Here are today’s headlines from the Kansas congressional delegation:Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R) !(Amarillo.com) Editorial: Fight the good – not bad – fight: U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and U.S. Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Kan., actually agreed recently on something: Politicians in both parties need to work harder on getting along, even if they maintain deep policy differences. They sat next to each other recently at a National Conference of Editorial Writers meeting in Kansas City, Mo. They spoke of the lack of “knowing each other” as a problem that afflicts policymaking in Washington these days. Democrats hang with Democrats, Republicans hang with Republicans – and rarely do members of the opposing parties commingle. … But McCaskill and Tiahrt were right to insist that officials from both sides of the aisle work harder to understand each other on a personal level. That way, the nation might be freed from some of the venom being spewed these days.Sen. Pat Roberts (R)!(CattleNetwork.com) Roberts: Senate Finance Committee Approves Ag Tax Package: U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) today announced the Senate Finance Committee on which he serves approved the The Heartland, Habitat, Harvest and Horticulture Act. The bill includes several tax provisions important to Kansas agriculture. Senator Roberts has long supported efforts to clarify the tax treatment of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) payments. The bill includes two provisions to address this concern. First, the bill allows farmers with land enrolled in CRP the option to take either a tax credit or the traditional cash payment. The tax credit will be equal to the rental value of the property enrolled in the program. However, unlike the cash payment, the credit is not subject to income or self-employment tax. Second, the bill provides that individual retired or disabled farmers and ranchers are not required to pay self-employment tax on their CRP income.Rep. Jerry Moran (R) !(Hays Daily News) Moran hints at future bid for higher office: Kansas Rep. Jerry Moran has been famously indecisive about whether to seek higher office in Kansas. But lately, Moran has been hinting to key GOP supporters that he soon might be ready to launch a statewide bid. In a fundraising letter earlier this year, Moran sought contributions in case he gets the opportunity to run for higher elective office. While Moran was not specific, he would be in line to run for either governor of Kansas or U.S. Senate, when both offices will be open in 2010. Unlike in previous years, when Moran gave Republicans hope he would run for governor — only to decide after extended deliberations that he wasn’t ready — observers say Moran appears more serious this time.