Here are today’s headlines from the Kansas congressional delegation:Rep. Nancy Boyda (D) !(AP) Sebelius won’t back presidential contender until next year: Sebelius also defended Rep. Nancy Boyda, D-Kan., from Republicans who have criticized her vote for a congressional spending bill last month. The measure didn’t include extra money for military construction projects at Fort Riley and Fort Leavenworth in Boyda’s district. Republicans had tried to include the funds for the base closure and realignment process in a bill last year, but Congress ended its session without acting on the measure. “What has been characterized as a vote against the funding was really not that,” Sebelius said. “There was never a vote against BRAC funding, there was a vote for a continuing resolution to keep open key departments of government which were left abandoned by the previous Congress.” Sebelius said she is optimistic the funds will be passed later this year in a separate spending package.Sen. Pat Roberts (R)! (The Nation commentary) Why Working Women Are Stuck in the 1950s: Now that Democrats are emerging from the wilderness, there are scattered indications they are willing to use their power to address the mounting care crisis. The Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues, one of the largest caucuses, has access to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has supported previous efforts to address the care crisis. The Senate has just created a new Caucus on Children, Work and Family, a sign, says Valerie Young, a lobbyist with the National Association of Mothers’ Centers, that “this is no longer a personal problem — it’s a national problem.” Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd says he will introduce legislation that would provide paid leave for workers who need to care for sick family members, newborns or newly adopted children. Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas has just introduced the Small Business Child Care Act, which would help employers provide childcare for their workers. Members in both houses of Congress are reopening the discussion of universal healthcare reform.Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R) !(The Hill) Ethics task force will operate privately – for now: Rep. Michael Capuano (D-Mass.), who heads a task force examining whether an outside panel should investigate ethics allegations against members, said the group will begin by holding private weekly meetings rather than public hearings. … At least one GOP member of the task force, however, is dead-set against creating an outside office to investigate allegations against members. Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.) said most members worry that an external ethics entity would be manipulated for political purposes. “Should we let MoveOn.org decide who to investigate?” he asked. Citing the corruption cases against former Reps. Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-Calif.) and James Traficant (D-Ohio), both of whom are serving prison sentences, Tiahrt said members involved in wrongdoing are being caught. “The system is working,” Tiahrt declared.