Rep. Ike Skelton
WASHINGTON — In his latest departure from the Democratic majority and liberals in his party, Missouri Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Lexington, joined congressional Republicans who voted against a wide-ranging $447 billion spending bill Thursday.
In a statement entered into the…
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Amb. Zhou Wenzhong
WASHINGTON — With the necessary funding to promote a Chinese cargo hub in St. Louis all-but-secured, the sales pitch continues.
Members of Missouri’s congressional delegation and Gov. Jay Nixon will break bread tomorrow night in Washington with Zhou Wenzhong, the Chinese…
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Sen. Roland Burris
WASHINGTON — If the Afghan people are to embrace more American presence in their country, the two sides need to be speaking the same language — literally — Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., said this afternoon.
During questioning of Gen.…
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Rep. Roy Blunt
WASHINGTON — In the 2008 presidential election, Republican nominee John McCain narrowly won Missouri’s 11 electoral votes despite Democrat Barack Obama’s strength with African-American voters in the St. Louis and Kansas City areas.
While the African-American turnout in the 2010 midterm elections…
[...]WASHINGTON — With a $2 million grant announced this week, Missouri scored its first win in the nationwide competition for $4 billion in stimulus funding to expand broadband Internet access.
The $2 million, a small chunk of the state’s $142 million…
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Sen. McCaskill
WASHINGTON — After praising President Barack Obama for his new war plan, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., returned Wednesday to her refrain — abuses in government contracting.
During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense…
[...]WASHINGTON — For recently laid-off Missourians and Illinoisans, a federal subsidy for health insurance worth about $700 per month starts to expire today.
This year, an estimated 7 million people nationwide will benefit from a subsidy that eases the cost of maintaining…
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Sen. Roland Burris
WASHINGTON — While dodging questions about his ethics rebuke by the Senate on Friday, Sen. Roland Burris, D-Ill., trumpeted progress in Iraq and reported that “morale is terrific” among American soldiers there during a Monday conference call from…
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Durbin
WASHINGTON — Chances are that Arkansas Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln won’t be sharing her big secrets with Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., anytime soon.
Durbin, the Senate majority whip, spent Friday afternoon backtracking from comments that appeared to out Lincoln as a supporter…
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Sen. McCaskill
WASHINGTON — Internet scammers beware. Claire McCaskill’s on a tear.
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., is “absolutely in a rage” about an Internet scam that bilked her mother while she was online shopping, according to a Senate colleague.
During a committee hearing…
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An Airbus jet
WASHINGTON — As Boeing Co. jockeys for an Air Force contract worth an estimated $35 billion, several members of Congress lobbied Wednesday for France-based Airbus to be ruled out of the competition.
The bipartisan group representing areas heavily invested in the aerospace…
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WASHINGTON — According to the federal government’s stimulus tracking Web site, recovery.gov, nearly $1.9 million in stimulus funding will help buoy the economy of Illinois’ 22nd congressional district.
Only the Illinois 22nd congressional district doesn’t have an economy. The district doesn’t…
[...]WASHINGTON — When New Jersey and Virginia voters elected non-incumbent Republicans in last week’s gubernatorial races, the GOP trumpeted the results as a turning tide.
A new poll by the Pew Research Center — a non-partisan, Washington-based think tank — suggests that Republicans might…
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Bond with Daily Show host Jon Stewart
WASHINGTON — Jon Stewart is the often-combative, liberal-leaning host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show.”
Christopher “Kit” Bond is the senior senator and strong conservative from Missouri.
Put them in the ring (OK, the television studio) together and…
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Callahan
WASHINGTON — Throughout the months of health care debate, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., has told stories of constituents fighting insurance companies.
On Monday, Durbin shared the story of Southern Illinois University baseball coach Dan Callahan.
Speaking on the Senate floor, Durbin implored colleagues…
[...]Rep. Ike Skelton
WASHINGTON — While the public option has dominated much of the health care debate, language in the House health-care bill about paying for abortion procedures is becoming a hot issue.
Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., and other anti-abortion rights House…
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Marion VA Medical Center
WASHINGTON — Veterans’ Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki will walk into a room of angry Illinois members of Congress Wednesday morning.
Shinseki will meet with Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., and other livid Illinois elected officials in Washington to address persistent…
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Sen. Bond
WASHINGTON — Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond’s red pen will stay in his pocket during Tuesday’s mark-up of the sweeping cap-and-trade climate bill.
That’s because Bond and his six fellow Republicans on the 19-member Senate Environment and Public Works Committee will boycott the mark-up…
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WASHINGTON — Here’s a question that has probably never been uttered, courtesy of Iowa Rep. Steve King:
“Are you prepared to level the same charges against Fergie and J. Lo., or are you prepared to apologize to…
[...]WASHINGTON — The front page of the Washington Post this week featured a headline declaring that a “clear majority” now favors the so-called “public option” involved with health-care reform.
Opponents of the public option quickly attacked the survey’s findings, faulting pollsters for not…
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McCaskill meets with Lance Cpl. Josef Lopez, center, and his mother
WASHINGTON — When U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Josef Lopez returned to his Missouri home three years ago in a wheelchair, the result of spinal damage caused by [...]
WASHINGTON — Missouri remains near the bottom of an annual “state scorecard” for energy efficiency released Wednesday, but is showing a little spark.
Missouri tied for 41st in the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy’s 2009 state rankings, jumping four spots from…
[...]WASHINGTON — Louisiana Sen. David Vitter is taking a “political shot in the dark” with a proposal to discount illegal immigrants from the upcoming 2010 census, Rep. William “Lacy” Clay, D-St. Louis, said Tuesday.
“We’re going to stop playing games with a constitutional requirement…
[...]WASHINGTON — Pressure from the right has already forced out one Obama administration “czar.” About 50 Republican House members, including two from Missouri, are now trying to oust a second.
In a letter sent to President Barack Obama, 53 GOP representatives…
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About 50 Missouri college students built a self-sustaining house from scratch for the U.S. Solar Decathlon this month in Washington DC.
WASHINGTON — If members of Congress needed a lesson this month [...]
Sen. Ben Nelson, D-Neb., sporting a Mizzou logo courtesy of Sen. Claire McCaskill
WASHINGTON - The morning of tonight’s showdown between the No. 21 Nebraska and No. 24 Missouri college football teams, Sen. Ben Nelson, [...]
WASHINGTON — The pork industry, feeling the ill effects of H1N1 virus (don’t call it swine flu!), could be getting a second government bailout.
In a letter to the Secretary of Agriculture, 63 members of Congress ask the federal government to…
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