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…
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…
WASHINGTON — Sen. Claire McCaskill has learned in relatively short order that one of the functions of a Missourian in Congress is to keep an eye on those thirsty North Dakotans.
McCaskill, D-Mo., today sent a letter to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar asking…
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…
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…
Republican Sen. Kit Bond and Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill are teaming up to pressure the Federal Emergency Management Agency to delay implementation of federal flood maps that have stirred controversy in parts of St. Charles and unincorporated St. Charles County,…
Sen. Grassley
WASHINGTON — It was just yesterday when President Barack Obama warned about the “scare tactics” fueling the intense debates and town hall ruckuses over health-care reform.
Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, must not have been tuned in — or perhaps he has other ideas…
WASHINGTON — Claire McCaskill often finds herself on the same side as Ben Nelson, her Senate counterpart from Nebraska and a Democrat who has a distinctly moderate approach to politics and public policy.
Like Nelson, McCaskill, Missouri’s junior senator, has a…
Sen. McCaskill
WASHINGTON — With all the talk in D.C. about billions and trillions, it’s easy to overlook disclosures that the government wastes hundreds of millions of dollars on this and that.
But that was the finding by the Government Accountability Office a few weeks ago…
Sen. McCaskill
WASHINGTON - It’s a lot like the Hatfields and the McCoys, what we’ve seen over the years between the Dakotas and Missouri in the spat over the Missouri River.
There’s a new episode brewing in this decades-long feud with Sen. Claire McCaskill (from…
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