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Tweet Looks like you can count Rep. Kevin Yoder among the members of Congress likely to block much of President Barack Obama’s proposed gun safety proposals. Asked by PVPost.com what he thought of the president’s plan, Yoder sent this statement: “In the wake of the Sandy Hook shootings, we are all looking for answers to [...]
Tweet Kansas Dist. 3 Congressman Kevin Yoder was among the 167 members of the House of Representatives to vote against the bill that kept the county from falling over the fiscal cliff. Here is Yoder’s statement on his “no” vote: Tonight, the House considered and passed H.R. 8, by a vote of 257-167, which allows [...]
Tweet Four Prairie Village-area students were among the 27 Rep. Kevin Yoder nominated to United States service academies from his Kansas 3rd District. 10 nominees to the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. Bishop Miege senior Skyler Farr received a Naval Academy nomination as well. Reese Wagner, a Prairie Village resident who is homeschooled, got one [...]
Tweet One of the more-frequently cited tidbits as the debt ceiling debate grew increasingly heated last month was that fully 95 percent of Republican Congressman have signed a “Taxpayer Protection” pledge from Grover Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform — a fact that caused considerable consternation among those who view such a pledges as essentially signing away [...]
Tweet As part of a grand tour of Prairie Village earlier this week, U.S. Rep. Kevin Yoder met with SM East students on Tuesday, a day after he addressed the Prairie Village city council. During the visit, Yoder spoke with about 50 students, and sat down for an interview with SM East Harbinger online editor [...]
Tweet In his column in yesterday’s paper, Johnson County Sun co-publisher Steve Rose endorsed U.S. Rep. Jerry Moran (District 1) for the Senate seat being vacated by Sam Brownback, and state Rep. Kevin Yoder for the U.S. Congress seat being vacated by Rep. Dennis Moore (District 3). Rose called Yoder a “fireball,” and said that [...]
Tweet State Rep. Kevin Yoder may be dominating the fundraising race among the crowded Republican field of candidates seeking the District Three congressional seat being vacated by Rep. Dennis Moore, but in Prairie Village and Fairway, at least, he appears to be losing the race to see who can get the most promotional signs planted [...]
