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      <excerpt>...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</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...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</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...D.C., to lobby lawmakers to extend and expand the program. McGrew&#8217;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 &#8220;blessed the concept&#8221; of continuin</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., is planning to run for re-election in 2014, The Hutchinson News reports.
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      <excerpt>...We know that from what&#8217;s happening &#8212; or not happening &#8212; in Kansas. The state&#8217;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</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...agreed with Murray and Tiahrt. &quot;This is just posturing and an attempt to tilt the competition in their favor,&quot; charged Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan. &quot;We have seen it before.&quot; Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Wash., said, &quot;Let them pull out.&quot; For its part, Boeing said the </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...   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</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...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 &#8220;in weeks</excerpt>
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