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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: The fight over raising the federal debt ceiling is occurring thousands of miles away in Washington,…
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Hundreds of thousands of government employees went on furlough today, as the federal government began a partial shutdown. Thousands of those employees…
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With a deal to avoid drastic spending cuts behind them, members of Congress are gearing up for what could be another grueling round of negotiations over…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Jan. 3, 2013 - The big news from the Left Coast last week was that the LAPD had recovered not one —…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 22, 2012 - WASHINGTON – It’s been called “taxmageddon,” a “massive fiscal cliff” and the…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, May 15, 2012 - Even if Missouri continues not to be a battleground in the presidential contest, the…
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Missouri Senator Roy Blunt says the failure of two balanced-budget amendments today shows Senate Democrats aren’t serious about dealing with the…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Oct. 5, 2011 - This summer, Americans witnessed the political theater of Congress and the president…
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U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri says she was embarrassed by the actions of Congress during the recent debt ceiling debate.McCaskill visited a…
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This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 10, 2011 - WASHINGTON - Founding father Thomas Jefferson liked the idea. Former U.S. Sen. Paul…