Here are today’s headlines from the Kansas congressional delegation:Etc.(Wichita Eagle) Raising gas tax could pay for bridges: You could pay more for gasoline under a plan Congress is considering to raise millions of federal dollars to help replace deteriorating bridges. The plan, proposed by Rep. Jim Oberstar, D-Minn., would raise the federal gas tax by 5 cents a gallon. The money would be distributed to states based on need. That means that motorists in Kansas would likely subsidize repairs in states like Missouri and Oklahoma, which have some of the highest percentages of deficient bridges in the nation. Brian Hart, a spokesman for Sen. Sam Brownback, said the senator believes “that a gas tax increase is the wrong way to go and is unnecessary.” And Sen. Pat Roberts said he has “serious concerns with raising gas taxes and putting an additional burden on the pocketbooks of Kansans.”Rep. Jerry Moran (R) !(Topeka Capital-Journal) Proposed bioenergy center unique: Sunflower Electric, of Hays, and Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, of Westminster, Colo., are the major players in the proposed $3.5 billion expansion of Holcomb’s coal-fired power plant. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment is studying a permit application needed to add power units. To soften objections to the expansion’s footprint on the environment, developers offered to launch the Sunflower Integrated Bioenergy Center in the shadow of Holcomb’s smokestack. In addition to an algae reactor to consume carbon dioxide, the venture would include ethanol and biodiesel plants, a meat-processing operation and a dairy farm. The facilities would be integrated to make use of waste streams and byproducts. Rep. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., said the complex would be unique to Kansas and possibly the world. “This is an example of how innovative Kansans are, not only expanding local economies, but also answering the national call for more renewable energy,” he said.Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R) !(New York Sun) Giuliani Opposes Bloomberg on Key Gun Law: Opening a new rift with his successor at City Hall, Mayor Giuliani has endorsed a gun law that Mayor Bloomberg has spent the better part of a year trying to get repealed. In his appearance Friday before the National Rifle Association, the former mayor highlighted the Tiahrt amendment in describing the shift in his view on gun rights, saying the law was “sensible” and that law enforcement was “comfortable” with it. The amendment, which has been added to congressional spending bills since 2003 with the backing of the NRA, places restrictions on how gun trace data can be used, and it lies at the center of the national campaign Mr. Bloomberg has waged on illegal guns. The Tiahrt amendment was one example Mr. Giuliani cited as part of his bid to square his past support for gun control laws with his current embrace of the Second Amendment, an evolution he described during a speech Friday as he tried to win over skeptical NRA members, an influential Republican constituency. “You’ve also had, as an intervening fact, the Tiahrt amendment, which I think is a sensible one, a sensible division,” he said. “It gives law enforcement the ability to get information. Law enforcement is comfortable with it.”