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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New Conservative Missouri Organization to hold Politicians Accountable, Reign in Activist Judges, and Promote Needed Education Reform (Jefferson City) – The Adam Smith Foundation is proud to announce its official launch as an organization committed to promoting conservative principals and individual liberties for Missouri. Our Foundation seeks to provide Missourians with information they need to [...]

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  Former Talent Aide reunited with boss By Alan K. Ota, CQ Staff Eric Ueland and Brett Thompson left jobs as Senate aides after last fall’s elections and were quickly hired as Washington lobbyists. Parallel tracks? Not exactly. Ueland, who was chief of staff to former Majority Leader Bill Frist, cannot deal with Senate leadership [...]

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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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“We have a crisis of confidence in this country because we see every day excesses of people that have more money than people can imagine wanting more money. Greed and selfishness can kill this great democracy and ruin capitalism. We need to have governance to make capitalism work for everybody.” – Dick Gephardt, 2004 Like [...]

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Hat tip: Edgeing “Jason Leopold interviews former US Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas Bud Cummins, in the interview, Cummins disputes published reports that he was fired because he was investigating an alleged public corruption case in the state of Missouri that may have involved Matt Blunt, the state’s Republican governor. Cummins was investigating [...]

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