Charlotte Esau, Executive Director of the Kansas Republican Assembly, diagnoses the problem with ‘non-partisan’ redistricting. Reprinted from an op-ed at kansasliberty.com. How many times have you heard the words “nonpartisan” or “bipartisan” or “nonpolitical” uttered by politicians right before they do something that is clearly political? My guess is we’d all be rich if we [...]
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KRA Newsletter
Last week I sat down to work on a legislative update and found myself stumped at what to say. All the little individual items I thought I needed to share seemed to pale when faced with what’s going on in Washington. I sat watching the House & Senate debate and vote on legislation they hadn’t [...]
House leadership responds to Sebelius lies
The following is a statement from House Leadership regarding the Governor’s continued efforts to misrepresent her role in the events of the State Finance Council meeting and her responsibility to address a revised 2009 budget. While we all can agree that these are trying times for Kansas families, seniors, and business owners the Kansas House [...]
Who will blink first?
Republican leaders in the House and Senate today refused to allow Gov. Sebelius to borrow additional cash to make state payroll this Friday. From the Topeka Capital-Journal: House Speaker Mike O’Neal, R-Hutchinson, and Senate President Steve Morris, R-Hugoton, said it would have been illegal for the State Finance Council to have authorized additional short-term debt [...]
Party or Power? Elections tomorrow will tell…
On Monday, Republican and Democrat legislators will meet to decide who leads their respective caucuses. The Senate President and Speaker of the House have a considerable amount of power in deciding what legislation is considered, which committee a bill is sent to and whether or not a vote will even occur. The most important of [...]
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