Pictured at Shadow Rock Park with Rep. Roy Blunt, center, during the recent Shop With a Cop Ride from left to right are Brad Daniels, Cpl. Bert Stirewalt, Charles Dale, Cpl. Elmer Alsip, Jack Baker, Cpl. Dan Luttrell, Tim Simmons, Cpl. Monty Barclay and Sgt. Keith Edwards. BDN photo by Donna Clevenger

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Chinese food, of all things, is helping to bridge the partisan congressional divide over the war in Iraq. A dozen or so Democrats and Republicans huddled for dinner Monday night in the second-floor dining room of Hunan Dynasty on Capitol Hill to chart a four-point plan that would help the lawmakers present voters with some […]

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For immediate release: September 18, 2007 Contact: Loren Dealy (HASC) 202-225-2539 Washington D.C.—Today, the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee held a hearing on compensation for U.S. government civilians in combat zones, as well as medical care for federal civilian and U.S. government contract employees who are injured while deployed. Witnesses […]

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What a racist Matt Blunt is! He has the nerve to have the highway patrol check people’s immigration status when they’re arrested or detained. NOT!!! Courtesy BullMoose America Related: On Past, Present And Future: Sneaky Congress Critters Working on Immigration and H-1B Again Prime Buzz: McCaskill withholds support of immigration official 24th State: Illegal Immigration […]

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Jay Nixon – who has purposely stayed as far away as he can from Ward Connerly’s controversial ballot measurefor fear of alienating rural, conservative Democrats – has found another issue he thinks will “pacify the Negroes.” Nixon held a press conference yesterday in St. Louis with Sen. Rita Days (who is African American) to decry […]

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From the Busplunge blog: Jetton said many Americans aren’t convinced there is a need to help when they observe welfare recipients buying “Twinkies, Pop Tarts and steak” at grocery stores. “Americans pay their taxes, and they want to help other people. We’re a generous country,” he said. “But they get frustrated when they don’t see […]

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By Roxana Tiron Sens. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) are planning to introduce an amendment to the 2008 defense authorization bill to strike a provision that would transfer full control of the Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) program to the Air Force, removing any Army jurisdiction. McCaskill and Pryor, who have support for their […]

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After the revelation last week that Gov. Matt Blunt’s office routinely deletes e-mails, the question arose: Are e-mails public record? Rich Chrismer, Blunt’s spokesman, flatly said they weren’t. That was despite the fact that Sloca, spokesman for the Missouri Republican Party, said they were. The party has used the Sunshine Law to obtain e-mails from […]

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Jeff Lautenberger/Staff Photographer MU alumni Shirley Hessing and Elizabeth Moore unveil a memorial plaque marking the Susan Anding Skelton Memorial Garden as Larry McMullen and U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., look on. By Ettie Berneking MU played host to U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., and friends of his wife, Susan Skelton, to dedicate a memorial […]

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RedState.com audio interview with Congressman Tom Price (R-GA) and Congressman Roy Blunt (R-MO). The Congressmen talked about Gen. Petraeus’ report and how it has united the GOP and divided the Democrats. Click here

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