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Lawmakers Go Golfing, Party With Bruce, Raise Cash

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Golf, Lobbyblog, Bruce Springsteen, New Democrats, Steven Van Zandt, Roy Blunt, Tom Harkin, Nrsc, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Joseph Crowley, Congression Hispanic Caucus, John Hall, Saxby Chambliss, John Barrow, John Carter, Politics News

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

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

Josh Nelson | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Treasury Department, Ed Markey, Waxman-Markey, Senator Murkowski, Senator Inhofe, John Boehner, Senator Wicker, Green, League of Conservation Voters, Joel Pollack, Deniers, Mike Pence, Cbs, Cynthia Lummis, Cap and Trade, Politifact, Nrcc, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Climate Change, Politics News, Wonk Room, Congressional Budget Office, Washington Post, Environmental Defense, John Culberson, Senator Alexander, Oregon GOP, Fred Upton, Represenative Markey, Politics, Roy Blunt, Clean Energy, Mitt Romney, Global Warming, National Republican Congressional Committee, Blaine Leutkemeyer, Politico, Value Voters Summit, Mike Bearn, Politics News

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

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This Preposterous Week In Review!

Paul Slansky | Posted 09.25.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Week in Review, George Bush, Roy Blunt, Wolf Blitzer, Comedy News

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.

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Roy Blunt Takes Heat Over Monkey Analogy

KY3 | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Roy Blunt Monkey Analogy, Obama Racism, President Obama, Roy Blunt Racism, Conservative Racism, Roy Blunt, Roy Blunt Monkey Controversy, Roy Blunt Monkey Story, Politics News

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...

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Republicans Dominate Twitter, Accounts Double The Dems'

Politico | Posted 09.23.2009 | Technology

Read More: Dana Rohrabacher, Republicans Twitter, John McCain, Mccain Twitter, Jim Demint, Roy Blunt, Twitter, GOP Twitter, John McCain Twitter, Chuck Grassley, Claire McCaskill, Republican Party, Democrats Twitter, Technology News

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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Religious Right Tells Followers: Tone Down the Racism

Adele Stan | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Racism, Racism, Roy Blunt, Harry Jackson, Values Voters Summit, Politics News

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.

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

Bruce Wilson | Posted 09.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Voter Values, Monkey, Roy Blunt, Gop, Republican Party, Value Voters Summit, Republicans, Roy Blunt Monkey Joke, Politics News

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.

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

Josh Nelson | Posted 09.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Treasury Department, Waxman-Markey, Senator Murkowski, Senator Inhofe, Fred Upton, John Boehner, Politics, Roy Blunt, Media, Mitt Romney, League of Conservation Voters, Green, Mike Pence, Cbs, Global Warming, Cap and Trade, Politifact, American Clean Energy and Security Act, Climate Change, Political News, Green Living, Wonk Room, Green News, Congressional Budget Office, Politico, Washington Post, Media Criticism, Environmental Defense, Value Voters Summit, Senator Alexander, Deniers, Green News

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.

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

Brad Friedman | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

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.

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Socialized Medicine, Obama Government Care, Government Health Care, Health Care Reform, Mitch McConnell, Roy Blunt, Medical Care, Government Run Hospitals, John McCain, Politics News

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

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Senate Republican Leaders Plan Closed Health Care Forum

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Town Halls, Mitch McConnell, Roy Blunt, Town Hall Meetings, John McCain, Kit Bond, Politics News

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...

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

Brad Friedman | Posted 09.27.2009 | Politics

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.

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Steele Blunt, John Boehner, Michael Steele, Jericho Steele, Roy Blunt, Boener Blunt, Blunt Steele, Roy Blunt Tobacco Lobbyists, Politics News

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

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Republicans Roy Blunt and Mark Kirk Mislead on Health Care

Senate Guru | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, 2010 Senate, Republican Lies, Mo-Sen, Mark Kirk, Il-Sen, Roy Blunt, Politics News

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.

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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

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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...

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Sunday Roundup

Arianna Huffington | Posted 09.01.2009 | Home

Read More: Lou Dobbs, Birthers, Obama Birth Certificate, Michael Vick Dogfighting, Michael Vick, Roy Blunt, Home News

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?

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

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 08.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Blunt, Gop Birthers, Roy Blunt Birthers, Republican Lawmakers Birthers, Blunt Birthers, Roy Blunt, Politics News

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...

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

Plum Line | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics

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

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Stupid Republican Tricks

Senate Guru | Posted 06.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Stupidity, Richard Burr, Louisiana, Roy Blunt, La-Sen, Bank Run, Fiscal Crisis, Fema, Republicans, Nc-Sen, Missouri, David Vitter, North Carolina, Mo-Sen, Politics News

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

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Roy Blunt "Reviewing Records" For Mistake On Taxes

The Kansas City Star | Posted 05.07.2009 | Politics

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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...

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

Michele Swenson | Posted 04.30.2009 | Politics

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.

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Darrell Issa, Republican Party, Haley Barbour, Tom Delay, Democrat Party, Barack Obama, Gop, Roy Blunt, Politics News

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...

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

AP | DAVID A. LIEB | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Missouri Senate Race, Blunt Senate Run, Missouri Senators, Missouri, Roy Blunt, Blunt for Senate, Politics News

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'...

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

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

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

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GOP Rep. Roy Blunt Giving Up Whip Post

The Hill | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Republican Leadership, Gop Leadership, Gop Crash, Gop Infighting, Eric Cantor, Gop Civil War, Roy Blunt, Republicans, Politics News

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...

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