KANSAS CITY, Mo. -I'm sitting here on press row at Union Station, waiting for Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate, to begin a town hall meeting.We also wanted to pass along some interesting polling information by Rasmussen Reports released this week [ that says McCain now ...

**Air Force Tanker Contract** Members of Congress, including in Kansas and Washington, praised Defense Secretary Robert Gates' decision Wednesday to reopen the bidding process for a major Air Force tanker project after the Government Accountability Office identified eight flaws when the Air ...

Kansas Second Congressional District U.S. Rep. Nancy Boyda's staff called a claim "malarkey" in a [Harris News Service story this morning][1] after Republican Jim Ryun's campaign said this week she voted "for the largest tax increase in history."The criticism comes after a March vote on a ...

**Polls**[(Harris News Service) Poll shows Roberts ahead:][1] Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius recently told reporters in Denver that Illinois Sen. Barack Obama could win Kansas in November's presidential election. ... But a Web site, www.fivethirtyeight.com, which utilizes polling data to ...

[(AFP) U.S. lawmakers blast defense department:][1] Lawmakers have reacted angrily after the U.S. military awarded a $35 billion aircraft deal to Europe's Northrop Grumman/EADS group, in a major blow to U.S. manufacturer Boeing. "It's stunning to me that we would outsource the production of ...

[(Nationa Journal) National Journal conducts Q&A with Brownback:][1] Q: Looking back, is there anything you wish you'd done differently? Sam Brownback: Been funnier -- would have been helpful. They're mostly minor issues. I wish we hadn't had the immigration debate during most of my ...