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Whip Emmer presses Senators Klobuchar and Smith to reopen government and pass clean, nonpartisan continuing resolution

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WASHINGTON — Today, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) led a letter to U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) pressing them to end the Democrats’ government shutdown and to vote in favor of the clean, nonpartisan continuing resolution (CR). Emmer was joined by fellow Minnesota Republican Representatives Pete Stauber (R-Minn.), Michelle…

Whip Emmer touts stakeholder support for House-passed CR amid Democrats’ refusal to reopen the government

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WASHINGTON – Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) is touting key stakeholder support for the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026, or the House-passed, clean CR. It is now day three of the Democrats’ government shutdown, and stakeholders are urging Democrats in the Senate to reopen the government by passing the House-passed, clean CR. Here’s what stakeholders are…

WTAS: Whip Emmer Announces Stakeholder Support for Short-Term Government Funding Solution

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WASHINGTON – Today, Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) announced key stakeholder support for the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2026. This bill keeps the government open, allows House Republicans to continue advancing the America First agenda, and serves the American people while Congress continues working through the regular order appropriations process. Here is…

Whip Emmer honors Charlie Kirk in Capitol Hill prayer vigil

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Today, Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) joined House Republicans for a prayer vigil to honor the life and legacy of Charlie Kirk. Click here or above to watch Whip Emmer’s remarks. Whip Emmer: “I want to begin by offering our prayers to the entire Kirk family as they continue to grieve this unfathomable loss. A wife lost her husband. Two children lost…

Whip Emmer thanks the National Guard for securing Washington, D.C.

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Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) took to the streets of our nation’s capital to thank the National Guard for protecting Washington, D.C. as a part of President Trump’s crackdown on crime.    Since the president’s crackdown began, violent crime in the capital city is down 45% and carjackings are down 87%. As of Monday, nearly 1,600 arrests had been made and…

Whip Emmer honors Annunciation Catholic School shooting victims, highlights working families tax cut wins for Minnesotans

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Today, Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) joined House Republican leadership to honor the innocent lives lost in the Annunciation Catholic School shooting last week in Minneapolis. Whip Emmer also highlighted ways in which the working families tax cut is benefitting Minnesotans, particularly in the manufacturing industry. Click here or above to watch Whip Emmer’s…

Emmer: The One Big Beautiful Bill delivers historic border security wins, and we’re all safer for it

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Today, Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) joined House Republican leadership to discuss the recent shooting of an off-duty Customs and Border Protection officer in New York City by two illegal aliens, honor the work of our federal law enforcement officers, and highlight the border security wins in the One Big Beautiful Bill, which is now law.   Click here or…

WTAS: Whip Emmer Announces Stakeholder Support for Crypto Week Bills

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WASHINGTON – Today, Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) announced key stakeholder support for three pieces of legislation being considered by the House for Crypto Week. The bills include Whip Emmer’s Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act, Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill’s (R-Ark.) CLARITY Act, and Senator Bill Hagerty’s (R-Tenn.) GENIUS Act. Here is what stakeholders are…

Emmer: President Trump promised to make America the crypto capital of the world, and today we delivered

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Today, Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) joined Financial Services Committee Chairman French Hill (R-Ark.), Agriculture Committee Chairman G.T. Thompson (R-Pa.), and Subcommittee Chairmen Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) and Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) to celebrate the House passage of the CLARITY Act, the GENIUS Act, and the Anti-CBDC Surveillance State…

House Republican Leadership Statement on Final Passage of The One Big Beautiful Bill Act

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WASHINGTON — Whip Emmer, Speaker Johnson, Leader Scalise, and Chairwoman McClain released the following statement after Congress passed The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, sending it to President Trump’s desk to be signed into law.   “Republicans in Congress have succeeded in our mission to enact President Trump’s America First agenda. And importantly, we did it in record…