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January, 2011 | Missouri Political News Service - Part 4

Entries from January 2011

Picture of the Day: Rusty Has “First Event of the New Cycle”

January 11th, 2011 · No Comments

‘Centrist’ Congressman Russ Carnahan is getting an early leg up on defending a seat that will probably be eliminated during redistricting. Related: Rasmussen Reports: Voters Still See Democratic Agenda in Congress As More Extreme than GOP’s Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 47%, Democrats 36%

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Tags: MO Legislature · Picture/Quote of the Day · Rep. Russ Carnahan · St. Louis

Will Dems Become “The Party Of No” On The Reforms Americans Voted For?

January 7th, 2011 · No Comments

Today the new House Republican majority is holding votes on a rule setting up debate and votes next week on a simple bill to repeal President Obama’s unpopular health care law. Republicans heard loud and clear the message from the voters that the health care takeover Democrats jammed through Congress needs to be repealed and […]

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Tags: Healthcare

Video: Flip Flop Claire Talks about Senate Hypocrisy

January 7th, 2011 · No Comments

The same day she backtracks on her support for the Obamacare mandates, Claire has the audacity to talk about hypocrisy on the Senate floor! The senator must think we all have stupid written across our foreheads. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/-eRS8Pr61YQ” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Related: Reboot Congress: Sarah Steelman meets the St. Louis Tea Party Rasmussen Reports: […]

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Tags: Healthcare · Senator McCaskill

More Premium Hikes Resulting From Obamacare Add To The Case For Repeal

January 6th, 2011 · No Comments

As the new House Republican majority moves to respond to the message of the American people to repeal and replace President Obama’s massive, unpopular health care law, Americans are once again being reminded of the many broken promises from Democrats about that law. According to the Los Angeles Times, “Another big California health insurer has […]

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Tags: Healthcare

Claire: “I Was for the Obamacare Mandate Before I Was Against It”

January 6th, 2011 · No Comments

“Any attempt to extricate herself from him [President Obama] will be an act of disloyalty. She will not do that at all.”–Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) 12/15/10 Sen. McCaskill’s further slide away from the president continues: Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), expected to face stiff competition from Republicans in the 2012 election, said she understood why the […]

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Tags: Healthcare · Senator McCaskill

Democrats Should Drop Their Plans For A Partisan “Power Grab”

January 6th, 2011 · No Comments

The new Congress that includes the 63 new House Republicans and 13 new Senate Republicans who were elected in November were sworn in yesterday, but the Democrats who were so roundly repudiated by the American people seem determined to continue the behaviors that got them in trouble in the first place. Yesterday, several Democrat senators […]

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Quote of the Day: Former Legislator Channels Michael Corleone

January 4th, 2011 · No Comments

Interesting comment from the former St. Louis state representative regarding his record fine from the ethics commission.

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Tags: MO Legislature · St. Louis

Dems Divided On Filibuster Reform; Reid In ’95: “It Has The Potential To Result In The Tyranny Of The Majority”

January 4th, 2011 · No Comments

The New York Times reports today, “A band of Senate Democrats signaled on Monday that it would press forward when Congress convenes this week with a proposal to curtail filibusters and other methods of slowing the chamber’s work . . . . Senator Tom Udall, Democrat of New Mexico, said that he intended to call […]

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Will Democrats Finally Listen To The Message From The American People When 112th Congress Begins?

January 3rd, 2011 · No Comments

  As the 112th Congress begins this week, the key question is whether President Obama and the Democrat majority in the Senate will listen to the clear message sent by the American people in November. As Sen.-elect Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) explains in this week’s Republican Address, “For Republicans, the start of the 112th Congress on […]

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Economic Illiterates Tout Benefits of Obamacare

January 3rd, 2011 · No Comments

The economic illiterates over at FiredUp Missouri want us to be excited because of all the new benefits the nanny state is providing us – starting today – through Obamacare like: Prescription drug costs could shrink $700 for a typical Medicare beneficiary in 2011, as the law begins to close the notorious doughnut hole Medicare […]

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Tags: Healthcare · Videos