Brownback recently won "Friend of Rural Water Award."  While it is not the most lucrative award, it does keep Brownback's name in the news.  Brownback has also made news by commending all members of Congress who support abstinence education in schools. 

Brownback also wrote a letter to the FCC chairman Kevin Martin pleading him to not allow the XM Satellite Radio-Sirius Satellite Radio merger.  Brownback said that there has been some problems in reviewing the merger, and that the merger would not be a good thing.

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Senator Brownback recently found himself in the middle of a major conflict. With Pope Benedict XVI coming to Washing, Brownback announced a resolution "welcoming Pope Benedict XVI to the United States and recognizing the unique insights his moral and spiritual reflections bring to the world stage." This resolution was not so eagerly accepted, however, by our own Barbra Boxer of California. Boxer argued that the resolution included "pro-life" slander that was inappropriate on this sort of universal occasion. After a revision of the statements by Brownback, the storm was finally quieted and Pope Benedict was able to make a "safe" visit to Washington D.C.

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Recently Brownback has commented on the presidential election taking place in Zimbabwe which will elect a new leadere after 28 years of rule by Robert Mugabe. He has also commented on the recent ruling of the Bernanke Testimony and the deicision to put Bear Stearns and JP Morgan together questioning how the Federal Reserve will "quantify the financial risk to the taxpayer resulting from the Fed's recent and any future actions to help private companies."
Also, a few days ago, Brownback commented on Pope John Paul II and honored him on the 3rd anniversary of his death