Open Congress : Blog Articles for Sen. Pat Roberts [R, KS]

Donâ€™t fear the Kansas State Fair

2008-09-05T00:00:00Z

Ready to hear the first political debate of the fall (Pat Roberts versus Jim Slattery on Saturday)? Whatever the draw, many among us will be following the traditional early September siren song to the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson ...

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Challenger declines to debate Svaty

2008-09-05T00:00:00Z

The station, on Cox Cable Channel 2 in Salina, will air taped debates between US Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Dodge City, and challenger Jim Slattery, D-Topeka; state Rep. Charlie Roth, R-Salina, and challenger David Norlin, D-Salina; ...

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KS-Sen: Roberts won't talk to Kansans with Jim Slattery in the room

2008-09-05T00:00:00Z

If you have been following the race for US Senate in Kansas, you have no doubt noticed that Pat Roberts continues to try and use the old strategy of not debating your opponent. Maybe its because Pat just doesn't know any other way. ...

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Slattery, Roberts to face off at fair

2008-09-05T00:00:00Z

Republican US Sen. Pat Roberts and his Democratic challenger, former Congressman Jim Slattery, wil ...

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Where Are Pat And Mike?

2008-09-04T00:00:00Z

Pat Roberts of Kansas, notable for his staunch refusal to investigate the misuse of pre-war intelligence; Serial job-hopper Mike Johanns of Nebraska. Both Roberts and Johanns are Republicans running in traditionally â€œredâ€ states, ...

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Funnyman Pat Roberts takes home the gold. Again.

2008-09-04T00:00:00Z

Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts has once again (yawn) won the "Funniest" member of the Senate award from Washingtonian magazine. They should just retire the trophy. Roberts, a Republican, has taken home the award in the magazineâ€™s annual "Best

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State, National GOP slight workers, again

2008-09-02T00:00:00Z

Pat Roberts and Lynn Jenkins didn't even send volunteers to the largest labor rally in the 2nd District. Understandably, most of the GOP is in the Twin Cities for the week (rumor has it that Jenkins and Roberts did in fact sneak off to ...

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Carolyn Dunn bumped from todayâ€™s speaker list

2008-09-02T00:00:00Z

Dunn, who worked with Senators Sam Brownback, Pat Roberts and Bob Dole, said she was invited to speak at the urging of Brownback. She said she would tell the worldwide audience about re-populating rural areas, encouraging people to keep ...

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Bandom, I have an admision to make.

2008-09-02T00:00:00Z

From the local level, trying desperately to save Kansas from another term of torture-loving senator Pat Roberts with nothing but Jim Slattery's feeble campaign of fiscal responsibility and increased funding for No Child Left Behind; ...

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Letter: Slattery did state well

2008-09-02T00:00:00Z

Kansans need to ignore Pat Roberts' attack ads and look up the real history of Jim Slattery's service to our state. He did such a good job that even the Republicans had to thank him.

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Divine irony tured tragic?

2008-09-01T00:00:00Z

These things are never a punnishment no matter what Pat Roberts son & Paster Hagee suggested about Katrina. He suggested that Katrina was punishment from God for planning a gay pride parade in New Orleans. He stated this on NPR 3 years ...

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Is THIS Why Congress Folded on FISA?!?!?

2008-09-01T00:00:00Z

However, a majority of the members of Congress at the meeting approved going forward with the program in spite of Comey's concerns about it (Jello Jay, Jane Harman, Nancy Pelosi, Tom Daschle, Pat Roberts, Porter Goss, Denny Hastert, ...

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Republican Party Convention dilemma

2008-08-31T00:00:00Z

Pat Roberts saying that God was bringing down his fury because if the policies of the Democratic Party on same sex marriage, abortion rights and other issues that tend to inflame passions. But they are silent today. Very interesting! ...

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Pat Roberts Appears to Have Put Jim Slattery Campaign in Free Fall

2008-08-31T00:00:00Z

The latest KCTV5/SurveyUSA poll shows Kansas United States Senator Pat Roberts with a colossal 27 point lead over Democratic challenger Jim Slattery. According to the poll, Roberts leads Slattery 58% to 31%. Those numbers suggest that ...

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OFF TO A GREAT START

2008-08-30T00:00:00Z

Want to remind everyone to come to the State Fair to support James Slattery at his debate with Pat Roberts, Saturday September 6 at 10 AM. Roberts is reported to be busing in supporters so we need to show our support in HUGE numbers. ...

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READER VIEWS ON DEMOCRATS, SCHOOL BOND, WIND POTENTIAL, HARVEY ...

2008-08-30T00:00:00Z

president with his new Democratic administration, then Boeing Aircraft Co. will stand a much better ... his advisers are or were lobbyists for Airbus. Kansans should replace Sen. Pat Roberts, who ...

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Campaign irony

2008-08-29T00:00:00Z

Like Pat Roberts, who's been in Washington since the early 60's, criticizing Jim Slattery for being a "Washington insider" or McCain saying that Obama's rhetoric doesn't match his record, now we hear word that John McCain is going

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Kansas Blog Roundup for August 29, 2008

2008-08-29T00:00:00Z

The incomplete email contained â€œplaceholderâ€ quotes containing a vulgar insult to Sendator Pat Roberts. Not a substantive issue, Iâ€™d say, but sort of funny. The Kansas Republican Assembly blog provides coverage in Slattery tells public ...

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Roberts names leader for county organization

2008-08-28T05:00:00Z

Roberts names leader for county organization Sen. Pat Roberts has named Matt Hoy, a Lawrence attorney, as the Douglas County

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Briefly

2008-08-28T00:00:00Z

BUNKER HILL -- Smoky Hills Public Television will present a taped, delayed broadcast of the first debate between the candidates for Kansas' US Senate seat -- incumbent Republican Sen. Pat Roberts and Democratic challenger Jim Slattery ...

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