10.26.2009 9:06 am
On “This Week,” McCaskill talks flu, next steps for health care
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill was on “This Week,” ABC’s signature Sunday morning news show.
10.23.2009 12:25 pm
McCaskill, for a change, praises pork — even to kosher chairman
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
McCaskill
It’s hard to say what’s more amusing about U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill’s plug “for the other white meat” in a Senate committee hearing this week — hearing the fiscal hawk extol the virtues of pork, or who she was saying it…
09.29.2009 10:59 am
Tundra tussle: McCaskill gets push bask on her Alaskan probe
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS — U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill’s auditing experience has paid dividends on Capitol Hill, helping her land the top chair of an oversight panel in her freshman term.
She’s using that post to examine government…
09.15.2009 10:16 am
Despite dip in fortune, McCaskill still among richest in Congress
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
McCaskill
Though U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill’s personal bottom line took a hit in the financial downturn, she still ranks among the wealthy elite on Capitol Hill, according to an analysis by the Beltway newspaper Roll Call.
Roll Call puts McCaskill’s personal wealth at…
09.10.2009 9:32 am
Joe Wilson’s war: McCaskill, Durbin rip shouting congressman
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Wilson shouts at the president
A spontaneous outburst by a South Carolina congressman has unleashed a torrent of criticism.
During Barack Obama’s health care address to Congress last night, Republican U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson shouted at the president, “You Lie!”
Wilson was reacting to a…
09.02.2009 9:20 am
Keaveny’s staying in Senate race — and voting for himself
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Keaveny
ST. LOUIS — Earlier, I speculated that 28th Ward Committeeman Joe Keaveny may back out of his push to replace Jeff Smith in the State Senate race now that neighbor Rachel Storch had entered the running.
That’s not the case, Keaveny told me Tuesday.
In…
08.26.2009 8:55 am
McCaskill on Kennedy: “So much more than his image”
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Obama, then a senator, with Kennedy and McCaskill last year
Missouri U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Democrat who served with Sen. Edward Kennedy for about two years, issued the following statement on Kennedy’s death late Tuesday at the age of 77.
This man…
08.20.2009 9:33 am
New Tea Party tactic: Costume blitz for Saturday’s protests
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Dude, what's your costume going to be?
ST. LOUIS — Members of the local Tea Party coalition have tried everything from turning their backs on opponents to spilling herbs into the Mississippi River.
Their strategy for this weekend’s round of protests?…
08.12.2009 2:20 pm
McCaskill’s advice on town halls: Don’t take it personally
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill reflects in a media avail about the measured success of her town hall forum on Tuesday in Hillsboro.
08.12.2009 10:16 am
Watch: Play-by-play of arrest at McCaskill’s forum in Hillsboro
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill was pleased with her ability to gradually win over a potentially hostile crowd at her health care forum in Hillsboro on Tuesday afternoon.
There was some police activity, however, which McCaskill —…
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