Sen. Claire McCaskill on Thursday pressed several Defense and State Department officials to intensely scrutinize the growing number of outside contractors hired to work in Afghanistan.
Government auditors have already uncovered nearly $1 billion in questionable charges, said the Missouri Democrat, who chairs a Senate contracting oversight subcommittee.
With so [...]
Check out this YouTube video of Senator Claire McCaskill sitting at the reception desk of her Truman-bedecked DC office fielding phone calls from constituents concerned about health care reform. No matter your opinion on the issue, you have to admit that you won’t see any other local Congressional representative taking [...]
The decision that senators make can be fraught with consequences.
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Twitter, spent a couple hours yesterday answering phone calls from Missourians. How she intends to vote on health care reform was a popular topic.
“One caller said I would go to hell if I voted yes,” [...]
The Senate narrowly turned back an effort Tuesday to make it easier to get cheaper prescription drugs from Canada and overseas.
It failed 51-48. The opponents included both Republican senators from Kansas, Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback.
Missouri's two senators, Republican Kit Bond and Democrat Claire McCaskill, backed the amendment. [...]
Sen. Claire McCaskill was one of three Democratic votes over the weekend to reject the $1.1 trillion end–of-the-year spending bill.
It still passed, even with the Democrats’ no-room-for-error margin. Sixty votes are necessary these days to pass any bill laden with controversy and avoid a potential filibuster.
The bill squeaked [...]
So which politician had the most influence on the Greater Kansas City area the last decade (presidents excluded).
Sen. Kit Bond with all his pork?
Mayor Kay Barnes and her rebuilding of downtown KC?
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius?
Sen. Claire McCaskill?
Former KCK Mayor Carol Marinovich who gambled on the race track....and won?
Fire away....
U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill will not support health care if it means putting people or the nation in a financial hole, the Missouri Democrat said over the weekend.
Speaking on Fox News Sunday, McCaskill said she would…
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Senator Claire McCaskill was one of just three Democrats who voted against a $1.1 trillion dollar spending bill that included millions of dollars for projects around the Ozarks.
Claire's Conditions
U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill makes the Sunday talk show tip sheet once again with an appearance on Fox News Sunday this week. McCaskill is slated to appear with Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH). Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) are also scheduled for [...] 
Sen. Claire McCaskill predicted Thursday on MSNBC's Hardball that the U.S. Senate would produce a healthcare bill "come the New Year."The economic cost of day care licensing
Delayed payments don't bode well for future of Kansas schools
Abortion and health care reform are intertwined
Liberty on the Rocks KC holds its first meeting, U.S. Sens. Kit Bond and Claire McCaskill have joined a nonpartisan coalition formed to address the federal [...]
Here’s what Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill said Wednesday about the health care reform debate:
“Chicken Little is saying the sky is going to fall. We’re going to pass health care and the sky is not going to fall.”
The occasion was a call with reporters to talk about her video-conferences [...]
Both of Missouri's U.S. Senators joined a bipartisan group designed to address the country's mounting debt.Gov. Nixon detailed legislation to overhaul the way Missouri deals with drunken-driving cases by eliminating loopholes that block prosecutions and ensuring that all DWI offenses are accurately recorded and tracked.
Judge Richard Callahan’s nomination as U.S. attorney is slated for hearing Thursday.
Kit Bond and Claire McCaskill are co-sponsors of [...]
Sen. Claire McCaskill voted for a Republican amendment that would've limited entitlement programs Sunday but ripped GOP efforts to block a healthcare overhaul Monday while drawing a line in the sand against a fellow Democrat's anti-abortion amendment. MCCASKILL'S STATEMENTS OVER THE PAST 24 HRS: [...] Speaking this morning on CBS’ “The Early Show,” Sen. Claire McCaskill called out Republican senators for their work to slow down and kill health care reform efforts. The Senate GOP has steadfastly refused to produce a real plan for reducing health care costs and expanding access, but has produced [...]
Massachusetts Representative Barney Frank ribbed Sen. Claire McCaskill for her prolific Tweets at Washington's winter Gridiron Club dinner Saturday.
CONSISTENT CLAIRE
Sen. Claire McCaskill was one of nine Democratic lawmakers to sign a letter to President Obama Thursday that says other countries should take a larger role in dealing with climate change. "Poorly designed climate policies could jeopardize US national interests by imposing burdens on" [...] Senate Republicans don't have an alternative health care proposal, but they have a detailed plan to delay, distract, distort, deny and derail the Democratic proposal.
Rep. Russ Carnahan is the new Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight.
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…
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