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Guess What Sen. Roberts Compared Health Reform to!?

By Mike Nellis
Advocacy | December 11, 2009

TOPEKA, Kan. - Moments ago on the Senate floor, Kansas Senator Pat Roberts compared health care reform to a pivotal moment in American history. Of the following five options, can you tell us which it was...

A) The passage of the Social Security Act
B) Pearl Harbor
C) Man walking on Moon
D) Balloon Boy
E) None of the above

Click here to submit your guess on what Pat Roberts compared health care reform too!

If you get it right, you'll get a sneak peek of the new KDP website. trust me, (you'll want to see it!)

P.S. The answer and video is below, but we'll trust you! ;)

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BREAKING: Sam Brownback Suddenly Cares About Debt

By Mike Nellis
Opinion | December 10, 2009

brownback.jpgTOPEKA, Kan. - Too little, too late Sam.

After a 25 year career in Washington, Sam Brownback has suddenly become aware of the staggering size of the U.S. debt -- and not a moment too soon, as he's ambitiously seeking the Governor's mansion in Kansas this cycle. The Kansas City Star explains:

...Sam Brownback of Kansas [snip] along with 23 colleagues from both sides of the aisle, believe that the imbalance between spending and revenue is too worrisome to ignore.

But as usual with Brownback it's just another move of political expediciency. Just as Brownback is leaving the Senate he's suddenly rediscovered his inner "fiscal responsibility" just in time for election.

During his time in Congress, a staggering $7 trillion has been added to the U.S. debt -- with hardly a peep in opposition from Kansas' junior Senator. In fact, as I'll detail below, Sam Brownback has been a leading contributor to the problem over the last two decades.

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