Here are today’s headlines from the Kansas congressional delegation:Rep. Nancy Boyda (D) !(AP) Lawmakers resist gun control revision: Democrats traditionally have been in the forefront of efforts to pass gun control legislation, but there is a widespread perception among political strategists that the issue has been a loser in recent campaigns. It was notably absent from the agenda Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled earlier this year when the party took control of the House and Senate. Many of the party’s victories in November occurred in rural states, where Democratic challengers such as Nancy Boyda of Kansas’ 2nd District took moderate stances on an issue important to hunters. “As tragic as this incident was : I don’t think we need additional federal gun laws,” Boyda said Tuesday. “We need to enforce the laws we have.”(Bloomberg) Donnelly, New Democrats Urge Pelosi to Seek Compromise on Iraq:Representative Joe Donnelly, a freshman Democrat from Indiana, voted with his party last month to tie funding for the Iraq war to a timeline for withdrawing troops. Now, with President George W. Bush vowing to veto the measure, Donnelly is ready to compromise. The Democratic-controlled Congress and Bush need to “try to find that middle place, work together, get the troops funded,” Donnelly, 51, told constituents last week at a town- hall meeting in Logansport, Indiana. If the withdrawal timelines are waived or eliminated, he said, “so much the better.” Donnelly, who is among 30 House Democrats elected in districts previously held by Republicans, said Congress must avoid a showdown with the White House that will cut off funding for Iraq. While a majority of Americans now oppose the war, according to polls, the House bill setting a withdrawal date passed the House by a slim 218-212 margin. Some new Democratic lawmakers, including Donnelly, Nancy Boyda of Kansas and Nick Lampson, are wary of any timeline plan that could leave them open to charges they are endangering the troops or creating greater chaos in Iraq.Sen. Pat Roberts (R)!(Galen Institute commentary) Unhealthy, slippery slope: Last week, after defeating about a dozen amendments, the Senate Finance Committee approved a bill that would allow, but not require, the administration to interfere in Medicare drug price negotiations between private drug plans and the pharmaceutical companies. … One amendment that went down to defeat is particularly puzzling: Offered by Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), it would have restored language prohibiting government interference in drug price negotiations that was introduced in an earlier Congress by former Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle and cosponsored by 33 Senate Democrats. The Democratic majority on the committee in this Congress voted it down.(WIBW) Sen. Roberts Unveils Re-Election Team: With former Sens. Robert J. Dole and Nancy Kassenbaum Baker serving as the honorary chairs, Sen. Pat Roberts announced the team that he hopes will help win a third term serving Kansas. About his re-election team, Sen. Roberts said that he, “could not ask for a more outstanding team of Kansans to support my re-election effort as we join together to build a better Kansas.” Adele Hall of Mission Hills and Russ Meyer of Wichita will lead the efforts as co-chairs.