Congressional Briefing

Early poll shows Moran-Tiahrt Senate race ‘essentially tied’

Rep. Jerry Moran's Senate campaign claimed a fundraising victory last week over Rep. Todd Tiahrt in their race for the 2010 GOP nomination. But results of a SurveyUSA poll conducted over the weekend for KCTV in Kansas City and KWCH in Wichita show "the race is essentially ...

Moran has fundraising edge in Senate race

Rep. Jerry Moran out-raised fellow Republican Rep. Todd Tiahrt by about $130,000 in the first three months of the year, as the two seek the GOP nomination to replace Sen. Sam Brownback in the 2010 election. Moran, of Hays who represents the state's massive first district, was able to bring ...

Brownback says he hoped coal plant project could move forward

During a visit to Lawrence Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback said he had hoped construction of two coal-fired, 700-megawatt plants near Holcomb could have moved forward. Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, a Democrat, vetoed a bill the Legislature passed that would have allowed for construction of the ...

Brownback threatens to block Iraq nominee

Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., on Thursday said he would do everything he can to hold up confirmation of President Barack Obama's nominee to be Iraq's ambassador, Chris Hill, a former assistant secretary of state for East Asian affairs. Brownback and four other Republican senators earlier ...

Two groups say letter with Brownback signature was ‘misuse of religion’

Two groups say Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback should set the record straight on his position about a letter sent by the Catholic Advocate one day after Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a complaint against Brownback for the letter that criticized Sen. Ted Kennedy and House ...

Anti-abortion letter on Brownback letterhead causes a stir

An anti-abortion letter printed on letterhead that names U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., criticizes Sen. Ted Kennedy and U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as not being real Catholics and calling President Barack Obama a radical. A Brownback spokesman has denied the letter was ...