Congressional Briefing is back from vacation. Here are today’s headlines from the Kansas congressional delegation:Rep. Dennis Moore (D) !(FOX News) Christian Group Warns U.S. Against Pressuring Israel on Peace Deal: But Mideast talks are taking another form back in the United States. An unexpected voice from right field is warning U.S. negotiators not to be so quick to give away the farm, literally. “I don’t believe Israel should give up any piece of their land. I think they’ve given up too much of their land,” said Michelle Stephens, one of 50 million Evangelicals who are said to be “waking up” to the idea that Israel’s existence is integrally tied to their own religious outlook. Stephens, 37, traveled with her husband cross-country to Washington, D.C., last week to join nearly 5,000 like-minded Evangelicals attending a conference called Christians United for Israel. Pastor Greg Stephens, who leads Father’s House Church in El Cajon, Calif., said the group isn’t interested in telling Israel what to do, but it sure has got some choice words for President Bush and Congress. … “I would point out that we met with only one Democrat and that was Dennis Moore,” said John Powers, a 76-year-old retired fire equipment business owner, who lobbied Kansas lawmakers with about eight other fellow Kansans. “I saw very little partisanship represented as measured by what might be a difference between his views and the views of a Republican congressman. They seem to be of like minds.” Powers said Moore at first “got the impression that we were suggesting initiating hostilities (with Iran) which we were not and that got corrected. … With him, war is a last resort, and I think that’s really the way we feel as well.” Moore spokeswoman Rebecca Black said the congressman makes it a point to meet with all constituents from his state who request to see him in Washington. As for Iran policy, she said Moore prefers the diplomatic track. “The congressman always believes that we should be doing things focusing on sanctions on diplomacy, international coalitions before we ever consider military actions,” Black said. “I don’t know that the congressman ever takes any options off the table but certainly his preference would be for this diplomatic effort.”(Dark Reading) New Bill Proposes ‘Health Record Trusts’: In the latest twist on health IT legislation, a new Congressional bill introduced earlier this month aims to spur the use of electronic medical records by creating revenue-generating independent health record trusts that would financially reward doctors for contributing data. While the trusts would manage the medical data, consumers would control their information by authorizing access to and use of their data by doctors and other third parties. The Independent Health Record Trust Act, which was introduced into Congress in mid-July by Rep. Dennis Moore (D-Kan.) and on last count this week has bi-partisan support from 49 House members, aims to create independent health record trusts, or IHRTs, that would manage the electronic medical records of patients upon voluntary participation by consumers signing up for these electronic accounts. Rep. Nancy Boyda (D) !(LJWorld.com) Boyda disputes protesters’ claims about Iraq funding vote: U.S. Rep. Nancy Boyda, D-Topeka, faced opposition as she walked up the steps of the Lawrence Public Library on Saturday. About a dozen anti-war protesters held signs intended to insult her congressional work, but Boyda looked each one of them in the eye and shook their hands. Then she bent down to greet Bruiser, a protester’s dog, who was wearing a sign that said “Puppy for Peace,” which resulted in even more jeers from protesters. Boyda welcomed the controversy and invited the group to join her inside.VIDEO: Rep. Nancy Boyda discusses strain of Iraq War on National Guard: Sen. Pat Roberts (R)!(KC Star commentary) With another disclosure, Novak bedevils the dead: So far they’re not talking, but someday soon, John Ashcroft and Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas should go on the record about the Justice Department scandal. Ashcroft was the target of Alberto Gonzales’ unusual nighttime visit when the then-attorney general was hospitalized in 2004. Roberts was one of the “Gang of Eight” who earlier that day had met with Gonzales, who then was White House counsel, to talk about the no-warrant surveillance program that is at the heart of so much controversy. Both men are key witnesses to the central event that could trigger a constitutional crisis.