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U.S. Senator Jerry Moran - author of S. Con. Res. 7, the bipartisan resolution which makes clear a United Nations Arms Trade Treaty that undermines constitutional freedoms of American gun owners will not be ratified by the Senate - today responded to Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Countryman's statement that the United States will sign the ATT ... (more)

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse took the floor of the US Senate Wednesday to rebut the remark of a fellow senator, whom, he said, told him God wouldn't allow humanity to ruin the planet with carbon pollution and climate change.

Yesterday , the Senate Agriculture Committee marked up the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013, commonly referred to as the farm bill .

Four members of the Kansas congressional delegation were pushing Wednesday for thorough investigation of the Internal Revenue Service's reported application of special scrutiny to tea party-flavored advocacy groups applying for nonprofit status.

Senate Agriculture Committee Chair Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 14, 2013, during the committee's hearing on the Farm Bill, officially known as the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013.

Two amendments advocated by Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., were part of the five-year farm bill approved Tuesday by the Senate Agriculture Committee.

The Senate Agriculture Committee has approved a massive five-year farm bill that would cut spending while also creating new subsidies for farmers.

Senate Agriculture Committee member Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, voices his concerns as lawmakers begin mark up on the Farm Bill, officially known as the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, Tuesday, May 14, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Sheldon Whitehouse took the floor of the U.S. Senate Wednesday to rebut the remark of a fellow senator, whom, he said, told him God wouldn't allow humanity to ruin the planet with carbon pollution and climate change.

Politics have no place at the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS' abuse of power in targeting conservative organizations demands more than the outrage the president exhibited Monday or the apology the agency issued Friday.

Freshman Kansas House Republicans got advice last week on how to get re-elected, the Lawrence Journal-World reported .

The Washington Monument was not finished until 1884, 85 years after the first president's death and more than 100 years after his greatest service to the nascent republic during the American Revolution.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse took the floor of the US Senate Wednesday to rebut the remark of a fellow senator, whom, he said, told him God wouldn't allow humanity to ruin the planet with carbon pollution and climate change.

Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., was one of only 27 senators to vote Monday against the Internet sales tax bill .

News that Congress is working on a piece of legislation that could be beneficial to Kansas communities or the entire state must always be taken with a grain or two of salt.

The days of needing to protect the fledgling Internet are long gone, and online retail sales should be taxed the same as sales at local brick-and-mortar businesses.

God will not save us, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse declared in a Senate floor speech on climate change Wednesday that sounded more like a sermon than a political appeal.

A bill before the U.S. Senate would provide $15.73 million in matching federal funding to help the city of Topeka correct deficiencies with its Kansas River levee system, a city official said Wednesday.

Paving work along Kansas Avenue is complete, according to Great Bend City Engineer Rob Winiecke.

Sen. Pat Roberts said today that he would support the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate allegations of a State Department and White House cover-up regarding the Sept.