There hasn't been much doubt about where Congressman Roy Blunt stands on health care reform.
But just to reiterate, Blunt released this statement today:
"Real health care reform should lower costs, not increase them; should improve care, not lower its quality and availability; and should not cut Medicare for seniors. Americans have [...]
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Video: Bond's Christmas parody on health care reform
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Why we need more stringent banking regulations, thoughts on Medicare and the denial of claims, and the U.S. Senate considers working on Christmas Day. [...]
Being cooped up on Capitol Hill during the holidays doesn’t mean senators have to debate just one issue.
While the Senate remains in session to hammer out a deal on health care reform, Missouri U.S. Sen.…
[...]The Rachel Maddow Show's report on Wednesday's "PrayerCast" to oppose health care reform legislation, which featured Rep. Todd Akin.
[...]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 [...]
Religious Right leaders and their supporters in Congress attended a “prayercast” Wednesday night held by the Family Research Council where the attendees asked for God to intervene in the health care debate.
James Dobson, founder of the evangelical group, Focus on the Family, spoke to the group by phone.
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,” [...]
Lt. Governor Peter Kinder posted a letter to Sen. McCaskill today on his campaign blog demanding an "explanation" for her support of health care legislation to expand access to affordable health care for Missourians. Predictably, Kinder's letter is light on the facts:
The plan being proposed by [...]
Among the elements of the health bill being considered by Congress is a requirement that every adult would either have to purchase a health insurance policy or face punitive fines to be collected by the Internal Revenue Service. There has been widespread debate in legal circles about whether the courts [...]
I don't disagree with the thrust of this editorial in the Post-Dispatch about Republican fearmongering in the health care debate.
What campfires are to spooky ghost stories, Congressional Republicans have become to frightening, fabricated urban legends about health care reform. Death panels! Rationing! Medicare cuts!
But at the same time, I don't understand [...]
The House passed a sweeping financial regulatory bill today that, apart from anything else it might do – the Senate still has to pass its own version – will likely become another weapon in the Republican arsenal next year.
Like the economic stimulus package and health care reform legislation, not [...]
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) spoke earlier this week at a Center for American Progress Action Fund event about the obstruction tactics employed by Congressional Republicans, and their lack of interest in real proposals or governing. "Republicans have chosen slogans and symbolism over substantive proposals," Hoyer said.
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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 [...]
Missouri Republican Party Communications Director Jon Prouty and Rep. Scott Diekhaus (R-Washington) have both tweeted their outrage today with comments from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who said opponents of health care reform are on the wrong side of history, like opponents of women's suffrage, civil rights [...]
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 [...]
Taking a moment to remember Pearl Harbor
Has the U.S. become a warmonger?
Health care reform is the next big issue for Nixon
A documentary on the national Tea Party movement is in the works, the debate over the judicial selection process is expected to be back on [...]
