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Rep. Lacy Clay | Missouri Political News Service - Part 2

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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

Video: Star Parker Discusses 1st District Cong. Candidate Martin Baker & Racism

November 2nd, 2011 · No Comments

Darin Morley, talks with syndicated columnist, author and speaker Star Parker about Martin Baker’s candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives and the politics of race.

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Tags: Rep. Lacy Clay · St. Louis · Videos

Picture of the Day: FBI Clicks On MOPNS Post on STL Congressman

September 20th, 2011 · No Comments

The post in question that has the FBI’s attention? “Clay Top Aide Runs Private Business Next to Congressional Office”

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Tags: Rep. Lacy Clay · St. Louis

Whatever Happened to “Shared Sacrifice?”

August 29th, 2011 · No Comments

With this total disregard for the taxpayer, we’re supposed to believe that liberals like Clay really care about our $14 trillion deficit? We’ve chronicled here and here Clay’s lack of concern for other people’s money. “I need an automobile to get around my district,” said Congressman William “Lacy” Clay, arriving at a groundbreaking in Pagedale […]

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Tags: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver · Rep. Lacy Clay

Rep. Clay Sides with Terrorists Over Israel

June 28th, 2011 · No Comments

Apparently following the lead of his president, Congressman Clay has decided to sell out Israel too: Jerusalem Post: “Six members of the United States Congress wrote to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last week, asking her to “do everything in [her] power” to help “ensure the safety of all American citizens on board The […]

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Quote of the Day: Rusty: “I Am Absolutely Committed to Winning Reelection in 2012”

June 28th, 2011 · No Comments

Rusty and Lacy shoveling Democrat BS during happier times between them Excerpt from Carnahan fundraising email: “The end of this quarter is less than three days away. You know how important this deadline is and you know that I have a tough fight ahead. Republicans have once again targeted me for defeat in 2012. I […]

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Tags: Rep. Emanuel Cleaver · Rep. Lacy Clay