Senator McCaskill has garnered a rather unflattering nickname from her Republican critics. It may be warranted. It seems scoring political points against your fellow Missouri Senate colleague is more pressing these days. JEFFERSON CITY _ Despite her crass and misleading comments today to The Kansas City Star, Claire McCaskill has not complied with a Missouri […]

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According to our freshman Senator Claire McCaskill, presidential candidate Barak Obama, and Planned Parenthood, there is an “affordable birth control crisis” on our nation’s campuses. McCaskill and Obama have co-sponsored a bill, first introduced in the House, called The Prevention Through Affordable Access Act. “Everyone wants to bring down the number of unintended pregnancies in […]

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What can happen to a politician when they enter a fight that’s not their own. Sen. McCaskill gave her two cents on the retention of emails last week. MOGOP press release: JEFFERSON CITY _ Claire McCaskill’s eagerness to add her two cents on the state’s email retention policies has left the Missouri Republican Party wondering […]

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November 8, 2007 — WASHINGTON, D.C. – Three decades after Congress first created government watchdogs within each federal agency to enforce greater government accountability, a bipartisan group of four U.S. senators introduced legislation today that would significantly strengthen the Inspector General (IG) system for the future. Senators Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Susan Collins (R-ME), Joseph Lieberman […]

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By John Hacker WASHINGTON – With national polls and media outlets talking about the fact that Americans’ approval of the job Congress is doing is at record low levels and still falling, the lawmakers representing Southwest Missouri say they believe Congress is doing its job and Missourians don’t share the nation’s opinion. The Democrat representing […]

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By Frank Thomas  TSA chief Kip Hawley faced questions Tuesday on the agency’s failure to write security regulations for repair shops as Congress ordered nearly four years ago. Hawley is testifying Tuesday before House and Senate panels looking broadly at aviation security. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., sharply criticized Hawley for missing an August 2004 deadline […]

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(PHOTO) Senior Airman Lauren Padden/U.S. Air Force Senator Claire McCaskill meets members of Team Whiteman at a B-2 dock during the senator’s visit on Oct. 10 to Whiteman Air Force Base. McCaskill spoke with active duty members as well as members of the Air Force Reserve and Army National Guard during visits to displays of […]

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While we’re not too pleased with Sen. Bond and the other Republican Senators voting for the S-CHIP legislation yesterday, there may be other factors involved with his vote- such as helping Matt Blunt next year in his race against Jay Nixon. Bond’s vote comes on the heels of the governor unveling his uninsured health plan this week. […]

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By Roxana Tiron Sens. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) are planning to introduce an amendment to the 2008 defense authorization bill to strike a provision that would transfer full control of the Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) program to the Air Force, removing any Army jurisdiction. McCaskill and Pryor, who have support for their […]

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From the 24th State: Suitably Flip is doing the media’s job. Following the money trail, Suitably Flip has now found over $2,000,000 in Norman Hsu donations, and when Hillary Clinton releases her donor names, we could have Norm crowned as the new king of campaign sleaze, topping Jack Abramoff. Those Democrats sure are competitive. William […]

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