Claire McCaskill

The juggernaut GOP-affiliated group Crossroads GPS is launching a scathing new attack ad against vulnerable Sen. Claire McCaskill (D) today across the Show-Me State. It links her with President Barack Obama and his health care law, which is deeply unpopular in Missouri.  

A new ad from Crossroads GPS ties Democratic senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri to President Barack Obama and his signature legislative achievement, Obamacare. The ad calls the pair "ObamaClaire" and reminds voters that McCaskill, who is up for ...  

There was Obamacare, Romneycare, Obamneycare - and now, Obama-Claire. The conservative group Crossroads GPS looks to tie Sen. Claire McCaskill to the health care reform law and broader agenda of President Barack Obama in a new ad released ...  

Claire McCaskill in November. Both Johnson and Brunner have backgrounds in family manufacturing businesses. Johnson and Brunner come from the same generation — Johnson is 57, Brunner 60. Both are married fathers of three adult children.  

One thing President Barack Obama should know by now is that Sen. Claire McCaskill is serious about accountability in government spending. She’s been trying to do something about it since she has been in the Senate. For more than a year she has ...  

Sen. Claire McCaskill is set to launch a new television ad across Missouri on Memorial Day that emphasizes her record on veterans issues.  

Vulnerable Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) launched an effort today to underline her commitment to veterans issues with a video and website.  

Sarah Steelman is in hot water once again over questionable comments regarding Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, whom she is hoping to unseat in November. Steelman, the former state treasurer who’s in a three-way race to take on McCaskill this fall ...  

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — With Memorial Day approaching, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill is making a campaign issue out of her work on behalf of veterans. The Democratic senator from Missouri was to be joined by her mother Friday at a St. Louis ...  

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri - Senator Claire McCaskill is pressing the Missouri National Guard to quit hiding behind open records laws and give more details about looting that occurred in Joplin after a massive tornado last year. Members of the Missouri ...  

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — With Memorial Day approaching, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill is making a campaign issue out of her work on behalf of veterans. The Democratic senator from Missouri was to be joined by her mother Friday at a St. Louis ...  

JEFFERSON CITY — With Memorial Day approaching, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill is making a campaign issue out of her work on behalf of veterans. The Democratic senator from Missouri was to be joined by her mother Friday at a St. Louis campaign ...  

With Memorial Day approaching, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill is making a campaign issue out of her work on behalf of veterans. The Democratic senator from Missouri was to be joined by her mother Friday at a St. Louis campaign event highlighting her ...  

ST. LOUIS • For months, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill has been calling on potential donors from Hollywood to the grocery store parking lot to keep her fundraising edge in the 2012 election. Looks like the interminable pitch has finally taken its toll — on ...  

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – With Memorial Day approaching, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill is making a campaign issue out of her work on behalf of veterans. The Democratic senator from Missouri was to be joined by her mother Friday at a St. Louis ...  

(Jefferson City, MO) -- There will be no military base closures for at least another year. Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill (D) says the Pentagon has some explaining to do about the last round of closures that she says didn't work out as planned.  

Sen. Claire McCaskill leads the markup of the fiscal 2013 defense authorization bill at a Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support hearing on Tuesday.  

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — With Memorial Day approaching, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill is making a campaign issue out of her work on behalf of veterans. The Democratic senator from Missouri was to be joined by her mother Friday at a St. Louis ...  

Police are assigning extra security to Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) after a Tea Party activist declared at a rally last week, “We have to kill the Claire Bear ladies and gentlemen.” The rally was hosted by the group Tea Party Express, which is endorsing McCaskill challenger Sarah Steelman (R), who was in attendance at the [...]  

Sarah Steelman, the Republican Senate candidate running against Missouri’s Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill this election, is facing heavy criticism for her son applauding a tea party activist urging a crowd “to kill” the senator ...  

(Jefferson City, MO) -- As her reelection campaign gears up, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., is continuing her push to seek the vote of Missouri veterans. Wednesday, her campaign launched "Veterans for Claire," a web initiative that the campaign hopes ...  

Sen. Claire McCaskill appeared on the Colbert Report last night to discuss the "SpookyPAC" money that is flooding onto the Missouri airewaves in an effort to defeat her.  

Stephen Colbert thinks Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill (D) has a lot to answer for after launching an “attack ad against attack ad launchers.” So he had the senator do just that, inviting her on The Report to talk about all the “secret money ...  

St. Louis (KSDK) --U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo) is getting extra security due to a comment made at a Tea Party event, according to POLITICO. The comment was made last Thursday at an event in Springfield. Conservative Tea Party-affiliated Activist ...  

After a statement made at a tea party rally Thursday, local law enforcement and Capitol Police are investigating a potential threat to Sen. Claire McCaskill.  

Stephen Colbert tries to entrap Sen. Claire McCaskill in a federal crime. She doesn't fall for it.  

Sam Steelman, the son and deputy campaign manager of Missouri GOP Senate hopeful Sarah Steelman, applauded a Tea Party activist's recent call to "kill the Claire Bear," referring to Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.). "We have to kill the Claire Bear ...  

KANSAS CITY — U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill paid several hundred dollars of interest and penalties after she was several weeks late in paying her property taxes on a Washington, D.C., condominium. The Democratic senator from Missouri paid $197 in ...  

KANSAS CITY (AP) — U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill paid several hundred dollars of interest and penalties after she was several weeks late in paying her property taxes on a Washington, D.C., condominium. The Democratic senator from Missouri paid $ ...  

KANSAS CITY — U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill paid several hundred dollars of interest and penalties after she was several weeks late in paying her property taxes on a Washington, D.C., condominium. The Democratic senator from Missouri paid $197 in ...  

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) is receiving extra security after a speaker at a Tea Party Express rally told his audience, "We have to kill the Claire Bear." "We have to kill the Claire Bear ladies and gentlemen," activist Scott Boston said on ...  

... to Obama's Failed Record (Video). Posted by Jim Hoft on Thursday, May 31, 2012, 12:09 PM. You Can Run But You Can't Hide! A new Crossroads ad “Obama-Claire” links Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill to Barack Obama's failed record. ... tommy mc donnell commented: if they were so proud to vote with obama they should be touting their votes on the campaign trail. its election time, now all of a sudden they're worried about the will of the...  

ST. LOUIS • A Claire McCaskill campaign event ended with a crash on Friday as two cars collided steps away from where the senator was finishing up a round of press interviews. McCaskill was talking to a television reporter outside Cafe Novella on South ...  

Only seven months after critical news stories about unpaid taxes on a private airplane, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill was late paying property taxes on her Washington, D.C., condominium.  

Only seven months after critical news stories about unpaid taxes on a private airplane, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill was late paying property taxes on her Washington, D.C., condominium. Records show that the Missouri Democrat missed the fall 2011 ...  

So often, it’s tough to see how votes taken in Congress will actually affect the day-to-day lives of folks outside of Washington. But having been born and raised in rural Missouri, I know there’s at least one issue being debated right now that hits ...  

Vulnerable Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, battling for re-election in Missouri, released a new TV ad today knocking third-party groups who attack her. The spot also seeks to reinforce her image as a fighter for average folks.  

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill is fighting back against conservative super PACs that have made her the subject of millions of dollars worth of TV and radio ads. The Missouri Democrat is hoping to attract support by arguing that the super PACs ...  

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) is out with the third TV ad of her re-election campaign, again going after the "special interests" that dominate Washington. The ad, called "Back Again," claims that McCaskill is being attacked by "secret money ...  

A pro-Democratic super PAC launched an ad in favor of vulnerable Sen. Claire McCaskill today. Majority PAC’s ad, titled “Them,” follows the same messaging previous pro-McCaskill spots have used: attacking outside groups that are targeting the Missouri Democrat.  

(Washington, DC) -- Senator Claire McCaskill says foreign powers are trying to turn control of the Internet over to the United Nations. McCaskill is joining with Florida Senator Marco Rubio in a resolution opposing allowing any international body or ...  

Only seven months after critical news stories about unpaid taxes on a private airplane, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill was late paying property taxes on her Washington, D.C., condominium.  

Sen. Claire McCaskill unveiled her plan to protect rural communities across the country from losing their post offices. Sen. McCaskill, who helped win the current moratorium on post office closures late last year, is introducing an amendment which would ...  

KANSAS CITY, MO. — As one of the U.S. Senate’s most endangered Democratic incumbents, Claire McCaskill knows she’s a top target of the new conservative super PACs that have radically reordered the political landscape in 2012. Read full article >>  

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Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill says she's gotten word the Postal Service will continue with plans to consolidate and close facilities in other parts of the country, but the ones in Missouri will not be affected. McCaskill has fought to keep rural postal ...  

As a temporary ban on post office closings expires, a local leader in mid-Missouri is speaking out about the successful fight waged by U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill to save 13 local postal facilities from closure—and what McCaskill’s effort means for ...  

ST. LOUIS • U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill has worn her status as one of the top targets of Republican-funded super PACs like a badge of honor. "I think I'm at the top of a lot of people's lists," McCaskill said Monday on the cozy confines of MSNBC's Hardball.  

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) is asking her supporters to sign a petition in favor of the Violence Against Women Act, days after one of her opponents said she hadn't heard of the bill. "I know VAWA saved lives and protected children," McCaskill ...  

(Jefferson City, MO) -- The United States Postal Service announced a new ... Hours for post office boxes and the lobby would remain unchanged. U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, who has been vocal about maintaining rural offices and six day delivery, said even ...  

ST. LOUIS — Extra security is in place for Sen. Claire McCaskill following a comment at a tea party rally last week. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that St. Louis area activist Scott Boston told a tea party gathering in Springfield on Thursday, "We have to get Claire McCaskill out. We have to kill the Claire Bear ladies and gentlemen." The Post-Dispatch reports that the comment was enough to prompt the U.S. Capitol Police to seek extra...  

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill will bring her "Fighting for Fairness" tour to Springfield on Thursday, as part of her visits to communities across the state this month to discuss rising gas prices and high living expenses.  

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill enjoyed a strong fundraising effort to start 2012. McCaskill's campaign told The Associated Press on Tuesday that she raised $2.3 million from January through March and ended the ...  

(Independence, MO) - While the three Republicans hoping to replace U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill have been engaged in a tough primary, McCaskill has been watching. Speaking to Democrats at their annual Truman Days dinner in Kansas City, McCaskill dubbed the ...  

A new Mellman Group (D) poll finds Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) holds a single-digit lead over all three of her Republican opponents. McCaskill leads Sarah Steelman (R), 45% to 36%, tops John Brunner, 46% to 38%, and beats Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) 44% to 39% .  

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., leads all three of her potential Republican opponents by single-digit margins but is under 50 percent in a new Democratic poll conducted last week. Pollster Mark Mellman writes that McCaskill has actually expanded her lead ...  

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), holds a single-digit lead over all three of her Republican opponents, according to a new poll from a Democratic super-PAC. McCaskill leads former Missouri state Treasurer Sarah Steelman (R) 45-36, businessman John Brunner 46 ...  

Full disclosure: I used to work for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, so I know firsthand how hostile some on the editorial staff can be, having had my award-winning column yanked from its pages because it was said that my "blunt" (conservative?  

WASHINGTON • Claire McCaskill may be hoping that her inattention to her own taxes doesn't reach critical mass in the minds of voters. A Kansas City Star report that McCaskill, D-Mo., missed due dates for property taxes on her Washington condominium ...  

So some Tea Party dude was having a little Tea Party rally and he sort of got carried away. “She walks around like she’s some sort of Rainbow Brite Care Bear or something but really she’s an evil monster.” “We have to kill the Claire Bear,” he added.  

Claire McCaskill paid several hundred dollars of interest ... Missouri Republican Party Executive Director Lloyd Smith said the late tax payments show McCaskill doesn't follow her own talk about accountability and fiscal oversight.  

(CBS News) -- Democratic Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill, who is in the midst of a tough re-election fight, will receive increased security protection following a recent threat to her safety, St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Bob ...  

ST. LOUIS — U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, who has been bombarded by ads from out-of-state interest groups, is relying heavily on money from donors outside Missouri to help finance her re-election campaign. Non-Missouri residents contributed ...  

VoteVets.org released a new ad showcasing Sen. Claire McCaskill's strong support for veterans. The ad features Missouri Iraq War Veterans Jack Rodgers and Colin Clark highlighting McCaskill's efforts to fight cuts to the Truman Veteran's Hospital and support for the new GI Bill. "Claire McCaskill's got our back.  And Senator, we've got yours."   

My analysis of the Missouri Senate raceContributor: Peter FlomPublished: May 07, 2012  

(CBS News) -- Democratic Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill, who is in the midst of a tough re-election fight, will receive increased security protection following a recent threat to her safety, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Tuesday.  

ST. LOUIS — U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, who has been bombarded by ads from out-of-state interest groups, is relying heavily on money from donors outside Missouri to help finance her re-election campaign. Non-Missouri residents contributed about 60 percent of the $3.7 million McCaskill raised from individuals who gave at least $200 to her campaign since 2007, according to an analysis of campaign finance data by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. That...  

According to Politico, Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo) is getting extra security due to a comment made at a Tea Party event. The comment was made last Thursday at an event in Springfield. Conservative Tea Party-affiliated Activist Scott Boston, was quoted ...  

A recent poll released by Public Policy Polling reveals that the relentless attacks on Senator Claire McCaskill, from outside groups like Karl Rove’s SuperPac American Crossroads, are having little effect on her chances of re-election. The latest automated PPP poll of 602 MO residents shows that Senator McCaskill remains virtually tied with her Republican rivals. A breakdown of the polling results can be found below. Q5 If the candidates for...  

(Washington, DC)--With a final decision on student loan programs coming on Capitol Hill in the next few days, Senator Claire McCaskill (D-MO) says the federal government has an obligation to stay involved in guaranteeing student loan programs. All three of ...  

Extra security is in place for Sen. Claire McCaskill following a comment at a tea party rally last week. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Tuesday that St. Louis-area activist Scott Boston told a tea party gathering in Springfield that "We have to get ...  

Vulnerable Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) raised $2.3 million in the first three months of 2012 and ended March with about $6 million in cash on hand.  

(KMOV.com) -- A poor choice of words by a tea party member has resulted in a larger security detail for Senator Claire McCaskill. At a rally in Springfield, Missouri last week, Scott Boston said, "We have to kill the Claire bear. She walks ...  

Earlier today, FBI agents dropped in on the home of St. Louis conservative Scott Boston over remarks he made about Sen. Claire McCaskill at a Tea Party Express rally in Springfield. Fortunately, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch was able to break the news to him ...  

Except for three years spent in private practice as an attorney at the firm of a Kansas City trial lawyer (1989 to 1991), McCaskill has worked in the public sector continuously since graduating from law school in 1978. Claire, following her ...  

Sen. Claire McCaskill has launched ads attacking political action committees donating money to her opponents in the race for U.S. Senate. She says for those donors to remain secret is wrong, and that votors in Missouri have a right to know who ...  

Extra security is in place for Sen. Claire McCaskill following a comment at a tea party rally last week. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/J0UzbR) reported Tuesday that St. Louis-area activist Scott Boston told a tea party gathering in ...  

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) is getting additional security after tea party-affiliated activist backing one of her GOP opponents publicly declared that they “have to kill the Claire Bear” this November. The U.S. Capitol Police contacted ...  

ST. LOUIS — Extra security is in place for Sen. Claire McCaskill following a comment at a tea party rally last week. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Tuesday that St. Louis-area activist Scott Boston told a tea party gathering in ...  

(St. Louis, MO) -- U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill held her first public campaign event Sunday afternoon criticizing her Republican rivals for their positions on student loans and pell grants. McCaskill visited Blueberry Hill, a St. Louis landmark restaurant ...  

ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Extra security is in place for Sen. Claire McCaskill following a comment at a Tea Party rally last week. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that St. Louis area activist Scott Boston told a Tea Party gathering in Springfield on ...  

Take a look at the latest ad to take aim at Claire . . .Crossroads GPS: "Quote Leadership" MO Here's the presser that describes a big-ass ad buy to support this political take-down THAT ATTEMPTS TO EMPHASIZE THE CLOSE CONNECTION BETWEEN SEN. McCASKILL AND PREZ OBAMA!!!A decent strategy in the Red State despite the fact I have no idea who is running against the old school KC Broad. Check it: Crossroads GPS Airs New TV Ad on Claire McCaskill’s...  

Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill  has submitted a column to the Monitor-Index from her Washington office entitled,”Protecting Post Offices in Rural Missouri.” i In the column, she states, “So often, it’s tough to see how votes taken in Congress ...  

(Paul Mirengoff) The Washington Post reports that Claire McCaskill, the embattled Democratic Senator from Missouri, is trying to make super PACs a major issue in her re-election campaign. In fact, she devoted her first campaign ad to advancing the proposition that out-of-state special interests are gunning for her. Wasn’t this a major theme that former Arkansas Senator Blanche Lincoln used, on her way to a 58-37 trouncing in 2010? To be sure,  

As one of the U.S. Senate’s most endangered Democratic incumbents, Claire McCaskill knows she’s a top target of the new conservative super PACs that have radically reordered the political landscape in 2012. Independent conservative groups ...  

Weeks after the NRSC's IE reserved $5 million in fall air time in the race to defeat Sen. Claire McCaskill, the DSCC's independent expenditure has placed its own by worth $3.4 million in statewide broadcast time for the final month of the election ...  

Vote Vets, a progressive veterans' group, released a new ad on Thursday morning supporting Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) in her reelection campaign. The ad features two Missouri veterans, both of whom served in Iraq, praising McCaskill for her defense of Veterans Affairs medical facilities in the state and her support for the Post-9/11 GI Bill. "She knows it's un-American to turn our backs on those who've served," says one.The 30-second ad is...  

Except for three years spent in private practice as an attorney at the firm of a Kansas City trial lawyer (1989 to 1991), McCaskill has worked in the public sector continuously since graduating from law school in 1978. Claire, following her graduation from ...  

As one of the U.S. Senate’s most endangered Democratic incumbents, Claire McCaskill knows she’s a top target of the new conservative super PACs that have radically reordered the political landscape in 2012.Independent conservative groups have already spent more than $3 million on television and radio ads in Missouri hoping to pick up one of the four seats that Republicans need to take control of the Senate.Read More... More on...  

She should have fought for fairness when she voted for ObamaCare. She voted for free birth control medication for women but nary a word about free condoms for men. If McCaskill really wants fairness, she should make the point that men should be ...  

Two of the four U.S. Senate candidates unveiled new ads this week in their ... The winner of the August primary will face Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., in the fall. McCaskill has the primary field all to herself. But she’s already being ...  

Missouri, the “Show Me” state may just show incumbent Democrats President Barack Obama and US Senator Claire McCaskill the door in the 2012 elections. Presently Democrats Barack Obama and Claire McCaskill are trailing in the polls in Missouri. The latest Rasmussen poll has presumptive GOP Presidential candidate Mitt Romney has a 48% to 45% lead [...]  

Claire McCaskill is in the lead against all of the potential Republican challengers for her Senate seat, but doesn’t hit the 50 percent mark against any of them. The poll was conducted by the Mellman Group, a Democratic super PAC. The ...  

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) has cut a new campaign ad touting her commitment to fight the special interest groups that are spending hand over fist to prevent her from securing a second term. McCaskill's campaign will spend about $300,000 to air the ad ...  

The Missouri Republican Party says Senator Claire McCaskill violated federal ethics rules ... "The Senate ethics manual is very clear on the topic, Smith said in a conference call and in a press release, “Senate Members and staff may not ...  

It also funds programs that help victims. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) said on the Senate floor she’s been trying to help victims since she was the assistant prosecutor in Jackson County. She says things have improved since then but it ...  

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Claire McCaskill, a Senatorette from my home state of Missouri, says, "Let's try national health care first, let's just see." Try it. "During a stop in Springfield this week, Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill said people need to try President Obama's national health care plan before they knock it. She says it hasn't been put in place yet, people are pretty sure they don't like it, but once they do she goes on to say they...  

If Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill has her way, hundreds of rural post offices in Missouri and around the country, would remain open for two years after the current moratorium on closures expires in May. McCaskill says after the two year period ...  

Senator Claire McCaskill (R-MO) continues her mission to save the U.S. Postal Service. She introduced legislation that would delay any closures for at least two years. 3,700 post offices are on the chopping block. Springfield's mail sorting facility is on ...  

McCaskill has been visiting gas stations across the state.  

Congressional Democrats who don’t agree with President Barack Obama’s endorsement of same-sex marriage now find they’re in an awkward spot. Senators Claire McCaskill of Missouri, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Jon Tester of Montana are ...  

Forgive Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri if she's leery of the General Services Administration's ability to police itself. As the Democratic chairwoman of a Senate contracting oversight panel, McCaskill sounded alarms about GSA's spending even before it became mired in a scandal over an extravagant conference in Las Vegas that cost taxpayers nearly $1 million.  

The Senate agreed Tuesday afternoon to Sen. Claire McCaskill's proposal to postpone closings of post offices in rural areas after she dropped her insistence on a two-year delay in post office closings. An amendment by McCaskill, D-Mo., and Sen. Jeff ...  

A new Senate bill would put restrictions and reporting requirements on agencies for future conferences, and would stop agencies from giving bonuses to employees under investigation. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) introduced the Accountability in Government ...  

Several rural post offices that once faced closure could be saved by a bill sponsored by Missouri senator Claire McCaskill. Earlier today, the U.S Senate gave final approval to the U.S. Postal Service reformation bill. The bill could not only save rural ...  

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., announced on Wednesday that she intends to introduce the Accountability in Government Act. McCaskill, chairwoman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight ...  

(Washington, DC) -- U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill says she has unveiled a plan to protect rural post offices from closure. On Tuesday, the democrat introduced an amendment to bar the U.S. Postal Service from closing rural post offices during the next two years.  

WASHINGTON Forgive Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri if she's leery of the General Services Administration's ability to police itself. A Democrat who chairs a Senate contracting oversight panel, McCaskill sounded alarms about GSA's spending even ...  

Money from outside groups floods Missouri in bid to unseat McCaskillKansas City StarBy DAVID GOLDSTEIN That's the question some Democrats in Missouri are asking about the wave of outside money flooding the state to unseat Sen. Claire McCaskill. Largely conservative outside groups favorable to Republicans have so far outspent those ...and more »  

U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill stopped in St. Robert Thursday afternoon to deliver a message. The message is that she plans to use her seat on the Senate Armed Services Committee to block any attempt to close Fort Leonard Wood, or any other military ...  

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill called for a release of strategic oil reserves that would lower prices and financially hurt speculators, as well as for more investigation into refinery practices and an end to corporate tax breaks for oil companies.  

I have voted repeatedly for what were termed the so-called “Sessions-McCaskill” 5-year spending caps, named after the sponsors of the bill, Jeff Sessions of Alabama and Claire McCaskill of Missouri. The Budget Control Act goes even further than that ...  

WASHINGTON -- Sen. Claire McCaskill posted her best fundraising quarter yet, while potential Republican challenger John Brunner kicked in another $1 million of his own money to finance his campaign. McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat, raised $2.3 ...  

(News 4 Investigates) -- Will Senator Claire McCaskill's war on Big Oil help bring prices down at the pump? A Washington University economist says her crusade is mostly "political theatre." In fact, Senator McCaskill felt justified in having a ...  

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill enjoyed a strong fundraising effort to start 2012. McCaskill's campaign told The Associated Press on Tuesday that she raised $2.3 million from January through March and ended the quarter with about ...  

Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill has been in Springfield on her 'Fighting For Fairness' tour, taking on 'big oil' and lobbyists in an effort to get the price of gasoline down. Her ideas include releasing oil from the strategic reserves to stop speculators ...  

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) is expanding her investigation into the allegations of excessive spending and waste at the General Services Administration's Public Building Service. The Missouri Democrat sent a letter to acting GSA Administrator Dan ...  

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill used a Monday morning stop at Maxion Wheels to call for “fairness” in manufacturing, budget concerns and the federal tax code. Wheel manufacturer Maxion, formerly Hayes Lemmerz, is one of two companies that have appealed to ...  

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., stopped in Springfield on Thursday, pumping up her economic agenda and then pumping her own gas before heading out. McCaskill spoke briefly near a Shell gas station on Glenstone Avenue near I-44 where she outlined ...  

If Congress would pass a long-term highway funding bill, a new bridge over the Missouri River at Washington would be built. That’s according to U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill who was in Washington Thursday to film footage for a commercial for her re-election campaign.  

Daniel is a KRCG news reporter and anchor. Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill is on a statewide tour this week talking about the economy. She calls it her "Fighting for Fairness" tour, and she made a stop in Columbia Wednesday. Senator McCaskill said she ...  

COLUMBIA — U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill visited a Shell gas station on Interstate 70 Drive as part of her "Fighting for Fairness" tour, which came to Columbia on Wednesday. McCaskill, D-Mo., spoke to a handful of media at the gas station as part ...  

The headline over at the Huffington Post: “McCaskill Backed By Key Group While Opponents Engage In Heated Battle.” That “key group” is VoteVets, which I have argued would more accurately be called, “VoteDems,” as they almost never seem to find any Republican veteran candidates to their liking, and have no problem endorsing candidates like incumbent Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri, who is not a veteran. (The organization also ran...  

(AP) - Senator Claire McCaskill is relying heavily on money from out of state donors to counteract a barrage of ads by out of state interest groups. About 60 percent of the $3.7 million she's raised since 2007 is from non-Missouri residents. But ...  

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., stopped in Springfield on Thursday, pumping up her economic agenda and then pumping her own gas before heading out. McCaskill spoke briefly near a Shell gas station on Glenstone Avenue close to I-44 where she ...  

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The price of gasoline hasn't budged over the past couple of weeks. That’s why one elected official was out pounding the pavement this week. Her tour comes as Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri, is fighting for re-election ...  

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., is getting some help on television from the national veterans' group VoteVets.org, which is taking to the airwaves with a six-figure ad buy touting the senator's support for veterans' issues. The ad features Iraq war veterans ...  

ST. LOUIS -- U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, who has been bombarded by ads from out-of-state interest groups, is relying heavily on money from donors outside of Missouri to help finance her re-election campaign. Non-Missouri residents contributed ...  

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, who has been bombarded by ads from out-of-state interest groups, is relying heavily on money from donors outside of Missouri to help finance her re-election campaign. Non-Missouri residents contributed about 60 ...  

Our dear ol Cacklin Claire McCaskill has once again stood with her B.F.F. Obama and his NLRB and against Missouri. When she voted yesterday in favor of the unprecedented “snap” or “ambush” election rule issued by the now partisan ...  

Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill is on a statewide tour this week talking about the economy.  

Sen. Claire McCaskill is launching a statewide tour starting with a stop in St. Louis.  

The veterans advocacy group VoteVets.org will spend $200,000 on an ad touting Sen. Claire McCaskill’s (D-Mo.) work on behalf of veterans, as she fights for a second term in the Senate. The ad will air for two weeks in the St. Louis and Kansas City media ...  

That then leaves two targets for the GOP to flip a state to the GOP column- the seats of Claire McCaskill in Missouri and John Tester in Montana. A challenger against McCaskill has not been decided yet, but because all three bona fide ...  

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill’s re-election campaign is getting sizable support from outside of Missouri, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. The Missouri Democrat raised more than $3.7 million in donations of $200 or more since 2007. Of that, 60 percent ...  

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill is getting extra protection after a comment made last week at a tea party rally in Springfield, Mo., the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. According to the Post-Dispatch, St. Louis-area activist Scott Boston said: “We have to kill the Claire Bear, ladies and gentlemen. She walks around like she’s some sort of Rainbow Brite Care Bear or something, but really she’s an evil monster.” Because of the comment, the U.S...  

Joe Courtney, D-2nd District ... We are, of course, referring to remarks made by Missouri Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill last week, and in particular, her strong declaration that no such request will clear her subcommittee. McCaskill is chairwoman ...  

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill is relying heavily on money from out-of-state donors to counteract a barrage of ads by out-of-state interest groups.The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports (http://bit.ly/GQaISf ) that non-Missouri ...  

Missouri US Senator Claire McCaskill failed to pay taxes on her private airplane.  Now, AGAIN, she's late paying taxes on her DC condominium (as she was in 2010 and 2008, too). All this from a woman who declines to state whether she supports President Obama's wish to raise taxes on others -- and who served as Missouri's state auditor. She's a serial tax delinquent.  And if she's this careless with her own finances, can you imagine how careless...  

Two of her three Republican challengers still lead Democratic incumbent Claire McCaskill in Missouri’s 2012 U.S. Senate race but by slightly narrower margins. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Missouri finds former State Treasurer Sarah Steelman ahead of McCaskill by seven points – 49% to 42%. Steelman had a 10-point lead a month ago. Two percent (2%) still prefer another candidate given this matchup, and six...  

Among nearly 40 amendments scheduled to be taken up next week are separate proposals by Missouri Sens. Claire McCaskill (D) and Roy Blunt (R). Blunt and Michael Bennet, a Colorado Democrat, want to give communities facing closure or consolidation a voice ...  

The senators most likely to lose in November? According to two top strategists, the answer in each party is obvious: Republican Scott Brown in Massachusetts and Democrat Claire McCaskill in Missouri. In an interview taped Thursday for C-SPAN’s Newsmakers ...  

Claire McCaskill. Largely conservative, outside groups favorable to Republicans have so far outspent those favoring Democrats in the Show Me State by almost 7-to-1, according to campaign observers. McCaskill, viewed as one of the more vulnerable ...  

(RTTNews) - Claire McCaskill's bid for the U.S. Senate made well-deserved headlines in 2006. Armed with high-profile endorsements, she challenged a well-known incumbent in one of the most politically purple states in the country. McCaskill won, and has ...  

Claire McCaskill, D-Mo. The vulnerable senator (and former state auditor) is leading a committee that has been investigating the agency. It's an opportunity for McCaskill to shore up the good government, no-nonsense image she wants to project. If there was ...  

Claire McCaskill. Campaign finance summaries released Monday by the Republican candidates show none of them has nearly as much money in the bank as McCaskill, who reported a balance of almost $6.1 million as of the end of March. But the Republican ...  

In her latest newsletter, Sen. Claire McCaskill says there is a right way and a wrong way to cut spending and, as you might expect, she thinks the Republican way is the wrong way: If there's one thing we can all agree on, it's the need for Congress to cut spending. Since I arrived at the Senate, I've fought to force Congress to do something Missouri families do each and every day-live within its means. My effort to cap federal...  

Claire McCaskill toured the state to keep on pushing the president's message. "These five big oil companies do not need extra help with the tax goodies we give them at the expense of the American tax payer," McCaskill said while speaking to reporters at a ...  

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) is getting increased security protection after a possible threaten was made against her by a conservative activist at a Tea Party event last week. Scott Boston told the crowd, "We have to kill the Claire Bear, ladies and gentlemen," he said. "She walks around like she's some sort of Rainbow Brite Care Bear or something, but really she's an evil monster." Boston said later he meant the call to "kill" McCaskill...  

Show-Me State Senator Claire McCaskill recently called out Rasmussen polling data.20lbs of headlines: McCaskill Campaign Calls Latest Survey, a “Fake Poll”Attacking the numbers is a good move but Senator Claire doesn't give us much else to consider. While she's running against a bunch of nobodies there's also not a lot for reasons to tout her candidacy other than the fact that she's been the only old white lady in the nation who hasn't even...  

In her latest newsletter, Sen. Claire McCaskill outlines what she thinks should be done to help lower gas prices and renews her demand that tax giveaways to oil companies be stopped. When the playing field is level, nobody can out-work or out-innovate Missourians. But families and businesses across our state understand that hard work just won't pay off if the deck is stacked against them. When big corporations and foreign countries like...  

Sen. Claire McCaskill sent the following message this morning, asking those who support the Buffett Rule to sign on as citizen co-sponsors.At some point in your life you've probably heard, "life's not fair." While there may be some truth to that saying, I believe we should do everything in our power to prove it wrong. And, that's why I'm voting in favor of the Buffett Rule on Monday.If passed, this rule will make our tax code fairer by closing...  

ST. LOUIS — Sen. Claire McCaskill is launching a statewide tour starting with a stop in St. Louis. The Democrat will appear at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at a Crown Mart-BP Station and will stop in Columbia later in the day. She calls it her "Fighting for Fairness" tour and says she is standing up for Missouri families struggling with rising gas prices and high living expenses. She also faults what she calls an unfair tax code that favors the...  

KY3 (hehe) on a recent Claire McCaskill "Hardball" Interview: "Lloyd Smith, Executive Director of the Missouri Republican Party filed the complaint today. In its analysis, Smith says "Senator McCaskill clearly asked viewers to go to her campaign website and contribute money to her campaign" while standing on federal property."  

Fox is having a change of heart on the controversial bioethics topic. During the 2006 midterm elections, Fox endorsed then-Senate candidate Claire McCaskill of Missouri in a controversial commercial. Fox endorsed McCaskill primarily because she ...  

Senator Claire McCaskill (MO-R) supports the renewal. "Let's make sure that those women have some place to turn to, their children have someplace to turn to. Let's reauthorize this act today. And make sure that all the women out there have that help and ...  

In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, 44 Senators - including Missouri Democrat Claire McCaskill and Republican Roy Blunt - called for the bill to be taken up on the floor. The Senators noted that the bill ...  

ST. LOUIS • Karl Rove's Super PAC may not be the only one chasing U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill. While groups like American Crossroads have collected millions from donors around the U.S. to unseat the Missouri Democrat, one of McCaskill's potential November ...  

The Missouri Republican Party is playing hardball against U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, while the three Republicans vying for the nomination to challenge her continue their primary battle. The party filed a complaint with the U.S. Senate Select Committee on ...  

The U.S. Senate Tuesday gave bipartisan approval to a plan by Sen. Claire McCaskill to stop a plan by the U.S. Postal Service to close rural post offices. McCaskill is a member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, which ...  

Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., is pressing the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) to re-open the dialogue EBSA started with industry trade groups regarding its data request on its fiduciary re-proposal so tha ...  

Claire McCaskill to spell out where she stands on gay marriage. The National Republican Senatorial Commission made a similar challenge to Democratic Senate candidate Joe Donnelly in Indiana. McCaskill ducked the question, while Donnelly said he opposes gay marriage.  

Liberal Missouri Incumbent Senator Claire McCaskill Raised $2.3 Million in the First Quarter of the Year - We Need to Match Her Support! . This is not good news for us. If we are going to take control of the Senate in 2012, the Senate race in Missouri is going to be one that we have to win. Roll Call is reporting that Sen. McCaskill used her D.C. connections to raise $2.3 million in the first three months of 2012 and ended March with $6...  

It was introduced Monday by Sens. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.). "Any time we make it easier for folks to access and understand government information that's a good thing," McCaskill said. "Accountability in ...  

LOUIS, MO (KTVI)-- Missouri U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill is calling for a "fairer" tax code. She is urging the U.S. Senate to require oil companies and millionaires to pay more as one of many steps to reduce the nation's deficit.  

Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) asking 11 federal agencies to provide an accounting all “contracts for the acquisition of public relations, publicity, advertising, communications, or similar services” dating back to the fall of 2008, before President Barack O ...  

DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- On Friday, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said what a lot of us are thinking about Wall Street fat cats and how they are taking federal bailout money while handing out bonuses and pay raises to themselves. "They don't get it," she said.  

Critics include Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., who did not comment on the report for this story, despite numerous requests. A spokesman in her office said she is under the weather and lost her voice, and he sent proof. Markey requested that hearing six ...  

DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- On Friday, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said what a lot of us are thinking about Wall Street fat cats and how they are taking federal bailout money while handing out bonuses and pay raises to themselves. "They don't get it," she said.  

DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- On Friday, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said what a lot of us are thinking about Wall Street fat cats and how they are taking federal bailout money while handing out bonuses and pay raises to themselves. "They don't get it," she said.  

DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- On Friday, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said what a lot of us are thinking about Wall Street fat cats and how they are taking federal bailout money while handing out bonuses and pay raises to themselves. "They don't get it," she said.  

Sens. Scott Brown and Claire McCaskill might as well start packing their bags right now, according to the party strategists plotting to oust them this November. In an interview taped for C-SPAN's Newsmakers program, set to air this weekend, Democratic ...  

The group in Cape Girardeau stood along Independence outside the Federal Building, and Senator Claire McCaskill's office, to join the nationwide movement of other workers rallying outside senators' offices. The workers encouraged drivers to honk and wave ...  

Sen. Claire McCaskill's re-election race in Missouri has already seen third-party ad offensives. The end of the first fundraising quarter also marked the end of the calm before the storm of spending in the 2012 fight for control of the Senate. Millions ...  

DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- On Friday, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said what a lot of us are thinking about Wall Street fat cats and how they are taking federal bailout money while handing out bonuses and pay raises to themselves. "They don't get it," she said.  

The GSA chief who just stepped down, Martha N. Johnson, was under fire by Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., last year for blowing hundreds of thousands of dollars on a privately contracted public relations campaign. These types of problems often surface at ...  

Finance figures reported Monday show Nixon has about the same amount of cash in his campaign account as U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill. The two Democrats will be the top incumbents on Missouri's ballot this fall. Nixon's campaign said his fundraising for the ...  

Treasurer Sarah Steelman) and the chance to unseat Democrat Claire McCaskill. “I got tired of career politicians that seem to be more interested in their jobs than the jobs here in Missouri,” taking stabs at both his GOP opponents and Democratic incumbent.  

Leonard Wood and Whiteman Air Force Base should be spared from possible cuts. Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Democrat who is chairman of the Senate Armed Forces Committee, has also said she would oppose base reductions. Base cuts are handled by a ...  

DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- On Friday, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said what a lot of us are thinking about Wall Street fat cats and how they are taking federal bailout money while handing out bonuses and pay raises to themselves. "They don't get it," she said.  

We reported recently that the DSCC had reserved air time in Missouri in Sen. Claire McCaskill's re-election fight, and a source says the total has grown to $4.9 million in reserved time in the fall. The increased purchase comes as a new Mellman Group poll ...  

Senate campaigns in 2012, regardless of party, are shying away from playing up local projects. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) was one of the leading voices in her party against Congressionally directed spending. And Democratic Sen. Jon Tester, in a tough ...  

Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) asking 11 federal agencies to provide an accounting all “contracts for the acquisition of public relations, publicity, advertising, communications, or similar services” dating back to the fall of 2008, before President Barack O ...  

Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., to prevent facility closures for the next 12 months, implement strict guidelines about future closures, reform federal employee compensation benefits and preserve current services and six-day delivery. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson said ...  

DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- On Friday, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said what a lot of us are thinking about Wall Street fat cats and how they are taking federal bailout money while handing out bonuses and pay raises to themselves. "They don't get it," she said.  

Welcome back to Hotline Sort. Warren admits listing herself as a Native-American at Harvard and UPenn, Crossroads hits Claire McCaskill on health care, Michael Bloomberg plans to crack down on large sugary drinks, and guess which Senate races fall into ...  

Besides Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill’s Accountability In Government Act introduced earlier in the week, each chamber of Congress has introduced another bill in response to the spending abuses revealed during the four Congressional subcommmittee ...  

DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- On Friday, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said what a lot of us are thinking about Wall Street fat cats and how they are taking federal bailout money while handing out bonuses and pay raises to themselves. "They don't get it," she said.  

Todd Akin of St. Louis County. Those three Republicans are competing to challenge Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., in November in a race that could help determine which party controls the Senate. Steelman has struggled to raise money in the contest ...  

Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., among the many lawmakers asking how spending went out of control and why there was no oversight from Washington. "This notion that you can have over-the-top conferences with all kind of bells and whistles because you're ...  

up for re-election in the swing state of Ohio, was absent when Obama spoke earlier this year at a high school outside Cleveland. Also, Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri did not appear with Obama at two private fundraisers late last year.  

Brunner is one of several Republican competing to challenge Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill in the November election. Quarterly finance summaries released Monday show Brunner now has contributed more than $2.2 million to his campaign - much of ...  

Senate Contracting Oversight Subcommittee Chairwoman Claire McCaskill said Thursday. "For too many years now, the federal government has relied on assumptions and flawed studies to support those assumptions. Without good data about the costs of ...  

Claire McCaskill in November. A Brunner spokesman said the campaign hopes to raise $50,000 from the event. Both Johnson and Brunner have backgrounds in family manufacturing businesses. Not long after college, Johnson joined his brother-in-law's ...  

WASHINGTON -- Claire McCaskill recently visited Missouri gas stations to argue that Congress should end subsidies for oil companies. Her campaign, which she dubbed a "Fighting for Fairness" tour, prompted Republicans to argue that punishing oil ...  

During a stop in Springfield this week, Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill said people need to try President Obama's national health care plan before they knock it. She says it hasn't been put in place yet, people are pretty sure they don't like ...  

At a Thursday Senate hearing examining contractor costs, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., bemoaned the fact that service contractor spending is growing faster than federal employee spending and said senators should not assume contractors cost less ...  

The subcommittee's chairwoman, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., has been a vocal proponent of opening the full committee's debates. But the full committee sessions this week are all listed as closed. Kerrey described the committee's secrecy as “a ...  

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) is receiving extra security after an activist in Missouri, Scott Boston, said, "We have to kill the Claire Bear." But in defending Boston, CNN contributor Dana Loesch failed ...  

At a Tea Party Express rally in Missouri last week, a conservative activist named Scott Boston, referencing Sen. Claire McCaskill (D), told an assembled crowd, "We have to kill the Claire Bear." The comments were enough to get the attention of ...