All the current talk about Gov. Kathleen Sebelius' future has centered on if President Barack Obama will appoint her as the next secretary of Health and Human Services.But could her prospects for becoming the first Democrat to win a U.S. Senate seat from Kansas in several decades play into the ...

U.S. Rep. Todd Tiahrt, R-Goddard, will make an announcement at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Capitol Plaza Hotel in Topeka about his plans for 2010.Tiahrt is widely expected to announce his plans to seek the Senate seat by retiring Sen. Sam Brownback, who will seek the GOP nomination for governor. ...

Shortly after Democratic Congressman Dennis Moore won a sixth term in November, speculation swirled that he might retire at the end of his term.But in a Dec. 23 letter mailed to supporters, Moore announces: "I want you to be the first to know that I am officially running for my seventh ...

Republican Lynn Jenkins is now officially a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.She took the oath of office from the House floor in the U.S. Capitol Tuesday afternoon."It was a swearing-in (ceremony). We said 'I do,' and now it's time to get to work," Jenkins said in a phone interview ...

The fate of the financial bailout in Congress dominated national news Wednesday: GOP presidential nominee Sen. John McCain suspended his campaign, and President Bush delivered a prime-time address urging Capitol Hill leaders to pass the plan, which has a price tag of $700 billion.Members of the ...

Now that Hurricane Gustav has made land fall, it appears coverage of the Republican National Convention will ramp up in the next three days.A Roll Call article by Louis Jacobson focuses on Sen. John McCain's potential cabinet selections, should he defeat Sen. Barack Obama in November.One name ...