Roy Blunt

Lawmakers Go Golfing, Party With Bruce, Raise Cash

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics


This upcoming weekend will see a number of lawmakers hosting multi-day Fall retreats at resorts and hotels across the nation, according to invitations...

20 GOP Politicians Repeat $1,761 Clean Energy Bill Lie

Josh Nelson | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics


Josh Nelson

For the past few weeks Republicans have latched onto the $1,761 energy tax lie to oppose clean energy legislation.

This Preposterous Week In Review!

Paul Slansky | Posted 09.25.2009 | Comedy


Paul Slansky

Andy Richter is way smarter than Wolf Blitzer, Kirk Cameron wants you to know that Charles Darwin was not a good guy, and Tom DeLay is not afraid to seem gay.

Roy Blunt Takes Heat Over Monkey Analogy

KY3 | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics


A story about monkeys on the loose in Washington has Missouri Representative Roy Blunt taking heat. Here's some background from the New York Times Bl...

Republicans Dominate Twitter, Accounts Double The Dems'

Politico | Posted 09.23.2009 | Technology


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

Religious Right Tells Followers: Tone Down the Racism

Adele Stan | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics


Adele Stan

At this weekend's Values Voter summit, religious right leaders, who have long played to racial resentment, seem alarmed at how the overt racism of some of the Tea Partiers could harm their own movement.

Roy Blunt (R-MO) Tells Racism-Tinged Monkey Joke at DC Conference

Bruce Wilson | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics


Bruce Wilson

Blunt's anecdote at the Value Voters summit Friday seemed like a direct window into the psyche of the revanchist wing of the GOP: politics is a golf game and unruly Democrat "monkeys" seek to disrupt the play.

Eight GOP Politicians Parrot False $1,761 Talking Point on Costs of Climate Bill

Josh Nelson | Posted 09.21.2009 | Green


Josh Nelson

When your position is based on ignoring science to prop up polluting industries -- as is the case for many Republican politicians -- you have little choice but to cite misleading statistics to make your point.

FBI Whistleblower: Hastert, Burton, Blunt, Other Members of Congress 'Bribed, Blackmailed'

Brad Friedman | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics


Brad Friedman

The broad criminal conspiracy is said to have resulted in, among other things, the sale of nuclear weapons technology to black market interests including Pakistan, Iran, North Korea, Libya and others.

Sam Stein

GOPers Decrying "Socialized Medicine" Go To Govt. Hospital For Surgeries

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics


Republicans in Congress have raised the specter of a bloated, "socialized," bureaucrat-run nightmare of a health care system as a means of undermining...

Ryan Grim

Senate Republican Leaders Plan Closed Health Care Forum

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics


Senate Republicans may have found a way to keep public health care meetings at home from getting out of control: keep the public out. On Monday, Sena...

Formerly-'Gagged' FBI Whistleblower Details Congressional Blackmail, Bribery, Espionage, Corruption in Remarkable Videotaped Deposition

Brad Friedman | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics


Brad Friedman

Just over two weeks ago, FBI translator-turned-whistleblower Sibel Edmonds was finally allowed to speak about much of what the Bush Administration spent years trying to keep her from discussing publicly.

Sam Stein

Steele Doesn't Argue With Radio Host Who Trashes Boehner And Blunt

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics


Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele appeared to express agreement last week as a conservative radio host interviewing him trashed th...

Republicans Roy Blunt and Mark Kirk Mislead on Health Care

Senate Guru | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics


Senate Guru

There are two current Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives who are running for seats in the U.S. Both have been telling easy-to-debunk lies in the health care debate.

House GOP Leader Vows To Stop Spreading Health Care Falsehood After Local Paper Busts Him

The Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics


GOP Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri has promised to stop spreading a health care falsehood that's been widely bandied about on the right after his local pa...

Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 09.01.2009 | Home


Arianna Huffington

This week, the House unanimously approved a resolution recognizing that Barack Obama was born in Hawaii. You'd hope that would signal an end to the birther virus infecting the GOP -- but just a day later Roy Blunt, the former Minority Whip and current Senate candidate, called Obama's place of birth "a legitimate question." It's time for these folks to put up or shut up. Show me a Kenyan birth certificate, Lou Dobbs, or zip it. Also this week, the NFL reinstated dog-killing quarterback Michael Vick, leaving sports fans to ponder which team might sign him. Probably best to avoid those with an animal mascot. The Saints wouldn't be a good fit either. He should stick with a team like the Giants or Steelers or Vikings. Why go looking for trouble?

Roy Blunt: Obama Birth Certificate A "Legitimate Question" (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics


UPDATE: Roy Blunt has confirmed that he does believe Obama is a U.S. citizen. "Of course he does," Rich Chrismer, the spokesman for Blunt's Senate cam...

Blunt: GOP Shouldn't Have Health Care Plan, It Would Just "Confuse" People

Plum Line | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics


Republicans who had promised last month to offer a healthcare reform alternative are now suggesting no such bill will be introduced. Rep. Roy Blunt (...

Stupid Republican Tricks

Senate Guru | Posted 06.02.2009 | Politics


Senate Guru

We worry that some Republicans are too influenced by greed or fear or hatred. However, some Republicans are just mind-numbingly stupid.

Roy Blunt "Reviewing Records" For Mistake On Taxes

The Kansas City Star | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics


U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt and his wife are reviewing records to see if they mistakenly received tax breaks on a Washington, D.C., property. Records show th...

Dems & Repubs on Health Care: 'Love a Lobbyist'

Michele Swenson | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics


Michele Swenson

The same insurance and pharmaceutical lobbies have granted themselves billions of dollars of taxpayer subsidies and inflated profits continue to shape the healthcare reform debate today.

Ryan Grim

'Democrat Party' Lives On In Allegedly Post-Partisan World

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics


In 1996, the Republican Party removed all reference in its platform to an entity known as the "Democratic Party" and officially renamed it the "Democr...

GOP Rep. Roy Blunt To Run For Senate In 2010: AP

AP | DAVID A. LIEB | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics


JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — People close to Missouri congressman Roy Blunt say he is running for the U.S. Senate in 2010. People familiar with Blunt'...

Roy Blunt, GOP's #2 House Leader, Steps Down

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — Missouri Rep. Roy Blunt, the No. 2 Republican in the House, announced Thursday that he is stepping aside after Democrats added to t...

GOP Rep. Roy Blunt Giving Up Whip Post

The Hill | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics


Minority Whip Roy Blunt (Mo.) is expected to announce that he will not seek another term as the second highest-ranking Republican in the House, accord...