VIDEO BELOW: HOSMER'S PRESSERISSUE PIECE OR CAMPAIGN FLYER? The Missouri Democratic Party is filing ethics complaints against Congressman Roy Blunt for sending a flyer to his constituents that defends himself against attacks for opposing cap and trade energy legislation. Party chair Craig Hosmer said Friday that' [...] UPDATE 2: Not surprisingly, the game of ethical tit-for-tat is going back and forth between Missouri political parties on this issue. The Missouri GOP, which had previously complained about Carnahan’s radio ads on fraud (see below), now says it might…
[...]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 [...]
Via Legislature.com, I see that Rod Jetton has earned a "70" on their fake 'Indignity Index.' If I'm reading their chart correctly, Jetton's alleged behavior is far more tacky than Alberto Gonzales saying the Bush Administration shouldn't have tried to purge US Attorneys because Democrats controlled the Senate, but' [...]
WASHINGTON — The neck-and-neck race continues between Roy Blunt and Robin Carnahan for Missouri’s open U.S. Senate seat next year, according to the latest Rasmussen poll.
Carnahan, Missouri’s Secretary of State and the presumptive Democratic nominee, had 46 percent to Blunt’s 44 percent in a…
[...]Rasmussen has issued a new poll in the Missouri Senate race. It puts Robin Carnahan, the Democrat, at 46%, and Roy Blunt, the Republican, at 44%.
In September, the pollster says, the two were tied. These results, of course, are well within the margin of error, so the [...]
Hardly a shocker:
Kansas' two Republican senators, Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback, today endorsed Derek Schmidt for attorney general.
The incumbent in the race is Democrat Steve Six.
ST. LOUIS — As an independent bid adds interest in the race to replace former State Rep. T.D. El-Amin, the city’s Central Democratic Committee has passed a resolution seeking to crackdown on those who oppose the party’s nominee.
Committee members approved…
[...]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. [...]
Tom Wiggans is out of the race for Kansas governor, not even a month after he announced his campaign.
His departure leaves the Democrats without a major candidate - again - to take on Republican U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback.
Here's the announcement:
"For a candidate who has recently returned to his home state [...]
Blackwell
A funeral was held Monday in Jefferson County for Earl Blackwell, a former Missouri Senate president pro tem and a major state political figure in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Blackwell, 85, died Thursday at his home in Hillsboro.
Despite his Democratic…
[...]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 [...]
Cynthia Davis says Thomas Schweich should have filed as a Democrat in the State Auditor's race.
Speaker Ron Richard and House Republicans hinted at an incentive package to keep a Ford plant in Claycomo, northeast of Kansas City.
Majority Leader Steve Tilley is expected to offer his own ethics bill [...]
JEFFERSON CITY | A far-reaching ethics bill cracking down on transfers between campaign committees and beefing up state penalties for political crimes was filed in the Missouri House today.
The bipartisan bill is sponsored by Reps. Tim Flook, a Liberty Republican, and Jason Kander, a Kansas City Democrat.
Most significantly, the bill [...]
Quinn
Ryan
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A new poll on Illinois’ top election races for the Feb. 2 primary shows Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn and Republican former Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan leading their respective parties for the nomination for governor.
Not a huge surprise…
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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.
TARP WARSCongressman Roy Blunt and Congressman Ike Skelton both voted against a sweeping rewrite of complex financial regulations. Despite 27 Democrats peeling away, the legislation passed 223 to 202. The legislation would force more control over the country's financial institutions. Blunt, who voted for the [...] 
