Here are today’s headlines from the Kansas congressional delegation:Rep. Dennis Moore (D) !(KC Kansan) Bush tours GM-Fairfax plant, gives speech to workers at Claycomo, Mo., Ford plant: Although many Capitol Hill Democrats have been critical of Bush’s “20/10” plan (20 percent oil reduction over 10 years), U.S. Rep. Dennis Moore, whose Kansas Third District includes KCK and the Fairfax plant, told the Kansan on Tuesday that he supports the president’s efforts. “I do give President Bush credit in his State of the Union address this year for wanting to reduce our dependence on foreign oil,” Moore said in a phone call from his Washington office. “I hope that we can. This really shouldn’t be partisan at all. We should really work with the president on this.” Moore said Hybrids were a good start, but other replacements for oil must be researched, including ethanol and wind, solar and geothermal energy. “We can’t drill our way out of this problem,” Moore said.(NewsHour) Lawmakers Target Mandatory Testing in Education Law: President Bush’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2008 includes a $993 million boost for NCLB. “It’s our perspective that we have put forth the funds to make this work for kids,” said Kerri Briggs, acting assistant secretary for policy at the U.S. Department of Education. But according to Democratic Representative Dennis Moore of Kansas, a member of the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, total NCLB funding is $55 billion short of the levels outlined in the 2002 authorization. Moore supports a House bill that calls for “a moratorium on compliance with Adequate Yearly Progress requirements that are not fully funded.” Both the House and the Senate are expected to vote on the proposed laws before the end of April.Sen. Pat Roberts (R)!(Brownfield) Presidential TPA passage looks increasingly unlikely: Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and in both chambers of Congress believe presidential trade promotion authority (TPA), also known as fast-track, faces an uphill battle if it’s going to be renewed before it expires on June 30th. And if it is renewed, it’s likely going to come with some significant strings attached. … South Dakota GOP Senator John Thune echoed Peterson’s opinion when asked about the issue by Brownfield Wednesday after a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on food aid and agricultural trade. “There’ll be a lot of resistance from labor groups and environmental groups unless their requirements are met in this, and I don’t know in the House today whether or not they can pass it,” Thune said. “I guess that will be the test, and then if they get it through there we’ll deal with it in the Senate.” Kansas Republican Senator Pat Roberts agreed, telling Brownfield he sees TPA renewal as “a very iffy proposition” and adding “that’s got a rough road ahead.” Roberts also said he disagreed with the concept of mandating the inclusion of labor and environmental standards in future trade agreements. “I don’t think that works very well,” he said.Rep. Nancy Boyda (D) !(49abcnews.com) Boyda to have surgery: Kansas congresswoman Nancy Boyda plans to have surgery next month to remove her gall bladder. Doctors recommended the procedure after Boyda became ill in her Capitol Hill office last week. Boyda was meeting with a group of firefighters from Lawrence when she suddenly felt sick. She was taken to a hospital, where doctors discovered she has gall stones.(Nancy Boyda commentary in KC Star) Congress can’t pretend that all is well in Iraq: To the American people and the people of Kansas, the choice is clear. Last November, they demanded a new direction in Iraq. I wish I could say President Bush is observing their clear wish. But he is not. He has requested a $100 billion check to prolong the Iraq war – and he insists that the money come without restrictions or accountability. He wants limitless funding for an endless war. Congress has the duty to demand from President Bush an unambiguous way forward. We should not dictate strategy, but we can and we must require the president to offer a plan to end the Iraq war and rebuild our strategic readiness.Rep. Jerry Moran (R) !(Hays Daily News) Moran: Keep Gove in business: Jerry Moran has asked the two federal farm agencies to reverse course and delay the closure of 11 farm offices in Kansas. His request is being viewed as cause for hope in the small community of Gove, which is one of 11 offices targeted for closure by the Farm Service Agency and its counterpart, Natural Resource and Conservation Service, folding it into the Logan County office. That combined office would be the largest in the state in terms of cropland administered and the second largest in the amount of farm program payments paid out, second only to Thomas County. Moran’s request came Tuesday, a day after the last of 11 meetings had been conducted by the FSA.