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Entries Tagged as 'Rep. Lacy Clay'

Video: Clay Gives Univ. of DC Commencement Address

May 16th, 2012 · No Comments

Hat tip:UniversityofDC

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Watchdog Group Cites Cong. Clay’s $300k to Sister’s Law Firm

March 23rd, 2012 · No Comments

Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi swears in Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay (D) as his sister and parents look on. The ethics watchdog group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released a report yesterday showing that over the past four years, over 250 House members directed money towards relatives. Part time Congressman [...]

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Tags: Rep. Jo Ann Emerson · Rep. Lacy Clay

Picture of the Day: “Clay” Asks if Carnahan is “Mean and Hateful?”

March 9th, 2012 · No Comments

We found this Yahoo “question and answer” from a few days ago. It was posted by a poster named ‘Clay” and it has one very unflattering answer. Related: Clay on Carnahan Challenge: “He Doesn’t Have a Chance” Rusty & FiredUp Missouri Continue Alienate African Americans Political Strategy

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Tags: Rep. Lacy Clay · Rep. Russ Carnahan · St. Louis

Clay on Carnahan Challenge: “He Doesn’t Have a Chance”

February 28th, 2012 · No Comments

Clay shouldn’t be so confident, especially after the hit piece the Post Dispatch put out on him on Sunday. Clay  said he wasn’t worried about facing a fellow Democratic incumbent. He said the new First District includes only 20 percent of Russ Carnahan’s old district. “He doesn’t have a chance,” Clay said. “Eighty percent of [...]

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Tags: Picture/Quote of the Day · Rep. Lacy Clay · Rep. Russ Carnahan

Post Dispatch Waits Three Years to Expose Cong. Clay’s Ties to Rent to Own Industry

February 27th, 2012 · No Comments

“I’ll Always Do My Best to Protect What Really Matters to You.” Remarkably, this quote is not from Rep. Clay responding to a constituent, but instead to his handlers and benefactors in the predatory”rent to own” industry. The industry has called Clay “the greatest champion the rent-to-own transaction has ever had.” Now, call us cynical, [...]

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Tags: Carnahans' · Rep. Lacy Clay · Rep. Russ Carnahan · St. Louis

Rep. Clay: “Immigration is Not Just a Matter of Law; It’s Also a Test of Our Humanity”

November 10th, 2011 · No Comments

“As a Member of Congress, it has always been painfully obvious to me that our immigration policy is broken, and we need to fix it. From my point of view, that means that immigrants must obey the law. And the American people have to find a way to help the twelve million undocumented immigrants come [...]

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Tags: Illegal Immigration · Jay Nixon · Rep. Lacy Clay