Sowers campaign manager David Woodruff during another losing campaign Emerson, R-Cape Girardeau, raised $318,000 in the last quarter of the year, aide Josh Haynes said on behalf of the campaign. That brings her total for 2009 to more than $686,000. In a news release issued Thursday afternoon, Sowers, a Rolla, Mo., Democrat, reports that his [...]

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“We have a serious problem, and the army of the unemployed is growing darker by the month.”–Emanuel Cleaver      Video: Rep. Emerson Speaks on House Floor about Jobs  Hat tip:USRepJoAnnEmerson

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“I wasn’t sure why I was laughing, an odd situation to find myself in that I’m a fairly serious guy. But moments after meeting the Dalai Lama, as he was blessing me by placing a white silk ceremonial scarf, or kata, around my neck, he started giggling. So did I”- Congressional candidate Tommy Sowers We’re [...]

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An impatient Tommy Sowers wishes he were already in Congress so he could join the liberal wing of the Democrat Party in support of Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s $1.3 trillion health care bill, according to the Southeast Missourian. The bill would punish Americans who don’t obtain health insurance with maximum fines of $250,000 and up to [...]

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U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson wraps up her annual farm tour Aug. 10 at Jones Heritage Farms near Jackson, Mo. Hat tip:semissourian

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And now the government wants to takeover our healthcare system? NY Times: Postmaster General John E. Potter says the Postal Service now expects to run a record $7 billion deficit in 2009, up from projections in March of $6 billion. Representative Jo Ann Emerson, Republican of Missouri, says cutting overhead and spending less on custom [...]

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