Here are today’s headlines from the Kansas congressional delegation:Etc.(KC Star) Greensburg devastation followed by political storm: It started when Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, a Democrat, said a lack of National Guard equipment would slow recovery efforts, because much of it is in Iraq and Afghanistan. Given the political black eye that President Bush still wears over his administration’s response to Hurricane Katrina, Sebelius’ comments about Greensburg struck a nerve. The Republican White House was snappish. Spokesman Tony Snow said Tuesday morning that Sebelius had asked only for “FM radios.” … Obama, a Democratic senator from Illinois, wrote Bush that Sebelius “was right to question the diversion of the Guard’s resources and personnel overseas. There’s no question this has undercut our emergency preparedness and our homeland security.” But Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts, Kansas’ two Republican senators, said they had visited Greensburg and were assured the state had what it needed. On the Senate floor Tuesday, Brownback, who also is running for president, said the questions raised by Sebelius’ comments were “unfortunate.”(Wichita Eagle commentary) DON’T RESTRICT ACCESS TO REHABILITATION HOSPITALS: Currently, Medicare requires that 60 percent of our total admissions at any given point fall into 13 specific diagnoses, including stroke, spinal-cord injury, brain injury, congenital deformity, amputation, multiple trauma, fracture of the femur (hip fracture), neurological disorders (including multiple sclerosis, motor neuron diseases, polyneuropathy, muscular dystrophy and Parkinson’s disease), burns, extremely limited arthritic conditions, and bilateral hip and knee replacements. On July 1, Medicare will require that 65 percent of inpatient admissions come from these 13 limited categories. And in July 2008, the requirement will jump to 75 percent. This will further limit admissions of patients in the other rehabilitation diagnostic categories, such as cardiac (open heart surgery), pulmonary diseases, oncology, and most knee and hip replacements, thus creating greater access issues for Medicare beneficiaries. There are two very important bills in Congress that must be passed prior to July 1. Senate Bill 543 and House Resolution 1459 have language that will hold the admission threshold for those 13 categories at 60 percent permanently. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., and Reps. Dennis Moore, D-Lenexa, and Todd Tiahrt, R-Goddard, already have co-signed their respective bills.Rep. Dennis Moore (D) !(AP) McIntyre, Blue Dog Coalition meet with Bush on Iraq war: U.S. Rep. Mike Ross said he was among a group of fiscally conservative Democrats – mostly members of the Blue Dog Coalition that included Rep. Mike McIntyre, D-N.C. – who met with Bush on Tuesday at the White House. Ross said the group told Bush that while the “American people weren’t ready to leave (Iraq) tonight,” some form of accountability must be placed on the floundering Iraqi government so U.S. troops can return home. … Reps. Dan Boren of Oklahoma, Allen Boyd of Florida, Jim Cooper of Tennessee, Bud Cramer of Alabama, Henry Cuellar of Texas, Artur Davis of Alabama, Lincoln Davis of Tennessee, Gene Green of Texas, Jane Harman of California, Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin of South Dakota, McIntyre of North Carolina, Jim Matheson of Utah and Dennis Moore of Kansas attended Tuesday’s meeting.