Here are today’s headlines from the Kansas congressional delegation:Rep. Dennis Moore (D) !(Information Week) House Democrats Pushing To Revisit H-1B Visa, Green Card Reform This Year: Pressure is mounting on Congress — now from within — to pass H-1B visa and green card reform this year. In a letter sent yesterday to U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and several other House committee leaders, a group of 16 Democrats in Congress requested that “the House take action this year to resolve the immediate talent crisis that is facing U.S. employers.” … Among the reforms being urged are aligning the supply of H-1B visas and employment-based green cards “with the needs of U.S. employers” and modernizing student visa programs. H-1B is the most common visa used by U.S. employers to temporarily hire foreign-born technology workers. ew Democrat Coalition members signing the letter are Ellen Tauscher (Calif.), Adam Smith (Wash.), Joseph Crowley (N.Y.), Artur Davis (Ala.), Ron Kind (Wis.), Rick Larsen (Wash.), Dennis Moore (Kan.), Adam Schiff (Calif.), Jim Moran (Va.), Gregory Meeks (N.Y.), Susan Davis (Calif.), Lois Capps (Calif.), Gabrielle Giffords (Ariz.), Christopher Carney (Pa.), Michael Arcuri (N.Y.), and David Wu (Ore.).(The Hill) Censure fails: The drama began early Tuesday when Boehner filed a privileged resolution to censure Stark, angered by the California Democrat’s comment during last week’s debate on whether the House should override President Bush’s veto of an expansion of SCHIP. “You don’t have money to fund the war or children,” Stark said while speaking on the floor last Thursday. “But you’re going to spend it to blow up innocent people if we can get enough kids to grow old enough for you to send to Iraq to get their heads blown off for the president’s amusement.” … Boehner’s resolution was ultimately tabled Tuesday morning by a vote of 196-173. Five freshman Democrats – Jason Altmire (Pa.), Brad Ellsworth (Ind.), Joe Donnelly (Ind.), Chris Carney (Pa.) and Heath Shuler (N.C.) – voted with Republicans on the move to table Boehner’s resolution. A further eight Democrats voted present: Dan Boren (Okla.), Emanuel Cleaver (Mo.), Lincoln Davis (Tenn.), Baron Hill (Ind.), David Loebsack (Iowa), Tim Mahoney (Fla.), Charlie Melancon (La.) and Dennis Moore (Kan.).Sen. Sam Brownback (R) !(Catholic News Service) Cardinal Praises Brownback: Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley praised Sen. Sam Brownback as the candidate whose views most closely reflected Catholic social teaching, just days before the Kansas Republican ended his quest for the presidency. Brownback, who ended his presidential bid Oct. 19, became a Catholic five years ago. … “There is no other presidential candidate in the U.S. today that more reflects Catholic social doctrine as you do,” the cardinal said after Brownback addressed an Oct. 14 luncheon following the annual archdiocesan Red Mass.Sen. Pat Roberts (R)!(CQ.com) Senate Nearing Vote on Biggest Domestic Spending Bill: The Senate was pushing to wrap up action Tuesday on its biggest fiscal 2008 spending bill, which would provide billions of dollars to labor, health and education programs. The measure could become the first of the 12 annual spending bills to be sent to President Bush, who has threatened to veto it for what he considers to be excessive spending…. The chamber also adopted by voice vote an amendment by Pat Roberts, R-Kan., to provide $5 million in grants for small business child care programs, and defeated a pair of proposals aimed at earmarks in the bill.Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R) !(Wichita Eagle commentary) CONGRESS, BUSINESSES CAN HELP NATIONAL PARKS: The National Park Centennial Challenge Fund would provide $1 billion in new federal funding over 10 years to match nonfederal support, yielding at least $2 billion to dramatically improve national parks and park visitor experiences. Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Goddard, testified recently in support of the program and helped boost operational funding in his role as ranking member of the House Interior Appropriations subcommittee.