Here at Forward Kansas, we were all excited to see Tom Holland’s name come forward as the possible Democratic nominee for Governor. After the Wiggans fiasco, nothing looks better than a real Democrat on the ticket!
A Facebook group, Draft Tom Holland for Governor currently has just over 1,100 fans – and they’re trying to get [...]
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U.S. Representative
A few months ago news broke about Kansas Congressman Todd Tiahrt being one of seven members of a powerful House subcommittee under investigation for ties to an influential lobbying firm. Ethics investigators were said to be looking at the ties between campaign contributions and earmarks that benefit clients of the lobbying firm, the [...]
Well, we are about to leave 2009 behind us, and sadly, it seems that the Kansas Democratic Party is also going to be saying goodbye to its most surefire contender for a national position. State Senator Laura Kelly, the unchallenged Democratic candidate for the 2nd District of the House of Representatives, currently held by Lynn [...]
FiveThirtyEight did a great study recently naming the democratic Congress critters most valuable to the party. They calculated member’s ratings based on votes this year on social and economic issues and generated a bunch of fancy numbers in the process.
Our retiring Dennis Moore was ranked ninth.
This study shows that even without being a Kennedy or [...]
Late last month, the Washington Post revealed that it was in possession of a leaked document from the House Committee on Standards detailing ongoing investigations of more than 30 members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Included as one of the members of Congress under investigation was KS-04 Congressman Todd Tiahrt, who is currently engaged in [...]
It has been an honor and a privilege to have been elected six times to represent the people of the Third District in the U.S. House of Representatives. I have decided not to seek reelection in 2010. It is time for a new generation of leadership to step forward.
I am proud of all we have [...]
The Kansas City Star is reporting this morning that longtime Congressman for KS-03, Dennis Moore, will not seek re-election for the seat that he has held for more than a decade. With less than one-year left before the 2010 general election, Congressman Moore has yet to give a statement, though the Star reports that Moore [...]
Last week, we had a post concerning the Republican National Committee (RNC) providing a health insurance benefits package to its employees covering elective pregnancy termination procedures, which is much broader than the now infamous Stupak Amendment.
Under the Stupak Amendment, passed under the House’s current health care reform bill, such elective procedures would be prohibited under [...]
Two months ago a young single mother, Elizabeth Smith, with her 2 year old son in tow, went to town hall meeting in Ottawa to hear from her member of Congress, Lynn Jenkins.
Elizabeth didn’t go there with a political agenda. She is a registered independent, but she had a serious question, why does she as [...]
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