Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Samuel Brownback [R, KS]

Senators Away For Holiday Continue Health Debate At Home

2009-11-26T00:00:00Z

Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, held a town hall Tuesday in Olathe, Kansas, where he brought the 2074 page Senate health care reform bill with him, ...

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A Simple Idea to Influence Iran

2009-11-26T00:00:00Z

Sen. Sam Brownback, a Kansas Republican, has taken the lead in trying to ensure that money is put in place. The Senate's version, congressional aides say, ...

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REPORT: At Least 40 GOP Lawmakers Fail The 'Purity Test'

2009-11-25T00:00:00Z

Earlier this year, Sen. John Thune's (R-SD) “concealed carry” gun amendment failed to receive the 60 votes it needed to pass. Republican Senators Dick Lugar ...

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Senators away for holiday continue health debate at home

2009-11-25T00:00:00Z

...which saw 16,000 patients last year — 43 percent of them supported by Washington's Basic Health Plan" (Connelly, 11/24). Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, held a town hall Tuesday in Olathe, Kansas, where he brought the 2,074 page Senate health care ref

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Polling and Political Wrap-Up, 11/25/09

2009-11-25T00:00:00Z

Two polls released over the course of the past few days confirm two trends a few weeks in advance of the Democratic primary to replace the late Senator Ted ...

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LETTER: Is Sen. Brownback posturing for race?

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

I think the reason I stopped surfing was because the senator I saw speaking was none other than Sam Brownback, who has had a very dismal attendance-record ...

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Brownback Signs on to mcdonald v. City of Chicago Amicus Curiae Brief

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

24 /Standard Newswire/ -- US Senator Sam Brownback joined an overwhelming, bipartisan majority of members of the US House of Representatives and the US ...

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How tainted statistics hide facts in US healthcare debate

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

Take the memorandum crafted by Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas, the ranking Republican on the Senate Joint Economic Committee, that recently appeared in the ...

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2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

“Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Tom Tancredo, Sam Brownback, John mccain — name 'em all,” Huckabee told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. ...

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Brownback has health bill won't solve problems

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

US Sen. Sam Brownback placed his hand on a large stack of paper that rested on a table Tuesday in the Council Chambers at Olathe City Hall. ...

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The Secret Political Reach Of 'The Family'

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

And, as you expand outwards over the last couple decades, and you look at the concerns of politicians like Senator Sam Brownback, Senator Jim Inhofe, ...

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Rhetoric escalates in health bill debate

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

This came two days after senators from her state, Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback, both Republicans, voted against a procedural matter that allows debate on ...

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The Hays Daily News

2009-11-24T00:00:00Z

The race for Sen. Sam Brownback's soon-to-be-vacated seat in Congress is, well, a long way away. With a primary in August, congressmen Jerry Moran and Todd ...

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2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

My point is I believe Dennis Moore could easily win the Kansas Governor's office in a race against former Topeka disc jockey, Sam Brownback.

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Police: Pa. man killed puppy before Steelers game

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

...Thompson and Mitt Romney. They are mostly focused on attacking Democrats. There is a lot of noise coming from Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback, who is attacking Romney on everything from abortion and porn to Boy Scouts and gay rights. Brownback and Romney are

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Financing a calamity with a vibrating cell phone

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

Sam Brownback, R-Kan., Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and Russ Feingold, D-Wis., proposed this legislation. A press release from Brownback's office outlined the ...

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2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

My point is I believe Dennis Moore could easily win the Kansas Governor's office in a race against former Topeka disc jockey, Sam Brownback. ...

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Senate: Let train riders check firearms in bags

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

KANSAS CITY, Mo. —The U.S. Senate has voted to allow Amtrak passengers — for the first time since Sept. 11, 2001 — to transport guns in checked bags. The proposal would require Amtrak to allow guns by April 1 or risk losing its funding and shutting

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How healthy is an addiction to spending?

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

...State Republican Party Chair says challenger has never before voted in Kansas A Democrat today announced he was challenging Sen. Sam Brownback in the Governor's race. Tom Wiggans said on his campaign web site today that he has filled out the necessary p

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AP Top Kansas News at 5:45 a.m. CDT

2009-11-23T00:00:00Z

...California early this year and is making his first run for public office.He appears to have no chance of defeating U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback , the presumed Republican nominee, unless he builds up a positive image with Kansans quickly. Doing so will requir

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