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Brownback sworn-in as 46th governor of Kansas
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsSam Brownback has been sworn in as Kansas' governor, assuming office with the state facing a big budget shortfall. He took the oath of office Monday in the Kansas House chamber. Among the guests were Sen. Pat Roberts, former Atty. General and Senator...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Snow Storms, Politics, Kansas Legislature, Regional Authority
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Tanker decision expected at 4:10 today
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsThe Department of Defense says the announcement on the tanker decision will come at 4:10 Central Time today. Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn will make the announcement. He will be joined by Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Politics, Contracts, Boeing Co., Crime, Law and Justice
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Kansas lawmakers gather to celebrate Boeing victory
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsThousands of jobs for decades to come. Some of those jobs started today, as Boeing hired some engineers one day after it won the tanker contract. "Well, I've been waiting for a decade to be able to say this," said Gov. Sam Brownback Friday afternoon...Tags: Politics, Mike Pompeo, Contracts, Boeing Co., Regional Authority
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Bipartisan group of Senators push for Boeing tanker
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsA bipartisan group of U.S. Senators held a news conference Thursday with the goal of convincing the Department of Defense and the Obama Administration to award the upcoming tanker contract to Boeing. “Job creation in the United States should start...Tags: Politics, Contracts, Boeing Co., Patty Murray, Washington (U.S. state)
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Sen. Roberts and Rep. Pompeo push for Kapaun Medal of Honor
U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) and U.S. Representative Mike Pompeo (R-KS) today sent a letter to fellow Kansan and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates seeking his support to award the Medal of Honor to Kansas war hero Father Emil Kapaun. The letter was...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Politics, Prisoners and Detainees, Mike Pompeo, Armed Forces
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Genetic alfalfa an example of Congress
On Dec. 20, 17 people from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, including Secretary Tom Vilsack, 10 from non-governmental organizations, 10 from seed and food firms and 18 from industry “groups” such as the American Farm Bureau Federation and the Biotech...Tags: Politics, Chemical Industry, Genetic Engineering, Science and Technology, Oklahoma
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Republicans oppose meatpacking industry reforms
ST. LOUIS (AP) - The Obama administration's effort to overhaul antitrust rules for the meatpacking industry with the toughest regulations since the Packers and Stockyards Act was passed 90 years ago has run into strong opposition from Republicans. The...Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Companies and Corporations, Antitrust Issues, U.S. House of Representatives
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Agriculture vulnerable to terrorist attack, experts warn
WICHITA, Kan. - Shortly after terrorists struck the United States on Sept. 11, 2001, the search for Osama bin Laden led to the Tora Bora cave complex in eastern Afghanistan. While bin Laden wasn't found there, some revealing notes were. The...Tags: National Security, Agricultural Research and Technology, Afghanistan, Animals, Terrorism
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U.S. government hits debt ceiling
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsThe U.S. government can't borrow any more money...unless Congress raises the debt ceiling. Washington D.C. hit the ceiling today at $14.3 trillion dollars. The treasury department put a hold on spending -- including suspending contributions to federal...Tags: Politics, Interior Policy, Government, Pension and Welfare, Kansas
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Bill setting five-year depreciation schedule for farming equipment
Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Jerry Moran (R-KS), and Pat Roberts (R-KS) introduced bipartisan legislation that would amend the U.S. tax code to permanently set a five-year depreciation schedule for...Tags: Loans, Credit and Debt, Amy Klobuchar, Machine Manufacturing, Debt Market
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10 more GOP senators demand answers from the NEA about teleconference
Culture MonsterTen Republican senators have written to National Endowment for the Arts chairman Rocco Landesman, expressing concern that the Obama administration may have violated federal law by trying to use the agency for political purposes -- something the White... -
Obama holds tense session with GOP
The SwampThe president apparently had a different view of Tuesday's meeting with Republican senators than some of the senators themselves. (Getty/Alex Wong) by Janet Hook President Obama paid a rare visit Tuesday to Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill, seeking...Tags: Elena Kagan, Lawyers, Illegal Immigrants, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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