Here are today’s headlines from the Kansas congressional delegation:Sen. Sam Brownback (R) !(Washington Post commentary) Reluctantly, the Senate’s Weekend Warriors: After four years of fighting in Iraq, and two weeks of trying to force senators to debate the conflict, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid yesterday wheeled out the ultimate weapon. He ordered his colleagues to work on Saturday. To the average American, this would be an inconvenience. To a senator, a Saturday vote is a hardship reserved for national crises such as impeachment or Terri Schiavo. Votes have been held on Saturday only five times in the past 10 years. … Moments after Reid’s bombshell, one presidential candidate, Sam Brownback (R-Kan.), went to the Senate floor to voice his dissent. “I don’t think that is a fair or appropriate process for this body to follow,” he said. Particularly because he had plans to attend the National Religious Broadcasters convention in Florida on Saturday. EARLIER: Roberts not a fan of Senate’s longer work week(CR Newswire) Brownback Reintroduces Video Game Rating Act: U.S. Senator Sam Brownback today reintroduced the Truth in Video Game Rating Act which would require a video game rating organization to review the entire playable content of a game before assigning a content rating. “Video game reviewers should be required to review the entire content of a game to ensure the accuracy of the rating,” said Brownback. “The current video game ratings system is not as accurate as it could be because reviewers do not see the full content of games and do not even play the games they rate.” Currently game reviewers do not play the games prior to determining ratings. Their reviews are based on taped segments of the game submitted by the game’s producer to the Entertainment Software Ratings Board. Such taped segments may or may not fully represent the game’s content. The bill would prohibit video game producers and distributors from withholding or hiding playable content from a ratings organization.Sen. Pat Roberts (R)!(CattleNetwork.com) Senator Roberts: Trade Promotion Authority Good for Kansas: At a hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance regarding the 2007 Trade Agenda, U.S. Senator Pat Roberts today called for renewed Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) and discussed other important trade issues with the U.S. Trade Representative, Susan Schwab. “International trade is a vital and necessary component in the Kansas economy,” Senator Roberts said. “Kansas exports in 2005 were $6.72 billion dollars. As a strong supporter of free and fair trade, I am pleased with the President’s call to renew trade promotion authority. By opening markets and tearing down trade barriers to our products and services, we can expand opportunities for exporters and better compete in the global market place. “TPA is an important tool by which Congress grants the president the authority to negotiate trade agreements with on behalf of the United States in consultation with the relevant congressional committees.Rep. Nancy Boyda (D) !(AP) Boyda drawing partisan backlash: n campaigning for Congress, Nancy Boyda blunted questions about her stance on the war in Iraq by telling voters she’d support the troops even if she had misgivings about their mission. That approach worked for the Democrat, but now Republicans are trying to undercut whatever support she enjoys among veterans in the 2nd District of eastern Kansas. A month into her first term, she faced criticism for voting for a military spending bill that didn’t earmark money for construction projects in her district. “Very few things surprise me in politics – very few things,” said Boyda earlier this week before attending a ceremony at Fort Leavenworth’s Command and General Staff College. “I am surprised at the level of hostility and the personal nature of the attacks, especially when I am working hard – ask anybody here – to try to clean up the mess I’ve been left.” The firestorm comes as the House prepares to vote Friday on a nonbinding resolution condemning President Bush’s plan to send 21,500 troops to quell the violence in Iraq. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said the Democratic resolution was the first step in a longer campaign to end U.S. participation in the nearly four-year-old conflict.Etc.(AP) Kansas growers conflicted over farm bill: When Congress passed the last farm bill five years ago, Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts was firmly in the “no” column. The latest version of farm legislation proposed by the Bush administration last month hasn’t put to rest Roberts’ concerns, or those of other Kansas officials worried about its impact on the state’s farmers and ranchers. “We want to do a lot more homework and run the numbers to determine what we really think the practical effect will be and then we’ll go from there,” said Roberts, a Republican. The White House’s blueprint would boost conservation funding, promote renewable fuels and provide money to upgrade the quality of rural hospitals – key issues for Kansas farmers. “There are some things that make a lot of sense to me and some things that are detrimental to the agricultural economy in Kansas,” said Republican Rep. Jerry Moran, who represents western Kansas. Kansas farmers received over $9 billion in subsidies from 1995-2005, ranking 6th in the nation according to a database compiled by the Environmental Working Group, a public interest group that tracks payments.