Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Pat Roberts [R, KS]

Kansas senators are millionaires

2009-11-06T00:00:00Z

...other Kansans in the Congress and their ranking on the list of 556 Congressional and executive officials were: * No. 211: Sen. Pat Roberts, R, $1,429,530 * No. 295: Rep. Jerry Moran, R-Hays, $718,509 * No. 336: Rep. Dennis Moore, D-Lenexa, $506,509 * No

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Program extension to help housing market

2009-11-02T00:00:00Z

...D.C., to lobby lawmakers to extend and expand the program. McGrew’s appointments included a stop by the office of Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., who is a member of the Senate Finance Committee. The committee has since “blessed the concept” of continuin

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Statehouse Live: Roberts preparing for 2014

2009-11-02T00:00:00Z

...U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., is planning to run for re-election in 2014, The Hutchinson News reports. If he won, Roberts, 73, would be 84 at the conclusion of a 6-year term won in 2014, and he would rank 2nd among Kansas senators in longevity in the S

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Roberts preparing for 2014

2009-11-02T00:00:00Z

U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., is planning to run for re-election in 2014, The Hutchinson News reports. If he won, Roberts, 73, would be 84 at the conclusion of a 6-year term won in 2014, and he would rank 2nd among Kansas senators in longevity in the

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Obama is certainly no LBJ — just ask Kansas' two senators

2009-11-01T00:00:00Z

...We know that from what’s happening — or not happening — in Kansas. The state’s two Republican senators, Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts , regularly criticize the president on health care reform or veterans policies or his handling of Sudan. Yet th

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Roberts already planning 2014 bid

2009-11-01T00:00:00Z

... Published online 10/31/2009 10:49 PM U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., is raising money now for his re-election bid - in 2014. Yes, Roberts plans to be a candidate when his current term comes up in the 2014 election cycle, his Senate staff

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Northrop charges that tanker bidding skewed toward Boeing

2009-11-01T00:00:00Z

...agreed with Murray and Tiahrt. "This is just posturing and an attempt to tilt the competition in their favor," charged Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan. "We have seen it before." Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., said, "Let them pull out." For its part, Boeing said the

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Senate clears bill to avert agency closing

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

...houses and county courthouses. For instance, the measure contains $500,000 requested by Kansas GOP Sens. Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts to help restore the Colonial Fox Theatre in Pittsburg, Kan. A half-dozen other theaters would receive funds as well. M

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Congress approves buyouts for Treece

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

...water. "It's been a long, dusty, chat-covered road, but for the citizens of Treece, finally, help will be on the way," said Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., who has been pushing for a buyout of Treece for two years. Roberts said he has been in contact with EP

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Senate clears bill, averting shutdowns

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

EPA gets OK to buyout, relocate residents of contaminated Treece, Kan.

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

...by huge piles of mining waste called chat and dotted with uncapped shafts and cave-ins filled with brackish, polluted water. Sen. Pat Roberts, a Kansas Republican, said he has been in contact with EPA officials and expects a buyout announcement "in week

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Vote in Congress offers hope for buyout of Treece, Kan.

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

...huge piles of mining waste called chat and dotted with uncapped shafts and cave-ins filled with brackish, polluted water. Sen. Pat Roberts, a Kansas Republican, said he has been in contact with EPA officials and expects a buyout announcement “in weeks

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Congress approved buyout of Treece, southeast Kansas town scarred by mining

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

...Appropriations Conference Report that was approved by both chambers Thursday. The amendment was introduced by Sens. Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback of Kansas and James Inhofe of Oklahoma. President Barack Obama is expected to sign the legislation by Satur

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Senate clears bill to avert agency closing

2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

Where's Pat Roberts on health reform? Finally some answers

2009-10-28T00:00:00Z

...earlier this week by the Kansas Health Institute. Reporting from Washington, the KHI's Mike Shields writes: U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas has been colorful, sharp spoken and consistent in opposing the health reform plans currently before Congress, bu

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Brownback, Roberts, Moran, Tiahrt cite hate crimes provision in voting against military funding bill

2009-10-27T00:00:00Z

...legislation so much that they voted against a bill funding the military for the next year. Both U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts last week said they voted against the $680 billion defense bill because it included the Matthew Shepard and James Byr

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More than meets the eye on 'anti-rape' vote

2009-10-27T00:00:00Z

...One might assume, therefore, that there must be some reasonable explanation for 30 Republican senators — including Kansans Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback — taking a position that would invite vilification, other than that Halliburton donates more c

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Opinion Line (Oct. 26)

2009-10-26T00:00:00Z

...there's an opt-out provision for states for the health care plan, Sen. Sam Brownback will ensure Kansans get left behind. Sen. Pat Roberts wants health insurance reform; he just wants you to pay for it. The Eagle needs to run a fact check with any comme

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Brownback, Roberts, Moran, Tiahrt cite hate crimes provision in voting against military funding bill

2009-10-26T00:00:00Z

Letter: Challenge endorsed

2009-10-25T00:00:00Z

...second Chelsea Harris' challenge, in her Oct. 15 letter to the editor, to Sens. Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts to explain their reasoning on voting against Sen. Al Franken's amendment to the 2010 Defense Appropriations Act. Why should there be such a hue

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