Representative Lynn Jenkins News

When the votes were tallied on the health care reform bill on Saturday night, Kansas Congressional members voted on the party lines.

Health care reform legislation that ran to more than 1,000 pages did little to impress Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins in the summer.

TOPEKA, Kan. _ Sen. Sam Brownback and Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins were on hand today as Manhattan welcomed the latest addition to its bio-research corridor.

House Democratic leaders are preparing to unveil as soon as Thursday a health care bill that includes a more moderate version of the public option, several Democratic leadership aides tell CNN.

" Approval for the Environmental Protection Agency to buyout Treece, Kansas is headed to the President's desk.

TREECE, Kan. - The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed legislation that includes authority for the buyout of residents in the former mining town of Treece.

The U.S. House on Tuesday wished Weber State University a happy 120th birthday, but officials kept mispronouncing its name during debate until they were corrected by Rep.

The Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act expands hate crimes to include attacks based on a person's gender sexual orientation or gender identity.

The House and Senate have approved the $680 billion Defense Department policy bill by comfortable margins but not without controversy.

So tonight I get home and my phone rings, inviting me to a good ole' phone town hall meetin' with our fine Representative Lynn Jenkins.

Social Security recipients got a large increase last year as prices went up. Those prices came down, so there is no increase this year.

Rep. Lynn Jenkins , R-Kan., introduced a resolution to change House rules and require committees to post the actual text of adopted bills and amendments online within 24 hours.

Claire McCaskill has joined a group of Senate colleagues in pushing for a group to focus on deficit reduction.

A A A' A video featuring a Kansas legislator criticizing President Barack Obama's policies while wearing a hat describing opossum as "the other dark meat" was removed Thursday from YouTube, where the lawmaker had posted it last month.

Congressional Representative Lynn Jenkins officially has competition in the next election.

Democratic state Sen. Laura Kelly confirmed Friday plans to campaign for the congressional seat now in the hands of Rep.

Members of Kansas congressional delegation say an agreement on development of a new federal biodefense lab in the state indicates the facility will be built and will be safe.

U.S. Senators Pat Roberts, R-KS, Sam Brownback, R-KS, and U.S. Representative Lynn Jenkins, R-KS, recently said the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility took another important stride forward, as the U.S. Department of Homeland Security selected McCarthy/Mortenson, Joint Venture to serve as construction manager for the state-of-the-art research ...

A veteran Statehouse Democrat is announcing her bid to unseat incumbent Rep. Lynn Jenkins in Kansas' 2nd Congressional District.

Sen. Sam Brownback and Rep. Lynn Jenkins, speaking on a conference call from Washington, called the agreement to appropriate $32 million and conduct four more reviews on the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility a significant event.