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Entries from July 2009

DEVELOPING: U City Voters Group to Hold Press Conference on Ethics Complaint Against City Government

July 30th, 2009 · No Comments

This afternoon, members of University City Residents for Transparency and Accountability will hold a press conference on the steps of City Hall to explain their recent ethics complaint against their city’s government. The group filed the complaint earlier today alleging that a recent mailer supporting Proposition S, a proposed tax increase that will be […]

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Tags: St. Louis

Video: C4L Members Try to Get Answers @ McCaskill Healthcare Mtg

July 30th, 2009 · No Comments

Campaign for Liberty members John Bubb and Stephen Nowles speak at Sen. McCaskill’s recent health care town hall in St. Louis.
Hat tip: dsm001

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Tags: Senator McCaskill · Videos

Sen. Talent: “Bioattack Countermeasures Have Dual Use in Disease Vaccine Research”

July 30th, 2009 · No Comments

In a lengthy piece in the Washington Times today, former Senators’ Talent and Graham make a pretty good argument on continuing the investment in bio terrorism research. President Obama has threatened to veto the defense budget bill if “extra expenditures” are not cut from it.
“There are many priorities in the budget battle under way on […]

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Tags: Hon. Jim Talent

Rasmussen: 75% Favor Auditing The Fed; Sen. McCaskill (former state auditor) Labels Idea “Wacky”

July 30th, 2009 · No Comments

Moderate Liberal Sen. McCaskill called auditing the Federal Reserve “wacky” during one of her recent “kitchen table” talks in St. Joseph. One would think that a former state auditor would have the people’s best interests at heart and listen to them!
So much for the ongoing secrecy of the nation’s independent central banking system. A new […]

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Tags: Senator McCaskill

Two Jobs Down, Three Thousand to Go!

July 30th, 2009 · No Comments

Earlier in the week, we told you about the grand total of TWO temporary jobs Governor Nixon created in Boone County thanks to federal stimulus dollars. We say temporary, because once the stimulus funding runs out, these temporary job will most likely be eliminated. Is this “Governor Nasty’s” plan? Create two jobs at a time, […]

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Tags: Jay Nixon

Quote of the Day: “We Can’t Let History Repeat Itself.” Former Senate Minority Leader Concerned About “GOP Takeover”

July 29th, 2009 · No Comments

“Make no mistake, tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should enforce our laws to the letter. ” Sen. Tom Daschle, Congressional Record, May 7, 1998
Former Senate Minority Leader (and tax cheat) Tom Daschle is sounding the warning call today in an email to his fellow nervous Democrats:

“In 1993, my Democratic colleagues […]

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