Pat Roberts

...movie 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...

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...Leavenworth, an Army base in their state. ''Fort Leavenworth is a small post relative to the size of other Army installations,'' wrote Sens. Sam Brownback and Pat Roberts, both Republicans. The issue is a source of dispute within the...

In this article: Detainee, Sam Brownback, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Guantanamo, John McHugh, and White House

...gear. Kansas Sens. Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback on Wednesday lifted holds on 10 of President Obama's nominees, including McHugh, after the administration signaled it is not planning to move Guantanamo detainees to Fort Leavenworth. The...

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...the health insurance industry. The "Colbert Report" on Comedy Central lampooned Roberts' "bold admission" that the delay is really about giving time for health care lobbyists to change the bill. Host Stephen Colbert congratulated...

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...rights? "If ever there was a time for the unanimous passing of an amendment, the Franken anti-government contractor rape liability bill would seem to be that," said Jon Stewart on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show. " Stewart's bit...

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