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• Frank Buckles, America’s Oldest WWI Veteran, Is Also Its Oldest Activist

  
  Mediaite — Authority: 788
  Drop everything you are doing and pay tribute to Frank Buckles , the last living World War I veteran and who seems to be the nation’s oldest living veteran as well. He is 108 years old — and he is still fighting for what he believes in. And he went to Capitol Hill to do it. The wheelchair-bound, 108-year-old ...
  12 hours ago

• CBS Host Grills GOP Senator On ObamaCare Opposition; Softballs to Democrat

  
  NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — Authority: 833
  On Monday’s CBS Early Show, co-host Maggie Rodriguez pressed Republican Senator Lamar Alexander on the GOP’s opposition to ObamaCare: “...there’s been a lot of criticism that Republicans have done nothing but oppose this bill, nothing to help pass it, just try to kill it....have you done more than say ‘no, ...
  13 hours ago

• McCaskill Calls Republicans To Task For Obstructing Health Care Reform

  
  Fired Up! Missouri — Authority: 609
  Speaking this morning on CBS’ “The Early Show,” Sen. Claire McCaskill called out Republican senators for their work to slow down and kill health care reform efforts.  The Senate GOP has steadfastly refused to produce a real plan for reducing health care costs and expanding access, but has produced a ...
  14 hours ago

• Key Democratic Senators Set Conditions for Supporting Climate Agreement

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 739
  Nine Democratic senators sent a letter to President Obama this morning laying out ten conditions that will allow them to support domestic and international climate deals. The senators, who all hail from manufacturing of fossil fuel-dependent states, are mostly moderates, and their votes will be crucial to passing a ...
  4 days ago

• Obama’s First State Dinner Mesmerizes Washington Press Corps

  
  Mediaite — Authority: 788
  Obama-mania meets Bollywood spectacle as the Washington press corps is going a little starstruck over Obama’s first State Dinner with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The Washington Post and Politico are devoting special sections on their websites to the event and CNN is already on the story .  ...
  1 week ago

• McCaskill Has Chance To Correct Record On Walpin

  
  24thstate.com — Authority: 534
  The truth about the firing of an Inspector General is out, and Claire McCaskill has the chance to do the right thing, or sweep it under the rug. On October 2, McCaskill said on Twitter that she would look into the report. @ 24thstate You,snarky? Never. Seriously, Ill check where Collins & Liebermanare on ...
  1 week ago

• Are Pentagon “Senior Mentors” Pushing the Envelope?

  
  The Moderate Voice — Authority: 713
  An article in last Wednesday’s USA TODAY caught my attention because of its “military nature.” Actually, it didn’t just catch my attention. With its front page column titled “ Military’s ‘senior mentors’ cashing in ,” and another two-page spread on the inside, it jumped at me, grabbed and kept my ...
  2 weeks ago

• Mean Queens and Wannabes

  
  Ruby Slippers — Authority: 568
  Verum Serum has an interesting piece that shows how Nasty Norah ODonnell ambushed the young girl shown in this MSNBC clip. Nasty Norah and her Queen of Mean cohort Andrea Mitchell have been stalking Sarah Palin and her supporters at each stop on the Rogue book tour. Stop the ACLU has a report on a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) on Marijuana Law Reform

  
  NORML Daily Audio Stash — Authority: 531
  Thank you for contacting me regarding our nation’s criminal justice system. I appreciate hearing from you, and I welcome the chance to respond. As a former prosecutor, I fought to appropriately punish those who violated our laws. The fact is, however, that more than seven million Americans are currently under ...
  2 weeks ago

• Poll: "Very Solid Numbers" For Governor Nixon

  
  Fired Up! Missouri — Authority: 609
  Public Policy Polling released the second part of their recent Missouri poll today. Regarding Gov. Nixon: Its been a pretty successful first year for the states new Governor. 42% of voters approve of the job hes doing to 25% disapproving. In a time when the popularity of many chief executives across the country ...
  2 weeks ago

• Senator, can you draw Missouri?

  
  Political Fix — Authority: 613
  National Geographic had a bit of fun with some members of the U.S. Senate, asking them to draw pictures of their home states from memory. It looks like Claire McCaskill and Dick Durbin both participated; At first glance, I didn’t see Kit…
  2 weeks ago

• McCaskill’s approval rating weakens as health-care votes loom

  
  Political Fix — Authority: 613
  Sen. McCaskill WASHINGTON — There was disquieting news for Missouri Democrats along with some welcome news in the second part of a Public Policy Polling survey released this afternoon. The good news was a generally strong approval rating for Gov. Jay Nixon at a time…
  2 weeks ago

• Cap and Tax: Really Big, Really Hard, and Really Stupid

  
  UrbanGrounds — Authority: 138
  Cap and Trade: "Its really big, really, really hard, and is going to make a lot of people mad"
  2 weeks ago

• McCaskills Missouri

  
  Fired Up! Missouri — Authority: 609
  Via JohnCombest.com , National Geographic has a pretty cool new project featuring state maps as drawn by U.S. Senators. Senators were asked to to "draw a map of their home state from memory and to label at least three important places." Heres Sen. McCaskills: It doesnt look like Kit Bond participated -- if Ive ...
  2 weeks ago

• Senate Public Option Scoreboard — Likely Supporters

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 739
  On the Fence Likely Supporters Likely Opponents 10 50 40 Likely Supporters Senator Stance Role in Debate Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii) Signed a public letter saying “the surefire way to guarantee affordable and meaningful coverage for all is by giving citizens a ...
  3 weeks ago

• Boxer: Senate Has the Votes to Kill Stupak

  
  Daily Kos — Authority: 800
  Sen. Barbara Boxer said today in an interview with HuffPos Sam Stein and Ryan Grim that efforts to add Stupaks Coathanger amendment in the Senate would very likely fail. "If someone wants to offer this very radical amendment, which would really tear apart [a decades-long] compromise, then I think at that point ...
  3 weeks ago

• McCaskill – Stupak isn’t so bad !! An…

  
  G2 Visual Design Salad and Other Healthy Appetizers — Authority: 142
  McCaskill – Stupak isn’t so bad !! Anyone remember how Claire McCaskill couldn’t get enough of the progressives and Liberals in the Democratic Party before she was elected to Congress? May have had something to do with the amount of contributions they made to her campaign and the legwork done on her behalf.She ...
  4 weeks ago

• "Pro-Choice" McCaskill Could Support Stupak Coathanger Amendment

  
  Daily Kos — Authority: 800
  Claire McCaskill needs to read the Stupak-Pitts  amendment . Appearing on MSNBCs "Morning Joe", McCaskill was asked whether an amendment added by Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) to the Houses legislation would be too bitter a pill to pass the Senate. "I am not sure that it is," replied the Missouri Democrat. ...
  4 weeks ago

• McCaskill Sips Some Morning Joe

  
  Fired Up! Missouri — Authority: 609
  
  4 weeks ago

• Industry Talk: Senator Claire McCaskill–’Contracting is a Necessity’

  
  Feral Jundi — Authority: 139
   “Contracting is a necessity,” she said. “It doesn’t have to be an evil necessity.”-Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, former Missouri state auditor and contractor watchdog *****      Ok, here is number three folks. A veritable trifecta of shockingly pro  contractor   statements !! (lightning will ...
  5 weeks ago

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