U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback’s efforts to increase indecency fines for broadcasters appears to be dead.The Washington Post reports today that: “A partisan struggle removed language from a bill that would have allowed the FCC to raise fines from the current $32,500 to as much as $275,000 for each incident of indecent content aired, confirmed Brian Hart, spokesman for Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.), who sponsored legislation to increase the fines. “The legislative action comes two weeks after the FCC proposed fining CBS television stations a record-breaking $550,000 for singer Janet Jackson’s breast-baring incident during the Super Bowl halftime show.”Hart said Brownback will seek to revive the indecency-fines legislation in another form as quickly as possible. However, Congress is expected to adjourn today for the election campaign.”It’s not that other lawmakers are fans of indecency, The Hollywood Reporter says:”Some lawmakers were concerned about the First Amendment impact of the Broadcast Decency Act. Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., the Armed Services Committee’s senior Democrat, was concerned that language fining performers up to $500,000 for a single action went too far, according to sources.”Some lawmakers also expressed concern that the indecency rider had no place on a bill dealing with Defense Department issues.”‘This is a committee dealing with the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, which is a little more important than Janet Jackson’s ‘wardrobe malfunction,’ said a lobbyist working on the issue.”Some other links today:Dennis Moore-Kris Kobach linksKobach, Moore scrutinize backersJerry Moran linksDrought assistance passes HouseTodd Tiahrt linksHouse OKs tax break for aviationHow to contactAs always, you can find information to contact members of the Kansas congressional delegation here.