Fred Palmer
On Tuesday, the Missouri Republican Party reported a $25,000 donation from Gayle Palmer of Ladue.
Who is Gayle Palmer? The required disclosure form lists her only as a “housewife.”
Why would a Ladue housewife make a five-figure contribution to the state GOP?…
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It's not a debate or healthy democratic process.
It's "war," writes former state representative/ lobbyist Carl Bearden, and "it's far from over."
If the leaders of the Imperial Congress thought that everyone would just go away they are delusional. Well ok, they are delusional but you know [...]
The state’s unemployment rate fell by two-tenths of a percent to 9.3 percent in October.
Oprah talked to Sarah. And fewer than 3 in 10 Americans think that Palin is qualified to be president.
Blaine Luetkemeyer's staff says he's never, ever, ever used lobbyist provided language before getting [...]
The New York Times reported over the weekend that Rep. Lynn Jenkins of Kansas read a statement into the Congressional Record that was actually drafted by lobbyists for Genentech, a biotech company, during the health care debate.
(The Times said Missouri Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, also a Republican, also [...]
Luetkemeyer
Updated 12:41 p.m. with a response from Luetkemeyer.
Missouri U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer was one of several members of Congress to submit a statement on the health care bill using the exact language submitted by biotech lobbyists, the New York…
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The New York Times reports today that Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer published a statement in his own name that was actually written by lobbyists for the biotech company Genentech.
Statements by more than a dozen lawmakers were ghostwritten, in whole or in part, by Washington lobbyists working [...]
Watching the second of two interview clips posted today by KY3's Dave Catanese, I was completely taken aback by Roy Blunt's condescending, completely inaccurate response to a question about his leading the nation in lobbyist money received during the first sixth months of this year.
Watch the clip, keeping [...]
All of us here at MoPo would like to welcome back Representative Talboy and his girlfriend.
MOTO wonders if lobbyists paid for Talboy's swimming lessons or EMT training?
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7th District Republican Congressional candidate Michael Wardell called Sen. Gary Nodler's comments about the influence of lobbyists on campaigns "astounding" and said it exemplifies "so many of our problems."On Thursday, while explaining his endorsement from Washington, D.C. lobbyist Gregg Hartley, Nodler told The Notebook that lobbyists [...] 
Looking through Roy Blunt's Q3 campaign finance report, it looks like Blunt's efforts to court oil company lobbyists are still paying off. Blunt has a been a huge recipient of oil and gas industry donations (he ranked #8 in the entire House for the 2008 cycle, [...]
Bill Lambrecht's story in the Post-Dispatch today has a nice breakdown of Roy Blunt's financial support from corporate donors and lobbyists who have donated very large sums to his leadership PAC called the Rely on Your Beliefs (ROYB) Fund.
As Lambrecht explains, PACs like the ROYB [...]
A coalition of black, Latino and Asian lawmakers on expressed opposition to a proposal from conservative [...]
Speaker Richard, however, is concerned; he's now talking about legislation to "reinforce the seriousness" of ethics laws.
That would be fine if Missouri had serious laws. Here's a clue: If the House speaker can be a political consultant, your laws aren't serious. If lobbyists pay for your Christmas parties and' [...]
