News Cheney Breaks Fundraising Record In US House Seat Race April 14, 2022 AP News 3 Congresswoman Liz Cheney raised almost $3 million in campaign contributions over the first three months of the midterm election year, continuing her record-breaking fundraising streak as she attempts to defend her seat against a Trump-backed challenger. The third-term Wyoming Republican began April with $6.8 million cash on-hand, while her opponent…
News Republican National Committee Censures Wyoming US Representative Cheney February 8, 2022 AP News 3 The Republican National Committee censured two GOP lawmakers on Friday (February 4th) for participating on the committee investigating the violent Jan. 6 insurrection and assailed the panel for leading a “persecution of ordinary citizens engaged in legitimate political discourse.” GOP officials took a voice vote to approve censuring Reps. Liz…
News US Representative Cheney Raises Record Campaign Funds In Late 2021 February 3, 2022 AP News 13 The Donald Trump-backed opponent of Liz Cheney finished 2021 with what in any previous year would have been a major fundraising haul for Wyoming, but amounted to a small fraction of the over $2 million raised by Cheney for her best quarter yet. Cheyenne attorney Harriet Hageman raised $443,000 during…
News Liz Cheney No Longer Recognized As Member Of WY Republican Party November 16, 2021 AP News 22 The Wyoming Republican Party will no longer recognize Liz Cheney as a member of the GOP in its second formal rebuke for her criticism of former President Donald Trump. The 31-29 vote Saturday (November 13th) in Buffalo, by the state party central committee, followed votes by local GOP officials in…
News Tim’s Act Designed To Improve Federal Firefighting Compensation October 27, 2021 Kevin Koile 0 Wyoming Republican US House Representative Liz Cheney is supporting a bill designed to overhaul federal wildland firefighters pay and benefits. Cheney is co-sponsoring what is called Tim’s Act. It is named after Cody smokejumper Tim Hart, who died earlier this year while parachuting into a wildland fire in New Mexico.…
News Three Candidates Drop Out Of Wyoming U.S. House Race September 15, 2021 AP News 4 A Wyoming state legislator is no longer among the Republicans challenging Liz Cheney in 2022. Republicans should unite to defeat Cheney, state Rep. Chuck Gray, of Casper, said in a statement suspending his campaign Tuesday (September 14th). Former President Donald Trump last week endorsed Cheyenne lawyer Harriet Hageman in the…
News Former President Trump Endorsing Hageman For Wyoming U.S. House Seat September 9, 2021 AP News 6 Former President Donald Trump has chosen a favored candidate in his bid to unseat Rep. Liz Cheney, one of his most vocal Republican critics. Trump is planning to endorse Wyoming attorney Harriet Hageman, who is preparing to launch a primary campaign against Cheney, the most prominent member of Congress to…
News Two Wyoming Counties Censure US Representative Cheney August 13, 2021 Kevin Koile 5 Some Republican Party officials in Wyoming have announced they will no longer recognize Liz Cheney as a party member because of her vote to impeach Donald Trump. “In the immortal words of the 45th President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump …‘You’re Fired!’” read recent letters to…
News Wyoming US Congressional Delegation Issue Statements Regarding Passing Of Mike Enzi July 27, 2021 News Release 0 U.S. Senator John Barasso: “Wyoming and the nation have lost one of the most consequential public servants of our time. “Whether he was serving as mayor of Gillette, in the Wyoming Legislature, or in the U.S. Senate, you could not have asked for a stronger champion for Wyoming and our…
News Liz Cheney Opponents To Meet With Trump In Hopes Of Getting Endorsement July 21, 2021 AP News 16 Donald Trump will meet with Republicans running against Rep. Liz Cheney next week, and endorse one in the next few months, the former president said in a statement Tuesday (July 20th). Trump will meet with them in Bedminster, New Jersey, home of the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster, where he…
News Liz Cheney On Select Committee To Investigate January White House Riot July 1, 2021 AP News 8 House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday (July 1st) named Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney and seven Democrats to a new select committee to investigate the violent Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. Rep. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, will lead the panel. It will investigate what went wrong…
News Representative Cheney Says Power Plant Will Help Energy Industry And Economy June 3, 2021 News Release 3 Wyoming Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-WY) issued a statement after Governor Mark Gordon announced that TerraPower will construct and operate a nuclear power plant in Wyoming: “This is an important and exciting day for Wyoming. We are the best-equipped state in the nation to produce affordable and reliable energy, and that will be…
