On Friday, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, Republican Whip Jon Kyl, Judiciary Committee Ranking Republican Chuck Grassley, and Committee member Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) sent what National Review Online’s Ed Whelan described as “a strong letter” to Attorney General Eric Holder urging him to comply with Congressional oversight requests regarding former Solicitor General (now Supreme [...]

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Berger’s Beat: Numerous Sunshine requests have been sent to Mo. Gov. Jay Nixon’s office to obtain records regarding staffer/lawyer Deborah Price, according to the columnist’s Jeff City stringer.  Price is headquartered in the governor’s office. Among the requests is Price’s time sheets.  Also, curious observers want more information about an auto accident that occurred in [...]

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Last week, Energy Secretary Stephen Chu testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations about the $535 million taxpayer loan to the bankrupt solar power company Solyndra and other Energy Department loans. Reporting on Chu’s testimony, The Washington Examiner’s Philip Klein noted, “Chu acknowledged before the House Energy and Commerce [...]

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More than two months after President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress urging them to pass his new stimulus bill, polls show that Americans’ approval of his handling of the economy has dropped even further. After two months of bus tours, rallies, and campaign-style events, Americans see the same failed economic policies from the [...]

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St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley First, St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley proposes selling county parks to make up for an alleged budget deficit. Now we learn that in order to save money, Dooley has been ordering the county’s domestic abuse shelter to only admit county residents – all while his political appointees keep [...]

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Speculation is rampant today that 2nd district congressional candidate Ed martin will switch races and will run instead for Lt. Governor. Sources say look for an announcement in the coming days. DEVELOPING….. Related: Post Dispatch: GOP’s Steve Tilley drops race for Missouri lieutenant governor:

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