By Carl Bearden and Phil Kerpen
The U.S. Senate finished its week long debate on a massive new regulatory scheme known as “cap-and-trade, a phrase the Washington Post described as a “pithy marketing gimmick. On Friday, June 6, the Senate failed by a margin of 48 – 36 to get the 60 votes needed for cloture. […]
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Bearden: “Cap-and-Trade Means Tax-and-Spend”
June 24th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: MO Economy · Carl Bearden
Former Speaker Pro Tem Endorses Romney For President
February 1st, 2008 · No Comments
Mitt Romney announced that former Missouri Speaker Pro Tem Representative Carl Bearden joined the Romney for President team.
Former Representative Bearden said, “Washington is broken and we’re not going to fix it by sending the same people back just to have them sit in different chairs.”
After making yesterday’s announcement, Romney said, “I appreciate Representative Bearden’s endorsement.”
Tags: Decision '08 · Carl Bearden
Americans For Prosperity Urges Voters to Send Message: “Put Dollars in the Class Room Not Court Room”
January 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Former Speaker Pro Tem Carl Bearden, who is now a lobbyist for Travis Brown’s new firm Pelopidas and American for Prosperity- Missouri, sent out a press release yesterday promoting two AFP videos that criticize Missouri school districts that are suing the state for more money. A tipster alerted us to the videos […]
Tags: School Choice · Carl Bearden
Teaching Common Sense?
November 26th, 2007 · 1 Comment
The Turner Report informed us last week that former Speaker Pro Tem Carl Bearden has added another client to his lobbying roster. The new client is the Americans for Prosperity Foundation. AFP touts itself as a national not-for-profit organization committed to educating citizens about economic policy. Below is a op-ed sent to us written by […]
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Pssst….Rex Sinquefield & Speaker Jetton, Something You May Want to Know
October 9th, 2007 · 4 Comments
Super Democratic lobbyist Travis Brown has been a busy man these last few months. In June, he loaned his private airplane to Lt. Governor Candidate Sam Page for his campaign announcement fly around. And then in July, he announced the formation of his new lobbying firm (Pelopidas) along with its first employee, former Speaker Pro Tem Carl Bearden. This is […]
Tags: Decision '08 · Carl Bearden · Jay Nixon
Troubling Pattern: State Lawmakers Being Lured From Office Early
September 6th, 2007 · No Comments
From The St. Charles Journal:
By Steve Pokin
If you win the upcoming election, would you quit and leave office should you receive a fantastic job offer?I think we need to start asking that question in St. Charles County. In two years we have seen three state lawmakers leave office early. Two were in their final term.
There […]
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