Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Brett Guthrie [R, KY-2]

Guthrie to speak at chamber event Friday

2013-05-10T01:00:00Z

...Rep. Brett Guthrie will speak to the Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce's attendees at the national leadership simulcast being held at Owensboro Christian Church, 2818 New Hartford Road An online service is needed to view this article in its entirety

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Sunlight Foundation's Political Party Time: Guns, Getaways and Taylor Swift — This Week in Partying

2013-05-10T01:00:00Z

The life of a lawmaker is TOUGH. Take it from Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., who recently lamented the "soul-crushing" fundraising every congressmember has to do to survive! Murphy spoke of the dreaded call time, where he sat in a room for four to five hour

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Lincoln Day Dinner set for Saturday

2013-05-08T01:00:00Z

...Rep. Brett Guthrie, Kentucky House Minority Leader Jeff Hoover and Jim Milliman, state director for U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, will be the featured speakers at Hancock County's second annual Lincoln Day Dinner at 5 p.m. Saturday at Hawesville United Methodist

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Bullitt Central senior Matt Simon to attend U.S. Naval Academy

2013-05-07T01:00:00Z

...counties, and serves as a liaison between Annapolis and potential students. In that role, hes gotten to know U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-2nd District), having run into him at several functions over the five years the Simon family has been in Bullitt. Whe

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Ag Commissioner James Comer Heading to Washington to Talk Hemp

2013-04-23T01:00:00Z

...have a meeting in Senator McConnell's office with the Kentucky delegation," Comer says. U.S. House member from Kentucky, Brett Guthrie and Ed Whitfield, now support the hemp efforts, Comer says .That leaves U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers as the Kentucky delegatio

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Despite polls, Democrats still searching for McConnell opponent

2013-04-16T01:00:00Z

...building contractor Ed Marksberry, who lost a congressional race in the 2nd District by 35 points two years ago to Republican Brett Guthrie. Meanwhile, McConnell’s most recent report to the Federal Election Commission report shows he’s already raise

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HUFFPOST HILL - Watergategate?

2013-04-09T01:00:00Z

...] Control yourselves, New York Post headline writers : "As speculation about a political comeback ramps up, former Rep. Anthony Weiner is said to be again polling voters' reactions to a potential 2013 mayoral campaign." [ Crains New York Business ] @Buz

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Sunlight Foundation's Political Party Time: I’ll see you at the parties: Cory Booker’s blockbuster, senators’ double features, and more

2013-04-05T01:00:00Z

...a thought-provoking Verizon Center concert that a couple lawmakers are using to raise some cash. The first event stars Rep. Brett Guthrie as a rigid Republican from Kentucky, who nevertheless reveals himself to be unequivocally, undeniably human through

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Overdue Recognition: Leach receives Purple Heart -- 63 years late

2013-03-30T01:00:00Z

...691-7318 After 63 years, Owensboro resident, Henry Leach, 83, receives his Purple Heart medal Friday from Rep. Brett Guthrie, left, as Roger Leach and Cadet Major Jonathan Robinson from Apollo High School, right, watch during a brief ceremony at Owensbo

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Shimkus says federal spending has to be cut

2013-03-12T01:00:00Z

...toward the future, Shimkus said a comprehensive bill that would encourage domestic manufacturing is in the works. “Congressman (Brett) Guthrie, who also serves on my committee (the Committee of Energy and Commerce), is currently working on a comprehen

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AUA Praises Representative for Introducing Critical Legislation To Address Urotrauma, a Major Concern Among Active Military Personnel and Veterans

2013-03-07T01:00:00Z

...Roundtable, comprised of veterans and patient advocacy groups, to support legislation addressing urotrauma. "We applaud Rep. Guthrie for his commitment to supporting this issue for our veterans by introducing this legislation," said AUA spokesman Mark T

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Taxes, regulations prominent at Lee Terry's first hearing

2013-02-18T01:00:00Z

...supplements from Texas, pieces of steel from Mississippi and models of aircraft and satellites produced in California. Rep. Brett Guthrie, a Republican, displayed bourbons from his home state of Kentucky, and Delegate Donna Christensen of the Virgin Isl

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AUA Applauds President Obama Following State Of The Union Address, But Urges Greater Attention To Urologic Injuries In Veterans, Service Members

2013-02-13T01:00:00Z

...Freedom. The AUA is an advocate of legislation, similar to H.R. 1612 (introduced during the last Congressional session by Rep. Brett Guthrie [R-KY]) that supports increased research and education in urotrauma. The bill called for the establishment of a

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4 Kentucky, Indiana Congressmen say they own guns, 2 don't — rest won't say

2013-02-05T01:00:00Z

...Donnelly, a Democrat, and Dan Coats, a Republican, said they did not own guns. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.; Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-2nd District; Rep. John Yarmuth, D-3rd District; and Rep. Hal Rogers, R-5th District all of Kentucky de

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Industrial Hemp Gets a New Kentucky Supporters: Mitch McConnell

2013-01-31T01:00:00Z

...economic times that sounds like a good thing to me.” Rep. John Yarmuth, a Democrat, also supports industrial hemp. Of Kentucky's federal delegation, only Reps. Ed Whitfield, Hal Rogers and Brett Guthrie—all Republicans—have not endorsed industrial

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Inauguration dazzles visitors from OHS

2013-01-25T01:00:00Z

...691-7318 "It's me," Caleb Brackin, right, said as he recalled an encounter with Kentucky Rep. Brett Guthrie in Washington DC in which Guthrie asked the group if they knew of the kid who was already planning to run for President. Watching Brackin is clas

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Post reporters Monica Hesse and Dan Zak face off in the Running of the (Inaugural) Balls

2013-01-21T01:00:00Z

7:15 p.m. Saturday. DAN: In the locker room of the Post’s gym, I don my fauxedo and plan a shoot-the-moon strategy. I will hit the two outlying balls first: the Bluegrass Ball up in Woodley Park and then Texas’s Black Tie & Boots Ball down at National

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DC ready for second Obama Inauguration

2013-01-21T01:00:00Z

Washington, D.C. and the hallways of Congress were alive with a historic spirit on Sunday, as thousands of Americans made their way to the nation's capital for the second Inaugural of President Barack Obama. "My father keeps calling me every ten minutes,

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Cain, lawmakers among local opponents

2013-01-17T01:00:00Z

...delegation and of Daviess County Sheriff Keith Cain. Both Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Senate's minority leader, and Rep. Brett Guthrie, whose congressional district includes Owensboro, said in statements that they would have problems with any legislation

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'We're not going to roll over and play dead' on gun control, Paul vows; GOP stresses 2nd Amendment

2013-01-16T01:00:00Z

...Republicans in Congress insist that constitutionally protected rights not be sacrificed in the name of safety. U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie said he will review the President's recommendations but suggests a focus on "mental health issues as opposed to infrin

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