Senator Bond will be a guest this week on Fox News Sunday with his fellow Senate Intelligence Committee member Democrat Evan Bayh of Indiana. Bond is vice chair of the powerful committee. Also appearing on the show will be Homeland Security Director Fran Townsend.

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Wonder if Sen. Bond adopted a southern accent while eating soul food in St. Louis with St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley? Pub Def video: [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/nfGeWSU7j3Y” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]

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By C.J. Janovy Several Republicans are now coming to Jesus on the insanity of this war – even Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts, who’s been a predictable supporter of the Bush administration, seems to be wavering. But who’s not? Why, Missouri’s Kit Bond, of course. This week, Bond told David Goldstein, the Star’s Washington correspondent, that […]

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President Bush is once again vowing to wield the veto pen if Congress passes legislation calling for a scheduled withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq within the next year. This time, however, Bush is increasingly alone in his confrontation with Capitol Hill. North Carolina Sen. Elizabeth Dole yesterday became the latest GOP senator to hint […]

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By Sen. Kit Bond I have been a long-time advocate for children in the U.S. Senate. I have worked hard on children’s health issues, the Parents as Teachers program, Family Leave, Child Care, you name it. I believe — and I know you do too — every child deserves the opportunity to reach his or […]

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Our great Senator Bond changed his mind today and voted in favor of advancing George Bush’s shamnesty today. We wonder what Bond received from the White House? Related: CDT Politics Blog: “Bond explains his cloture vote on immigration bill” Bob McCarty Writes: “Blogger Sends Message to Senator Kit Bond” Arena of Ideas: “Immigration bill passes […]

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Hat tip: “Daily Briefing” (KMOV-TV) One Drudge ad in particular caught my attention this afternoon. It features the ruddy face of Sen. Kit Bond, R-Missourah, as part of a “poll” on the immigration reform bill attempting to wind its way through Washington. As you can see, the poll gives people two choices… “I like amnesty” […]

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Bond says Senate Appropriation Committee approved $400,000 for Carver Monument DIAMOND, Mo. — George Washington Carver National Monument will open its new Discovery & Visitor Center today. The 18,000-square-foot building connects to the existing 3,300-square-foot visitors center, which also has been renovated as part of the project. Features of the new center include a revamped […]

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The Post Dispatch printed the results of the annual congressional prostate exam, or as it is officially known, the “annual congressional financial disclosure.” No surprises here. We know whose already rich, who is getting richer, and who received the biggest pay raise of their lives when they became members of Congress. There is one thing […]

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By ALLISON McGEE First Ward Councilwoman Almeta Crayton has been nominated by Sen. Kit Bond to attend the fourth annual national African-American Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C., next month. The event, coordinated by the not-for-profit Public Forum Institute, will feature a “policy-based dialogue between politicians and outstanding African-Americans from communities across the U.S.,” said Lucas […]

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