Here are today’s headlines from the Kansas congressional delegation:Sen. Pat Roberts (R)!(Wichita Eagle) Taking no chances, president to stump for Sen. Pat Roberts: Of the 21 Republican senators facing re-election next year, Pat Roberts of Kansas is one of the safer bets. But that doesn’t mean the White House is taking anything for granted. During the trip to Wichita on June 15 to celebrate the opening of the Boys & Girls Club complex, President Bush will also spend some time raising money for Roberts. But not because party strategists believe the two-term senator’s seat is in danger. “It really reflects Sen. Roberts’ importance, both politically to the White House and in the overall fight to regain control of the Senate,” said Kansas Republican Party Chairman Kris Kobach. “The White House is not taking any chances. Neither is the Republican Party.” Neither the White House nor Roberts’ office would comment about the trip. But Republicans face a big hurdle next year just to maintain the 49 Senate seats they control now. Democrats have to defend only a dozen seats, while the GOP has to hold onto nearly twice as many.Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R) !(Kaiser Network) Daily HIV/AIDS Report: The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government on Tuesday will consider a Washington, D.C., appropriations bill that includes language preventing the city from financing needle-exchange programs, the Washington Post reports. According to the Post, some health advocates are hopeful that the language will be removed from the bill because of the “changed balance of power on Capitol Hill” (Levine, Washington Post, 6/5). … Chuck Knapp — a spokesperson for Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Kan.), the original author of the ban — said that Tiahrt likely will try to continue the ban but added that “it’s a different political environment” than when it originally passed (Washington Post, 6/5).Etc.(LJW) Residents in former mining area hope to move to safer ground: Congressional leaders are developing legislation that could lead to a buyout of residents in a small Kansas town threatened by collapsing abandoned mines. “It’s going to take time, but that’s the way the government works,” Treece Mayor Bill Blunk said. U.S. Rep. Nancy Boyda, D-Kan., and Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., are working on a bill that, if passed, would provide $6 million to buy out Treece and close the town near the Oklahoma border in southeastern Kansas. “We’re hoping to get it (introduced) in the next couple of weeks,” said Jan Garton, who is working for Boyda to identify funding sources for the buyout. In addition, a request has been made to the House Appropriations Committee for $2 million earmarked for Treece to be added to the Environmental Protection Agency budget.