“Democrats don’t to want to compromise.’’ “We’re going to remain unified. For the things that run out at the end of the fiscal year, we will see a number of short-term extensions. And for others, we will have to see the majority offer other alternatives.” Read more…

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House Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) on Tuesday became the latest Republican to predict a government shutdown this fall when Congress and the White House spar about the size of an annual spending package that is assured to eclipse President Bush’s request. “It is inevitable,” Blunt said. Read more…

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More than $3 million in federal grants for local energy and water projects – including $1 million for Crowder College’s Missouri alternative Renewable Energy Technology Center -met House approval recently, Congressman Roy Blunt’s office announced Thursday. “Energy independence should be our national goal over the next generation,” said Blunt in a prepared statement. “Conservation and […]

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Following up on a speech delivered in the immediate aftermath of the loss in last November’s election, Roy Blunt spoke today at the American Heritage Foundation. His focus was on the need to limit government and the role of special interest take in protecting the current size of it. Roy talks about issues ranging from […]

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U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt toured a new Eagle-Picher battery manufacturing plant in Joplin on Monday, but could not say much about what was happening inside the plant because of military secrecy. Blunt said the company, which has received two federal research appropriations, is “heading the lithium-ion battery effort for the Defense Department.’’ Read more…

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Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri, the number two Republican in the House, was one of the few – and perhaps only – Republicans to applaud President Bush’s decision on Monday to commute the prison sentence for I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, the former chief of staff of Vice President Dick Cheney who was convicted of perjury […]

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By Steve Kraske (excerpt) …But political dynasties are hardly a new idea for America. They’ve been around for generations, said Stephen Hess, a scholar with the Brookings Institution who wrote the book “America’s Political Dynasties.” Hess determined that as of the mid-1990s, about 700 American families had sent two or more members to Congress. And […]

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By Jonathan Allen, CQ Staff As Ohio Republican Deborah Pryce campaigned for re-election at parades and other public appearances last year, constituents greeted her with sarcastic catcalls such as, “Give yourself another pay raise.” Pryce was among the targets of Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) ads that resonated with voters in her Columbus district. The […]

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By Christian Bourge, (excerpt) Six months into the majority, House Democrats have little to show in terms of new laws, but they say they have helped change the debate about the war in Iraq and claim credit for passing other measures that await action in the Senate. Minority Whip Roy Blunt, R-Mo., argued that Democrats […]

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By Kelly McCormack Congressional Websites: The Bright, Bland and Bizarre (excerpt) “House Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) has an attention-grabbing website. The site combines design elements in burgundy, white and blue, with graphics of gas pumps, money and the House floor. There are more than 20 photos in his gallery, which show the minority whip […]

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