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Yesterday | The Washington Post

Federal Eye: Obama's personnel moves and politics

Happy Wednesday! Bill Owens won New York's traditionally Republican 23rd Congressional District early Wednesday morning , giving Democrats one net victory among the political positions once held by Obama administration officials.

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Related Topix: US Politics, John McHugh, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Democrat, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, 2008 Presidential Election, Sam Brownback

Fri Nov 06, 2009

WIBW

Senate Bill Contains Money For Kansas Projects

A bill that would send Kansas federal money for aviation research and fingerprint technology heads to negotiations with the House.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Kansas, Wichita, KS

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Canada.com

Obama ends ban on stem cell research

A microscopic view shows a colony of human embryonic stem cells growing on fibroblasts .

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Prison, George Bush, US Senate, Republican, Sam Brownback

Tue Nov 03, 2009

WIBW

New Addition To Bio-Lab Corridor

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

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Lynn Jenkins, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Topeka, KS, Topeka Metro

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Atlantic Monthly

CW Gets It Right: Governor's Races Will Be Sua

The conventional wisdom about 2010 can be summarized as follows; Republicans will pick up some seats in the House, maybe a few in the Senate, and Democrats will retain control.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, US Senate, Republican, Sam Brownback

Hays Daily News

Animal disease lab headed to Kansas Eds: APNe ...

Sen. Sam Brownback says a federal animal research program headed to Kansas will attract private businesses seeking to take advantage of that research.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Kansas, Agriculture, Science, Entomology

Scientific American

House and Senate Prevent 'Cow Tax'

House and Senate conferees on the appropriations bill funding U.S. EPA for fiscal 2010 approved an amendment yesterday to block agency efforts to require Clean Air Act permits for greenhouse gases emitted by livestock.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Todd Tiahrt, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Joplin Globe

Authority for Treece buyout approved by U.S. Senate

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.

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Related Topix: Treece, KS, US Politics, US News, Representative Lynn Jenkins, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate, Pat Roberts, Barack Obama, Environmental Law, Law

Sat Oct 31, 2009

High Plains Journal

Brownback, Roberts applaud passage of DHS bill

U.S. Senators Sam Brownback, R-KS, and Pat Roberts, R-KS, Oct. 21 applauded Senate passage of the Conference Report to the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Pat Roberts, Sam Brownback, Agriculture, Science, Manhattan, KS

Fri Oct 30, 2009

KansasCity.com

Bug-borne disease lab heading to Kansas

Another federal research lab dedicated to animal diseases is headed for Manhattan, Kan.Congress earlier this fall approved $1.5 million to move the Arthropod-Borne Animal Disease Research Laboratory from Laramie, Wyo., to Kansas.

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Related Topix: Manhattan, KS, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Kansas, Entomology, Science, Agriculture

Politico

Ethics list heavy on defense spenders

Seven members of the powerful House panel that handles the Pentagon's purse - and the lucrative earmarks inside - have been under investigation by the House Ethics Committee, according to an internal ethics committee document obtained by The Washington Post.

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Related Topix: Todd Tiahrt, Jeff Flake, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Bill Young, US Senate, Sam Brownback

WIBW

Authority For Treece Buyout Headed To Presidenta s Desk

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

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Lynn Jenkins, Republican, US House of Representatives, Treece, KS, US Senate, Pat Roberts, Environmental Law, Law, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Thu Oct 29, 2009

KWCH

Governor Parkinson Says He's Still Not Seeking Full Term

Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson says he still isn't interested in running for the office next year.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Kansas Government, Kansas

Wed Oct 28, 2009

AMERICAblog

Lieberman's wife Haddassah worked for a health care/pharmaceutical lobbyist

And not for the kind of folks who represent the good guys. But I'm sure this has nothing to do with why Lieberman is trying to undercut the President and Senator Reid by threatening to join a Republican filibuster of health care reform.Joe Conason has much more:Among Hill & Knowlton's clients when Mrs.

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Related Topix: US News, Biotech, Medicine, GlaxoSmithKline, Healthcare Industry, US Politics, Joseph Lieberman, US Senate, Orrin Hatch, Republican

Mon Oct 26, 2009

New Republic

Change of Heartland

The debate between Representative Dennis Moore and his Republican challenger Phill Kline in October 2000 had yet to begin, and I was roaming the halls of Shawnee Mission South High School looking for Kansans to interview.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Dennis Moore, US News, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Kansas, 2008 Presidential Election, US Senate, Republican, Kansas Government

Sun Oct 25, 2009

The Topeka Capital-Journal

Analysis: State debates stimulus

Kansas officials calculate that state government spent nearly $505 million in federal economic stimulus funds through September, and those funds created or saved 6,531 jobs.

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Related Topix: Kansas, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Republican, Kansas Government, 2008 Presidential Election, Education Etc., State Prisons, Prison

Sat Oct 24, 2009

MediLexicon

GOP Seeks To Rally Opposition To Health Reform Over Abortion, Other Issues

To counter mounting Democratic momentum on health reform, House Republicans are increasingly working to rally critics of reform proposals, including through a renewed focus on abortion coverage in House legislation , The Hill reports.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Lincoln Davis, US House of Representatives, Democrat, Eric Cantor, Republican, Mike Pence, US Senate

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Politico

Will C Street ties sway race?

In the Kansas Senate race, GOP Rep. Todd Tiahrt's record over eight House terms has earned him endorsements from a constellation of conservative stars, ranging from the Family Research Council's Tony Perkins to former Education Secretary Bill Bennett to anti-abortion activist Phyllis Schlafly.

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Related Topix: Todd Tiahrt, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Jerry Moran, US Senate, Jo Ann Emerson, Zach Wamp

Thu Oct 22, 2009

Kansas City Star

Romer: Impact of stimulus will level off next year

The government's economic stimulus spending has already had its biggest impact and probably won't contribute to significant growth next year, a top White House adviser said Thursday.Christina Romer, the chair of President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, said the initial jolt of the $787 billion stimulus expanded the economy in the ...

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Barack Obama, Kevin Brady, Republican, US House of Representatives, US Senate

Wed Oct 21, 2009

Kansas.com

Reasons to rethink death penalty

Kansas has a death penalty in theory. It does not have a death penalty in practice, although capital punishment has been back on the books in Kansas since 1994 and there currently are nine men on death row.

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Related Topix: Death Penalty, US Politics, US News, Kansas, US Senate, Republican, Kansas Government, Prison, Criminal Defense Law, Law

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