How many of you knew that our own Kit Bond is the ranking member of a brand new Senate subcommittee called “Green Jobs and the New Economy.” Yeah, we hadn’t either. The senator released a report on Monday titled, “Yellow light on Green Jobs.” that dispels the myths we’re being sold by the president and […]

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From Missouri Matters: Emily: “What do you think about HJR36? It’s a fair tax for Missouri that would get rid of the state income tax and replace revenue with a broad – based sales tax. The House just passed it, and if it were to pass the Senate Missourians would have to vote to enact […]

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Here’s a funny video from St. Louis Tea Party emcee and African American conservative blogger Kevin Jackson. Hat tip: theblacksphere01 [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/X12hmwkVIUI” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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Twitter: AFPMissouri “Limited government supporters won a victory today! Missouri House passes tax cut. Needs Senate acceptance next week or two.” markparkinson “SB 71 Passes the MO House…major victory for the taxpayers of Missouri. Congratulations taxpayers, you are the true winners today.” Missouri taxpayers are getting ever closer to receiving their $500 refund check that […]

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UPDATE: Political Fix: Oops! Rep. Don Calloway clears up traffic ticket in Callaway According to these comments left on the Political Fix yesterday, we now know the REAL reason freshman State Rep. Don Calloway is walking home from Jefferson City after the close of the legislative session next month; HIS DRIVER’S LICENSE IS REVOKED!!! And […]

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Pretty good article in the USA Today on how St. Louis area Democrats are keeping their grassroots movement alive after the election of Barack Obama. MOGOP executive director LLoyd Smith says that the Republicans have similar efforts underway:  “Lloyd Smith, director of the Missouri Republican Party, says the GOP is building its own outreach list. […]

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The term we used in our title is the best we could come up with to describe the current budget mess. Speaker Richard, who proved he was not ready for prime time last Friday when he foolishly told Fox News that he had talked to the treasury about “redistributing” stimulus money back to taxpayers –when […]

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From Twitter: “Don Calloway is the last one who should be talking about who should and should not be respected. There are mirrors in the Capitol.” Related: Quote of the Day: “I Would Respectfully Ask for an Apology…” Quote of the Day: “I Look Forward Advocating Women’s Issues in the Capital”

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Regular readers of the Missouri Political News Service know that we have been regular critics of the congressman from the first district. From his securing earmarks for his sister, to voting against lobbying reform, to signing a letter to President Bush to de-fund our troops while they’re in harm’s way, Lacy Clay has been a […]

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We wonder if Claire Bear supported the Adminstration’s trial balloon of eliminating mortgage interest deductions for the super rich, you know, those making over $250,000 a year? Hat tip: SenatorMcCaskill [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/nqh42w_uf1Y” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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