Here are today’s headlines from the Kansas congressional delegation:Rep. Jerry Moran (R) !(The Hill) Dem leaders struggle for votes to change Cuba policies: When Democrats gained control of Congress, hopes were high that Cuba travel and trade restrictions would be eased by a party historically opposed to a so-called hard line on Cuba. So far, however, the Democratic-led House has been tougher on Cuba than when Republicans controlled the lower chamber. Sixty-six House Democrats – including 20 members of the freshman class – recently voted against a farm bill amendment offered by Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) that would have made it easier for U.S. farmers to sell agricultural goods to Cuba. … Both supporters and opponents of the Cuba embargo said they were surprised by the vote. “If we can’t prevail on an issue of agriculture trade, it says it will be very difficult to prevail on other issues,” said Rep. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), a longtime supporter of trading with Cuba.Rep. Nancy Boyda (D) !(The Nation commentary) The NAFTA Superhighway: There’s no such thing as a proposed NAFTA Superhighway. … Though the story of the highway has been seeded and watered in the fertile soil of the nationalist right wing–promoted by Birchers and Corsi, co-author of the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth’s book about John Kerry–it also stretches across ideological and partisan lines. Like immigration and the Dubai ports deal, it divides the Republican coalition against itself, pitting the capitalists against the nationalists. And more than a few on the center-left have voiced criticisms as well: Teamsters president James Hoffa wrote in a column last year that “Bush is quietly moving forward with plans…for what’s known as a NAFTA superhighway–a combination of existing and new roads that would create a north-south corridor from Mexico to Canada…. It would allow global conglomerates to capitalize by exploiting cheap labor and nonexistent work rules and avoiding potential security enhancements at U.S. ports.” Democratic Congresswoman Nancy Boyda, from eastern Kansas, invoked its specter early and often in her improbably successful 2006 campaign against Republican incumbent Jim Ryun. A campaign circular inserted in local newspapers warned that “if built, this ‘Super Corridor’ would be a quarter-mile wide and longer than the Great Wall of China.” Boyda told me that her attacks on the highway “hit a real nerve because enough people had the same concerns.”Sen. Pat Roberts (R)!(Free Yahoo Game blog) Legislation To Benefit Home Oxygen Therapy Patients Introduced By U.S. Senators: The Home Oxygen Patient Protection (HOPP) Act was introduced last month by U.S. Senators Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Jack Reed (D-RI). This bipartisan legislation was introduced to reverse the effects of the 2005 Deficit Reduction Act. That Act required that Medicare recipients being administered home oxygen therapy must purchase the equipment after 36 months, creating an unnecessary burden for the patient. The Senators were applauded for introducing the legislation by the Council for Quality Respiratory Care (CQRC). The CQRC is a coalition of leading home oxygen therapy providers and manufacturers who provide equipment and services to oxygen therapy patients.