Dems Accuse GOP Of Anti-'Kumbaya' Lawmaking
Following a debate that compared Kansas to New York City, the Republican-controlled Kansas House of Representatives on Friday passed a new congression...
Following a debate that compared Kansas to New York City, the Republican-controlled Kansas House of Representatives on Friday passed a new congression...
Mike Nellis | Posted 05.25.2011
Bob Dole said today that the GOP needed get on board and stop fighting health insurance reform. Republicans must follow his advice, or continue down the path of no results, no leadership, and nothing but no.
New York Times | ROBERT PEAR | Posted 05.25.2011
Statements by more than a dozen lawmakers were ghostwritten, in whole or in part, by Washington lobbyists working for Genentech, one of the world's la...
Matt Finkelstein | Posted 05.25.2011
Despite all evidence to the contrary, the congresswomen want us to believe that Republicans are sticking up for women. But the fact is their party has consistently opposed providing families with better health care.
Andy Stokan | Posted 05.25.2011
When I said, 'I hate that Uncle Tom' I was referring to my Dad's brother Thomas Crowley. He's a real bastard. But I never knew that his name was also a racial slur.
Mike Nellis | Posted 05.25.2011
It's been a barrel of laughs this summer for Kansas Republicans. However, instead of Rep. Lynn Jenkins laughing at uninsured constituents, we find v...
Mike Nellis | Posted 05.25.2011
Laughing Lynn Jenkins is safely back in Washington this month after a string of nationally embarrassing stories, headlines, and videos.
Mike Nellis | Posted 05.25.2011
Rep. Lynn Jenkins' terrible awful no good very bad August is definitely extending into September. Elizabeth Smith, the uninsured single mother she laughed at, is now telling her story.
Mike Nellis | Posted 05.25.2011
Rep. Lynn Jenkins' constituents are fed up with the embarrassing national headlines and her lack of leadership. The more time she spends in her district, the more voters have buyers remorse.
AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011
U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins stood just a few feet away as a young mother expressed frustration at not being able to afford a doctor for her son, but Jenkin...
Mike Nellis | Posted 05.25.2011
Lynn Jenkins is really making a name for herself this week. No, I'm not talking about her "great white hope" comments, but her incredibly cold response to a 27-year-old single mother without health insurance.
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011
Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.) took a bit of heat a few weeks ago for suggesting the GOP needed a "great white hope" to take on President Barack Obama in ...
Dave Zirin | Posted 05.25.2011
In 1918, the first black heavyweight boxing champion defeated a racist "great white hope." But when the Obama Administration takes a right hook to the face, it just smiles through bloodied teeth.
AP | JOHN HANNA | Posted 05.25.2011
OTTAWA, Kan. — A freshman Kansas congresswoman said Thursday that her remark about fellow Republicans seeking a "great white hope" was not a ref...
Mike Nellis | Posted 05.25.2011
Let's tell Lynn Jenkins if she isn't going to lead then she needs to get out of the way. We need to flood Lynn Jenkins' office with emails this week and let her know we won't allow her to keep her plan secret.
Mike Nellis | Posted 05.25.2011
Yesterday, Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins gave voters another reason to question her judgment.
Mike Nellis | Posted 05.25.2011
Last week, the House Energy and Commerce Committee released encouraging reports on the Affordable Health Choices Act. I wanted to pass along some of the data
Scott Swenson | Posted 05.25.2011
Few think "trend-setter" and "Kansas" belong in the same sentence, but the defeat of anti-choice Phill Kline is a sure sign that the end is near for social conservative ideologues' stranglehold on the GOP.
Posted 05.25.2011
KS-02: Jenkins vs Boyda
HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 05.19.2012