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4 Dec 2006, 7:08 pm
Sam Brownback just wanted to see what it feels like to be in jail. [read post]
20 Dec 2006, 2:13 am
This previous post reported on the political posturing of Republican Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas, who was blocking a long-delayed judicial nomination by President Bush because the nominee had attended a commitment ceremony between a couple of gay friends. [read post]
19 Dec 2006, 11:28 am
Sam Brownback, who wants to champion social conservatives in the presidential race, said Tuesday he wants a Senate panel to re-question a judicial nominee who attended a same-sex union ceremony. [read post]
21 Dec 2006, 8:59 pm
"Senator Brownback and the Judge": The New York Times on Friday will contain an editorial that begins, "If most people were asked to list the qualities they want in a federal judge, few would include 'has not attended a same-sex commitment ceremony.' But that was the outrageous litmus test that Senator Sam Brownback, Republican of Kansas, applied to Janet Neff, whose nomination he has been blocking. [read post]
9 Jan 2018, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
Sam Brownback to be  Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom.Last week, the President renominated 21 individuals for federal judgeships. [read post]
18 Dec 2006, 6:15 am
Kansas Senator Sam Brownback, who had blocked a federal judgeship nomination of Michigan state court judge Janet Neff because she attended a 2002 Massachusetts commitment ceremony for a lesbian couple, changed his tune yesterday and said he would allow a vote. [read post]
13 Jun 2007, 12:27 am
Sam Brownback, campaigning for president on Saturday before the National Catholic Men's Conference, questioned whether rape victims should get abortions. [read post]
9 Dec 2006, 7:40 am
Sam Brownback, a potential presidential candidate, said Friday he would lift his hold on a federal judicial nominee if she agrees to step aside from any case dealing with same-sex unions. [read post]
24 Oct 2014, 8:25 am
Sam Brownback doubled down Thursday on a TV ad and statement he made during a debate earlier this week charging a Kansas Supreme Court justice had hosted a fundraiser for his Democratic challenger. [read post]
28 Nov 2011, 7:09 am by Matt Johnston
Sam Brownback said Sunday that she is rejecting her high school principal’s demand for a written apology.Emma Sullivan, 18, of the Kansas City suburb of Fairway, said she isn’t sorry and doesn’t think such a letter would be sincere. [read post]
30 May 2007, 10:53 pm
Republican senator and presidential hopeful Sam Brownback begins his New York Times op-ed by saying, In our sound-bite political culture, it is unrealistic to expect that every complicated issue will be addressed with the nuance or subtlety it deserves. [read post]
26 May 2011, 1:57 pm by Sarah Kovit
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has signed House Bill 2080 into law. [read post]
7 Apr 2015, 11:18 am
Sam Brownback signs bill banning dismemberment abortion procedure; Abortion procedure was used in 8 percent of state's abortions": Jonathan Shorman of The Topeka Capital-Journal has this news update. [read post]
18 Mar 2017, 9:02 am by Paul Caron
Bloomberg View: Republicans Keep Repeating the Same Tax Mistake, by Megan McArdle: It looks as if Governor Sam Brownback may be leaving Kansas to take up a job at the United Nations. [read post]
9 Jun 2016, 10:20 am by Kevin Newman, Esq.
Sam Brownback has set the date for the Legislature to return for a special session. [read post]