Rep. Joe Aull, D-Marshall, was one of three people charged yesterday with a misdemeanor crime of presenting a false identification at the Isle of Capri Casino in Boonville. Cooper County prosecutor filed charges yesterday against Aull, along with Sen. Jeff Smith, D-St. Louis City, and former Isle of Capri lobbyist Lynn Schlosser of Kansas City. [...]
Entries from September 2007
CDT Politics Blog: Aull: I feel like I’m not guilty
September 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Tags: MO Legislature
Pork for Bicycle Paths
September 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment
In this Club for Growth video, Senator Kit Bond is on the Senate floor defending pork projects for bicycle paths by opposing an amendment by Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) to remove such earmarks.
Tags: Senator. Kit Bond · Videos
State Senator Jeff Smith Charged In Casino Case
September 26th, 2007 · No Comments
Conservative “blogger” & Vandiver Group senior team member John Combest trades barbs with 4th District Senator Jeff Smith (photo courtesy Arch City Chronicle) BOONVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Two state lawmakers and a lobbyist have been charged with misdemeanor crimes of presenting a false identification at a Boonville casino. Cooper County prosecutor Doug Abele says charges [...]
Tags: MO Legislature
Rep. Blunt: “We Need Colombia More Than It Needs Us”
September 26th, 2007 · No Comments
By Rep. Roy Blunt One of the bipartisan foreign policy success stories of the last decade has been the development of Colombia as a strategic ally of the United States. Aware of its size, its geographic location, its central role in the American narcotics trade and the dangerous leftward trend of other regional governments, President [...]
Tags: Rep. Roy Blunt
House Lawmakers Release Bipartisan Agreement on Iraq, Seek End to Rhetoric
September 25th, 2007 · No Comments
By Bob Cusack A group of 28 House lawmakers unveiled a bipartisan agreement on Iraq Tuesday and called on their leaders to “end the political rhetoric and focus on substantive approaches to improving stability” in the Middle Eastern country. At press time, Reps. Mike Castle (R-Del.) and John Tanner (D-Tenn.) released the multi-pronged “Bipartisan Compact [...]
Tags: Iraq War · Rep. Jo Ann Emerson
Payday Loan Reform Bad for Borrowers
September 25th, 2007 · 1 Comment
By Justin P. Hauke Last week, Attorney General Jay Nixon called for reform to Missouri’s payday loan industry, arguing that lenders engage in predatory practices targeted at uninformed consumers. Nixon proposes legislation to cap payday loan rates at 36 percent, and eliminate the practice of renewing outstanding loans — a practice, many argue, that traps [...]
Tags: Jay Nixon · Show Me Institute