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LJWorld.com’s roundup of worldwide online news about the Kansas congressional delegation

LJWorld.com’s roundup blog of worldwide online news about the Kansas congressional delegation

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Kansas delegation blasts defense department on Boeing snub

Monday, March 3, 2008

Lawmakers say they are stunned the federal government "would create French jobs in place of Kansas jobs."

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Candidate regrets: Brownback wishes he’d ‘been funnier’

Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007

Sam Brownback talks in a Q&A with the National Journal about his candidacy and his John McCain endorsement.

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Ryun has raised and spent more money than Boyda, Jenkins

Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007

Candidates in the congressional race in Kansas' second district are raising a record amount of funding.

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Magazine story references final days of Brownback’s campaign

Friday, Dec. 14, 2007

A Time magazine article published Thursday about second-tier presidential candidates trying to gain traction in Iowa captures some of the final days of Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback's campaign before he ended it in October.

Roberts announces DoD money to promote math, science skills

Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007

The STARBASE program, operated by the Kansas National Guard, allows instructors to work with fourth- through sixth-grade at-risk students to learn math, science and technology skills.

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Brownback wants conditions before removing North Korea from terrorism list

Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007

Sen. Sam Brownback has introduced a resolution that urges the Bush administration not to lift a designation of North Korea as a terrorism-sponsoring nation until the country meets several conditions.

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Roberts, Pelosi named in interrogation briefings

Monday, Dec. 10, 2007

A story in The Washington Post this weekend describes House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., as two members of Congress who received secret CIA briefings in 2002 that included a description of what is called waterboarding.

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Despite Huckabee’s surge, Brownback is content with his McCain endorsement

Friday, Dec. 7, 2007

U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback says he does not regret his endorsement of Sen. John McCain for the GOP presidential nod.

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Olathe businessman to challenge Roberts

Thursday, Dec. 6, 2007

An Olathe businessman, Greg Orman, is expected to file paperwork to run as a Democrat against Sen. Pat Roberts.

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Moran says the federal government has failed on immigration reform

Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2007

In Dodge City, Moran says current immigration law forbids employers from asking if job candidates are in the United States legally, but he has introduced legislation to change that.

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