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.