Kansas Senator Jerry Moran is attempting to remove protection for the Lesser Prairie Chicken!

A male lesser prairie chicken is seen in Edwards County, Kansas, April 18, 2012. The federal government designates the lesser prairie-chicken as threatened, prompting praise from environmentalists and threats of defiance from lawmakers, land owners and businesses in the bird’s five-state habitat. (Michael Pearce/Wichita Eagle/MCT via Getty Images) | Wichita Eagle via Getty Images

It seems like every politician in Kansas is attempting to blame the lumbering Kansas economy on federal protections for the Lesser Prairie Chicken. Jerry Moran is attempting to attach language in the approval for the XL pipeline that would do just that. You can read the article in the Huffington Post at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/27/keystone-senate-prairie-chicken_n_6557182.html