Samuel Dale Brownback (born September 12, 1956) is a Senator from Kansas. He is a member of the Republican Party and is considered by many political pundits to be a likely candidate for president in his party's primaries in 2008.

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Brownback was born on September 12, 1956 in Garnett, Kansas and grew up on his family's farm near Parker, Kansas. He attended Prairie View High School in Linn County, where he served as school president and as a national officer of the Future Farmers of America. He later graduated from Kansas State University in 1979 with a Bachelor of Science degree with honors in Agricultural Economics. While at Kansas State, he was elected student body president and was a member of Alpha Gamma Rho. He received his law degree from the University of Kansas in 1982.

He was a broadcaster, teacher and attorney before becoming the Kansas secretary of agriculture in 1986. In 1990, he was called upon to be a White House Fellow for the Class of '90-91, detailed to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. After serving in that capacity for one year at the White House, Brownback returned to Kansas to resume his position as secretary of agriculture and remained in this position until 1993. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1994, but served there for only one term as he decided to enter into the special Senatorial election in November 1996 to replace Bob Dole, who had resigned his Senate seat during his presidential campaign.

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Congress 110, House vote: Vote 680: H RES 1525
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Question: On Agreeing to the Resolution. Bill: H RES 1525 Vote description: Providing for Consideration of the Senate Amendments to H.R. 1424, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. Result: Passed, 223-205, with 5 not voting.
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Question: On Ordering the Previous Question. Bill: H RES 1525 Vote description: Providing for Consideration of the Senate Amendments to H.R. 1424, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. Result: Passed, 235-190, with 8 not voting.
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