VIDEO: McCaskill on Toy Recalls
Senator Claire McCaskill at an October 5 committee hearing on recent toy recalls.
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McCaskill Wants Doctor Gifts Public
Senator Claire McCaskill wants to make drug companies’ contributions to doctors public. McCaskill said today that she will introduce a bill next month requiring drug companies to list all gifts, promotional items, money and drug samples given to doctors online.
The information would be listed on a national drug registry website. Patients could use this website [...]
McCaskill Happy to See Gonzales Go [Updated with Video]
Not long after the news of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ resignation broke, Senator Claire McCaskill released a statement praising Gonzales’ decision to leave.
“It was clear to me from the start that Attorney General Gonzales had been part of a political scheme and consequently should have been quickly removed from his position,” says McCaskill.
“The delay [...]
IMMIGRATION BILL IS DEAD
By a vote of 46 to 53, the U.S. Senate today refused to close debate and advance President Bush’s controversial immigration legislation. Sixty votes were needed to end debate. Â
Both Missouri Senators, Kit Bond (R) and Claire McCaskill (D), voted against the motion. Both Illinois Senators, Dick Durbin (D) and Barack Obama (D) voted for the motion.
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McCaskill Opening New Office
Senator Claire McCaskill will be in town for the grand opening of her new St. Louis office Saturday.
McCaskill’s St. Louis office staff, including regional director Michelle Sherod, will be on hand from 10-11:00 a.m. for the opening of the new office at 5850 Delmar Blvd, Suite A.
McCaskill currently has offices in Kansas City, Springfield, Columbia, [...]
Bond Aide Wanted Graves Gone
From the Washington Post:
An aide to Sen. Christopher S. Bond (R-Mo.) urged the White House to replace the U.S. attorney in Kansas City, Mo., months before Todd P. Graves’s name was included on a Justice Department list of federal prosecutors the Bush administration was thinking of pushing out of their jobs.
A spokeswoman for Bond said [...]
VIDEO: Kit Bond in/on Iraq
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Political Briefs
FLU BE GONE — Almost over the flu and a sunny day outside, we might actually leave the house today — without a pocketful of tissues and cough drops!
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NEW TALENT — Governor Matt Blunt has grabbed Sen. Jim Talent’s former communications director to be his own. Rich Chrismer [...]
McCaskill’s Committee Assignments
U.S. Senator-elect Claire McCaskill will serve on five Senate committees, including the Senate Armed Services Committee, according to the Associated Press.
From the AP: The newly elected Missouri Democrat also will have a seat on the Senate committees on commerce; homeland security and government affairs; aging; and Indian affairs…
Spokeswoman Adrianne Marsh said McCaskill would use her [...]
Obama’s Committee Assignments
Last Tuesday’s elections have made our celebrity junior senator to the east even more relevant.
Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) today announced that next year he will serve on four influential committees: the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, and the Senate Committee on [...]
