First she made herself known as our own local auditor of government, helping to keep people honest and spending legal--and lower. Then, as our Senator, Claire McCaskill pushed for killing the spending, wasteful "earmarks" of our federal budgets. Now, Senator McCaskill is pushing for and introducing a bill "that would give President Barack Obama – and future presidents – line-item veto power" over the budget. And thank goodness. Everyone talks about reducing spending. Senator McCaskill keeps...Read Full Story
Oh Claire. You're not doing this because it's an election year are ya? From Eric Dondero: The Weekly Standard discovered an almost complete turn-around on the Catholic churches - contraceptive/abortion issue by Missouri's Democrat Senator Clair McCaskill, all within the space of less than 48 hours. From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch , Feb. 7: Sen. Claire McCaskill this afternoon said she is against "putting barriers" in front of women. "As someone who believes very much that we should be...Read Full Story
Senator Claire McCaskill's office was recently asked she voted against the Bill of Rights in favor of indefinite detainment of Americans without due process. The bill gives the government the right to decide who is considered an enemy of the United States with no court proceedings for the government to produce the required evidence as required by Article III Section III of the Constitution. Obviously it violates Amendments 5, 6, 7, and 8 as well. McCaskill's office was recently asked why she...Read Full Story
Liberal national blog Talking Points Memo has our worst liberal spin of the day:
“In Missouri, a new survey from Public Policy Polling shows incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill in a dead heat with her Republican challengers, mainly because her challengers are both unknown and have high unfavorables.”
WTF!!!!! That sure isn’t how we see it. Shouldn’t she be running away with this thing if her potential opponents are unknown and have high unfavorables???? The former state treasurer is unknown...Read Full Story
“Speed is important….Debate starts at 10 in am. Votes late tomorrow aft or early eve. Holding flight home tomorrow night. Hope I make it.” - Sen. Claire McCaskill on Twitter during the ‘stimulus’ debate
In a complete act of random journalism we’re sure, St. Louis Post Dispatch reporter Bill Lambrecht actually pens an objective piece on Chameleon Claire’s many flip flops over the last six years:
McCaskill’s profile in the waning days of the 2011 Congress suggested a politician getting...Read Full Story
Senator Claire McCaskill’s office was recently asked she voted against the Bill of Rights in favor of indefinite detainment of Americans without due process. The bill gives the government the right to decide who is considered an enemy of the United ...
Aren’t we fortunate to have Sen. Claire McCaskill and the other members of Congress helping us run the U.S. Postal Service (2-6, A4, “McCaskill to discuss postal ideas in KC”)? Lawmakers in Washington, D.C., bring to the table all the ...
Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri is one of the few members of Congress who is trying to help small communities to retain their post offices and to save six-day mail delivery. She unveiled her proposal the past week. One of the really positive measures in ...
WASHINGTON -- Republicans are trying to use President Obama's recent birth control rule to cause trouble for Democratic senatorial candidates, airing new ads against two pro-choice Democratic women who support the administration's policy.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri's Republican U.S. Senate candidates are having trouble raising enough money to keep up with Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill. Campaign finance summaries show that Republicans Todd Akin, Sarah Steelman and John Brunner ...
Claire Mccaskill is a democrat Senator from Missouri. This is her first term as Senator, and one of her main fights has been raising the minimum wage. She has also been in the news for not paying all of her taxes.
NEW YORK (Associated Press) - Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill offered a Bud Lite and a smile to InBev Chief Executive Officer Carlos Brito on Tuesday, while telling him she would do everything she could to stop his company from buying Anheuser-Busch ...
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