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11.19.2009 4:10 pm

Senator, can you draw Missouri?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
McCaskill's sketches her Missouri

McCaskill skecthes Missouri

National Geographic had a bit of fun with some members of the U.S. Senate, asking them to draw pictures of their home states from memory. It looks like Claire McCaskill and Dick Durbin both participated; At first glance, I didn’t…

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11.19.2009 3:55 pm

McCaskill’s approval rating weakens as health-care votes loom

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau
Sen. McCaskill

Sen. McCaskill

WASHINGTON — There was disquieting news for Missouri Democrats along with some welcome news in the second part of a Public Policy Polling survey released this afternoon.

The good news was a generally strong approval rating for Gov. Jay Nixon at a time…

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11.13.2009 5:01 pm

Missouri Republicans condemn 9/11 trial decision

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WASHINGTON — The announcement today that the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks and four co-defendants will be tried in New York City drew praise from civil rights groups and from New Yorkers who believe the terrorists should be brought to…

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11.12.2009 4:13 pm

Bond protests U.S. support of “green jobs in China”

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                                  UPDATED      WASHINGTON — Since the Wall Street Journal reported last month that a Chinese company would supply the turbines at a huge new wind farm in Texas, an alliance of Steelworkers and U.S. steel companies has protested mightily about taxpayers helping…

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10.27.2009 1:00 pm

Bond: Climate change legislation slams farmers

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Sen. Bond

Sen. Bond

WASHINGTON — It’s barely news any more when Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond, R-Mo., aims a broadside at anti-global warming legislation given his adopted role as one of Congress’s most persistent critics.

Nor is there much new in the deepening regional rivalry over climate change legislation…

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10.14.2009 10:08 am

Tickets available for Biden Thursday appearance

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON — The White House said this morning that a limited number of tickets will be available for the public portion of Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to St. Louis tomorrow.

The general admission tickets will be distributed on a first-come, first-serve basis…

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10.02.2009 10:20 am

Bond, co-author get book send-off in Capitol

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Bond, left, with co-author Lewis Simons

Bond, left, with co-author Lewis Simons

WASHINGTON — It’s not easy selling your book these days given people’s changing reading habits, even if you’re a well-known politician like Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond.

So It helps when your allies get behind you, which…

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09.28.2009 4:13 pm

Bond, rural Mo utils blast cap-and-trade bill

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Bond today with petitions

Bond today with petitions

WASHINGTON – Those piles of yellow notices dumped on Sen. Christopher “Kit” Bond’s desk today weren’t parking tickets, althought yellow is the color of violations dispensed on Capitol Hill.

They were 30,000 petitions gathered by the Missouri Association of Electric Cooperatives urging Bond, R-Mo., to oppose present versions of cap-and-trade…

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09.23.2009 2:36 pm

McCaskill’s newest anti-earmark crusade

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Sen. McCaskill

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WASHINGTON — As a first-term senator, Claire McCaskill surely is irritating colleagues with her campaign against their time-honored practice of earmarking — deploying seniority and committee clout to direct big-bucks projects back home.

It may not go over well in some…

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09.17.2009 5:11 pm

Mo.-Ill. sens split on slicing Murtha airport funds

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Rep. Murtha

Rep. Murtha

WASHINGTON — One of the nation’s most celebrated boondoggles in recent years is a tiny airport in western Pennsylvania that has received roughly $200 million in federal funding in recent years.

You might recognize the name in the John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria…

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