were Wells Fargo, American Express, IberiaBank, Origin Bank and Richland State Bank, the Ouachita Citizen reported.
