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Senate Appropriations Committee approves Agriculture funding
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a $124.5 billion, fiscal 2010 Agriculture appropriations bill Tuesday that includes a key Obama administration request for $13 million for sustainable food systems in countries with chronic food shortages.
US Senators push to punish North Korea
US Senators on Wednesday introduced a bill to impose new economic sanctions on North Korea, return it to a US terrorism blacklist, and expand US military cooperation with South Korea and Japan.
Backed by people opposed to abortion and the Supreme Court nomination of Sonia Sotomayor, Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry spoke in Topeka calling on U.S. Senator Sam Brownback to filibuster against Sotomayor's confirmation.
Randall Terry, founder of Operation Rescue, will make a stop Wednesday in Topeka to urge Sen.
U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen letting others take lead in resolving differences over slavery apology
As both the House and Senate adjourned for the Independence Day recess last week, it looked increasing unlikely they would agree on identical wording for an apology for slavery.
Kansas officials unveil first 'green' locomotive
The nation's first hydrogen-powered fuel cell locomotive has made its first trip, although it was just a short one.Officials from BNSF Railway Co.
Column: Apology can't stand alone
Perhaps it is somehow symbolic that the U.S. Senate this month passed a resolution apologizing to African-Americans for the wrongs of slavery, as Juneteeth, which commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S., also is this month.
U.S. senators press Vietnam on jailed priest
A group of U.S. senators urged Vietnam's president on Wednesday to free a Catholic priest as human rights groups said his imprisonment justified putting Hanoi on a U.S. religious freedom blacklist.
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BNSF unveils hydrogen fuel cell locomotive
TOPEKA, Kan. - Sen. Sam Brownback climbed aboard the nation's first hydrogen-powered fuel cell locomotive Monday morning at BNSF Railway Company's Topeka System Maintenance Terminal, 1001 N.E. Atchison.
A son of Sen. Sam Brownback didna t expect he would be watching a coup unfold when he signed up for an educational exchange program this summer in Honduras.
Why the GOP Can't Sink Sotomayor
With Senate confirmation practically a lock, big business plays nice with the likely next justice.
Brownback Third Republican to Say "No" to Sotomayor
Not that it will make much of a difference to the end result, but Sam Brownback has joined with his fellow extremists Pat Roberts and James Inhofe, in opposing Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court.
'Rapid Robert' Bob Dole just can't slow down
The other day, I asked Bob Dole how he was doing. His first two words: 'I'm busy.' Funny, but that's exactly why I was calling.
Tiahrt wins Olathe GOP straw poll
The results from the annual Olathe Republican Party straw poll are in and U.S. Rep.
Hardline U.S. Senator Blocks Appointment Over N.Korea
The U.S. State Department is having a hard time due to Senator Sam Brownback, a Republican hardliner on North Korea, who is stalling the confirmation of various candidates for State Department posts who are not to his liking.
Senators optimistic about NBAF funds
Kansas' senators aren't worried about the U.S. House's recent removal of funding for an animal health lab in Manhattan from an appropriations bill.
Congress grows impatient on Iran, N. Korea, vows action
Some members of Congress, increasingly impatient with the Obama administration's "give diplomacy a chance" stance toward Iran and North Korea, are pressing for new punitive measures against those countries.
Brownback Becomes Third GOP Senator To Announce He Won't Vote For Sotomayor
Yesterday in a speech on the Senate floor, Sen. Sam Brownback " became at least the third Republican " to announce that he will vote against Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court: Mr.
Group wants Senate to investigate Ensign's affair
A watchdog group says it will file a complaint with the Senate Ethics Committee asking lawmakers to investigate the circumstances surrounding an affair that Sen.
Commentary: Brownback's a shoo-in for Kansas governor
Sometimes you just have to sit back and behold what's smack-dab in front of you.