Claire Mccaskill

Claire McCaskill: I'll Vote No On Health Care If It Increases Deficit

AP | Posted 12.13.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Senators are awaiting new cost estimates on the latest overhaul proposal from Majority Leader Harry Reid. The Congressional Budget...

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Sam Stein

Senate Democrats Consider Nightmare Scenario On Health Care

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.13.2009 | Politics

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There is, currently, a nightmare scenario afflicting Democrats on Capitol Hill with regards to health care reform. And it goes like this: Sometime ear...

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Gridiron Dinner 2009: Palin Comes For Russian Embassy, Barney Frank Talks About Twitter

AP | Posted 12.05.2009 | Media

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WASHINGTON — Sarah Palin poked fun at herself in a speech to journalists Saturday night, drawing laughter when she announced she "came down from...

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Sam Stein

McCaskill Opposes Adding Stupak Amendment To Senate Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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Less than a day after saying the Senate could live with a health care amendment that greatly restricted a woman's access to abortion in the private in...

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Sam Stein

McCaskill: Senate Could Live With Stupak Amendment

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.09.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Claire McCaskill, a pro-choice Democrat from Missouri, said on Monday that she didn't think a provision greatly restricting the ability of woman ...

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Sam Stein

McCaskill: We Will Vote On Triggers And Other Public Option Choices

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

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One of President Barack Obama's closest allies in the Senate said on Sunday that she believed health care reform will pass this year and it will allow...

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Youth Vote 2010: Millennials Demand Clean Energy Economy

Jessy Tolkan | Posted 10.20.2009 | Green

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Jessy Tolkan

Will our representatives lead by example in the fight against harmful pollution or cover their tracks with vague promises on the campaign trail next year?

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Republicans Dominate Twitter, Accounts Double The Dems'

Politico | Posted 11.23.2009 | Technology

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Nearly twice as many Republicans as Democrats have accounts on the social networking platform Twitter (101 compared with 57), and the GOP dominates Tw...

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Congress' Tech-Oriented Growth Spurt

Ellen Miller | Posted 11.23.2009 | Technology

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Ellen Miller

Three years ago, those using the Web for transparency likely registered around zero. But in the intervening years, Congress has adapted to the Internet at incredible speed.

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Democratic Senators Summoned To White House

ABC News | Jake Tapper | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

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ABC News has learned that President Obama will be meeting with 16 Democratic senators (and one "Independent Democrat") this afternoon at the White Hou...

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Now It's Our Turn To Stand Up For Clean Energy.

James Boyce | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

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James Boyce

With clean energy, as with health care, there is the opposition of a well-funded minority willing to distort, lie, distract and do anything they can to delay action.

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Macaca Day 2009: From George Allen to Claire McCaskill, Video Trackers to Town Haters

Dan Manatt | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

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Dan Manatt

Town Halls -- perhaps they should be renamed "Town Hates" -- have become the front lines of an anti-government revolt by various groups, including health care reform opponents.

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Senatorial Silence on Single-Payer

Jeanine Molloff | Posted 08.24.2009 | Eyes & Ears

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Jeanine Molloff

When you consider the vast resources of the US Senate, we should demand serious accountability and transparency when it comes to the health care debate.

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Claire McCaskill: Gun Amendment Could Lead To Gay Marriage

Pams House Blend | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

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Love how Claire McCaskill put 2+2 together on this one. She did vote against the Thune amendment yesterday, but the Senator from Missouri was more pre...

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Marcus Baram

McCaskill's Twitter Mistake: "I Support The Pubic Option On Healthcare Reform"

HuffingtonPost.com | Marcus Baram | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

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Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) had a long night at her computer on Monday. Expressing her views on the health care debate late in the evening, she ...

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Jeff Muskus

McCaskill: House Climate Bill Won't Pass The Senate

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 08.08.2009 | Green

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The climate change bill that squeaked through the House just before recess doesn't have a chance in the Senate, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) said Tue...

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The New Senate Global Warming Deniers

Bill Scher | Posted 08.01.2009 | Green

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Bill Scher

Some senators are acting as if Reps. Waxman and Markey hadn't painstakingly pieced a compromise with those sympathetic to coal companies, power companies and agribusiness.

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Judge To McCaskill: You Can't Fire Me -- I Quit

St. Louis Post Dispatch | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics

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Looks like Missouri U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill will have to wait for another chance to burnish her courtroom skills. McCaskill, a former prosecutor i...

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Ryan Grim

McCaskill Ready For Health Care Battle: "This Will Be A Fight And It Will Be An Ugly Fight"

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 07.24.2009 | Politics

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Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) laid out the battle over health care reform in simple terms on Tuesday. "There's serious money made in health care in ...

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McCaskill Says Obama Didn't Follow The Law In Inspector General Firing

AP | Jake Tapper | Posted 07.17.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — A Democratic senator on Tuesday joined Republicans in questioning President Barack Obama's firing of the internal watchdog for the ...

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High-Speed Rail: Agreement Reached On Chicago-St. Louis Train Corridor

AP | Posted 06.08.2009 | Chicago

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ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Union Pacific Railroad and the state of Illinois announced an agreement Friday to assess what must be done to operate both freight a...

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Online News is Not Arianna Huffington's Dastardly Plot to Destroy the Newspaper Industry And Other Reality-Based Observations

Jane Hamsher | Posted 06.07.2009 | Media

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Jane Hamsher

John Kerry's Senate Committee hearing on the future of journalism evidently turned into a bunch of self-congratulatory wanking about how important newspapers are to our American way of life.

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Sam Stein

Lawmakers: Congress Will Investigate Torture, Bipartisan Support In Place

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.24.2009 | Politics

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The central debate dominating discussions of a possible investigation into torture by the Bush administration seems to have shifted sharply in the pas...

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Focusing the Heartland on a Clean Energy Future

Jesse Jenkins | Posted 05.23.2009 | Green

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Jesse Jenkins

Forget Seattle and Berkeley. When it comes to deciding America's energy future, it's place like Akron and Pittsburgh, St Louis and Detroit that deserve the spotlight right now.

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Sam Stein

Jay Bybee: NYT Calls For Impeachment Of Torture Memo Author

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.20.2009 | Politics

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Sunday's New York Times called on Congress to impeach federal judge Jay Bybee over his now infamous role in authoring one of the Bush administration m...

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