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McCaskill still working toward goal of reading the healthcare bill By Jordan Fabian - 11/21/09 06:28 PM ET Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) is still reading the 2,074-page Senate healthcare bill. McCaskill has promised to read the bill in its entirety before it comes up for the amendment and final voting process, which is expected to occur after Thanksgiving.The freshman sentor also read Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee bill in preparation for August's town hall. "The goal is to read the bill over the next few days and to be ready to do it after Thanksgiving," said McCaskill spokesperson...

"He who shall not be named"

Claire McCaskill (D-MO) was finally popular at one of her town hall forums. When she told attendees, "You have every right to fire me," the crowd went wild. Watch video...

who went through a pretty tough town hall herself today — told CNN tonight that it was "irresponsible" for Democratic Rep. David Scott to blame racism for some of the town hall anger across the nation.

Guy in the back of the Town Hall event holds up a "Don't tread on me sign" then gets approached by police, he holds his ground on freedom of speech and the 1st Amd. and wins...

Here is a video of a woman being removed at a Town hall meeting with Sen. Claire McCaskill.

August 11, 2009 McCaskill Asks Missouri Crowd: "You Don't Trust Me?" ...Crowd Answers: "No!" (Video) Barack Obama's pal Claire "ACORN" McCaskill held a town hall meeting today in Hillsboro, Missouri. At one point she started lecturing the crowd and asked, "You don't trust me?" The crowd gave her an overwhelming response..... "No!" Why should Missouri trust McCaskill? She talks like a moderate when she comes back to Missouri but is a guaranteed vote for Obama, the Far Left and Harry Reid when she is needed. Related... John G. sent this in the email: As I talk to people it is...

A day after a Russ Carnahan event led to the arrests of five participants and a reporter, University City High School — where U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill was set to hold a similar event on Tuesday– announced that the forum has been canceled. The school district sent a news release this afternoon stating that the “reasons for the cancellation by the school district are due to concerns for the safety and security of its staff, community members attending the event, and for the students who would be on campus during that time.” There is no word on whether McCaskill...

video 1:42 This young man is very well spoken. Someone get him on a ticket!

Link only - Hundreds in St. Louis weigh in on heathcare reform

Here is video of a deaf student at a Health Care Town Hall Meeting urging Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri to "vote no" because the bill is not good for people with disabilities. The young explained that the bill would place people like himself in a category that would be deemed "too expensive" for the care they need, and would likely lead to a rationing of care for folks with special needs. . . . . (Watch Video)

On Monday July 27 2009 Senator Claire McCaskill's office held a town hall meeting at Forest Park Community College in St. Louis... A Tea Party Protest broke out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn71-wNccsw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y98HxYbsdBM A US Soldier demands an apology from Claire McCaskill. He absolutely NAILS her with very respectful and educated questions. Its BRILLIANT!

Local Tea Party patriots held an anti-Obama Care protest at Senator Claire "ACORN" McCaskill’s district offices on Delmar Boulevard today. The protest was organized by Americans for Prosperity and the St. Louis Tea Party Coalition. McCaskill's office manager locked the doors, pull down the blinds, called the cops and forced the protesters across the street.

Here is video showing protesters in St. Louis, Missouri who showed up outside Democrat Sen. Claire McCaskill's office there to protest President Obama's Government Health Care Plan. When they showed up, the office blinds were up. But after they arrived, the blinds were closed, no one would come to the door, and the protesters said they were "flipped off by a young man with both hands" inside the office. The natives are getting more restless around the country. But it appears the Democrats just don't want to listen. . . . . . (Watch Video)

President Barack Obama (AP Photo) (CNSNews.com) – The ousted inspector general who reported that his office found misuse of AmeriCorps funds granted to a charity run by a political ally of President Barack Obama sees an assault on the institution of government watchdogs, noting that besides himself, the inspectors general in both the Treasury Department and the International Trade Commission (ITC) have faced reported hurdles in doing their jobs. He says he wants Congress to hold a hearing on his firing. “I certainly don’t know the facts about any of the other IGs. But I don’t think you can find in the history of IGs such an administration attack on...

My syndicated column today digs further into Obama’s AmeriCorruption. We now have the White House in full Chicago thug mode — maligning fired AmeriCorps inspector general Gerald Walpin as “confused” and “disoriented.” Yep, that was the response after Democrat Sen. Claire McCaskill weighed in and pronounced herself unsatistifed with Obama’s “loss of confidence” rationale. Implying that Walpin has lost his marbles is desperate and lame. Walpin has been consistenly lucid and laser-sharp in every TV and radio interview I’ve seen or heard — including on the Laura Ingraham show yesterday, where he noted that evidence in the Sacramento mayor/NBA star/Obama...

After being briefed today on President Obama’s firing last week of Gerald Walpin, Inspector General of the Corporation for National and Community Service, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said the president did not abide by the same law that he co-sponsored – and she wrote – about firing Inspectors General. “The White House has failed to follow the proper procedure in notifying Congress as to the removal of the Inspector General for the Corporation for National and Community Service,” McCaskill said. “The legislation which was passed last year requires that the president give a reason for the removal.”

Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill has become the first Democrat to question the White House over the firing of AmeriCorps inspector general Gerald Walpin. McCaskill, who, like Republican Sen. Charles Grassley, is a champion of inspectors general, co-wrote the 2008 legislation requiring the president to give 30 days' notice, and cause, before firing an inspector general.

From the beginning, President Obama decision to fire AmeriCorps inspector general Gerald Walpin reeked of political favoritism. Walpin claims that the administration was unhappy with his investigation into the misuse of AmeriCorps funds by Kevin Johnson, the former NBA star who is now mayor of Sacramento, California and a major supporter of President Obama. Walpin's investigation also sparked conflict U.S. attorney in Sacramento who feared that the probe, which could have resulted in Johnson being barred from ever winning another federal grant might stand in the way of the city receiving its part of billions of dollars in Porkulus money....

A Democratic senator on Tuesday joined several Republicans in questioning President Barack Obama's firing of the internal watchdog for the federal AmeriCorps program. Gerald Walpin, the national service agency's inspector general, was dismissed over his handling of an investigation of the mayor of Sacramento, Calif., Kevin Johnson. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said the president failed to follow a law she sponsored, which requires that he give Congress 30 days advance notice of an inspector general's dismissal, along with the cause for the firing. Obama merely said he lost confidence in Walpin. "Loss of confidence is not a sufficient reason," McCaskill...

After being briefed today on President Obama’s firing last week of Gerald Walpin, Inspector General of the Corporation for National and Community Service, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said the president did not abide by the same law that he co-sponsored – and she wrote – about firing Inspectors General. “The White House has failed to follow the proper procedure in notifying Congress as to the removal of the Inspector General for the Corporation for National and Community Service,” McCaskill said. “The legislation which was passed last year requires that the president give a reason for the removal.” McCaskill, a key...

After being briefed today on President Obama’s firing last week of Gerald Walpin, Inspector General of the Corporation for National and Community Service, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said the president did not abide by the same law that he co-sponsored – and she wrote – about firing Inspectors General. “The White House has failed to follow the proper procedure in notifying Congress as to the removal of the Inspector General for the Corporation for National and Community Service,” McCaskill said. “The legislation which was passed last year requires that the president give a reason for the removal.” McCaskill, a key...

Joplin was Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill's final stop, the fourth she had scheduled across Missouri for the day. A frenetic hum in the auditorium of Missouri Southern's Criminal Justice Center ebbed and flowed as people assembled for what had been advertised by McCaskill as a "Kitchen Table Talk." She was about 20 minutes late. Advanced word was that her plane was encountering head winds on its way from Sikeston. The audience clapped when McCaskill took the podium but as soon as she mentioned "the economy," she could feel a tension in the room. She described those shouting to be heard...

April 7 - 9, join Senator McCaskill for a "Kitchen Table Talk" in your area. Meet Senator McCaskill, staff, and members of your community to discuss the Economic Recovery Package and the issues facing Missouri families. Here are the details: Independence Independence Chamber of Commerce 210 W. Truman Road Independence, MO 64051 Map Wednesday, April 8, 12:00 p.m.

Rick Santelli’s rant on CNBC about a week ago launched a number of “Tea Party” rallies across the U.S. Yesterday a rally was held in Wichita — see video and photos online from the Voice for Liberty in Wichita. Last Saturday a large crowd, estimated from 500 to 750, held a similar anti-pork, anti-stimulus protest in Overland Park outside Congressman Dennis Moore’s office. Today in 22-degree, blowing snow, brave, liberty-minded, free-market patriots met near the Nichols Fountain in Kansas City Missouri for a rally and mile-long march to U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill’s office. See photos and videos below. A separate...

After arriving 1/2 hour late due to prior committments and incliment weather, I arrived just after the group had started their walk to Clair McCaskill's office.I wandered behind the main group and caught up just as the crossed the main street.With the temperature hovering around 20 degrees farenheit, snow on the ground 3 to 4 inches deep, and more snow blowing on the wind we made our way to the Plaza/Westport office of Clair McCaskill.It appeared that there were approximately 200 people gathered to protest PORKULUS.As chants rose on the wind Blind Mule stepped forth and began reading letters he...

CBO: TARP Executive-Pay Limits Would Cost Treasury $10.9 Billion Over 10 Yrs WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Caps on compensation paid to executives at firms receiving taxpayer money under the financial rescue program added to the Senate economic stimulus bill would cost the Treasury around $10.9 billion over the next decade, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday. One cap, introduced last week as an amendment to the stimulus bill by Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., would cost the federal government nearly $14 billion in lost income-tax revenues by 2019, the nonpartisan CBO said. The cost to the taxpayer would be partially offset by...

Federal Spending Was on ‘Starvation Diet’ During Bush Years, Says Democratic Senator Monday, February 09, 2009 By Terence P. Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief (CNSNews.com) - Sen. Claire McCaskill (D.-Mo.) said yesterday that some of the spending in the $819-billion stimulus passed by the House of Representatives last week represented important federal spending priorities needed to “make-up for a starvation diet under the Bush Administration.” McCaskill indicated that the question wasn’t whether all the money approved in the House bill should be spent but whether it should be included in the stimulus bill that Congress is rushing through this month in an effort...

Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill from Missouri appeared on NBC's Face The Nation this morning and said that the spending cuts in the Senate version of the stimulus bill could be added back later in an "omnibus" spending authorization. So McCaskill, at least, recognizes that the "compromise" is not a real compromise. The spending "cuts" which induced Republican Senators Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, and Arlen Spector to support the "compromise" Senate bill are a ruse. There has been no agreement by Democrats not to spend the money, only not to spend it in the "stimulus" bill.

Warning: The look on her face when she says, "They don't get it" is particularly frightening.

Really, that's a serious question. Now I know that some people suffer tragedies related to mental disease and brain injuries .. but beyond physical disasters like these .. just how stupid can a human being be? I'm not talking "ignorant" here. I'm talking brain-dead stupid. I'm talking about Missouri Democrat Senator Claire McCaskill. McCaskill was, by the way, a national co-chair of Obama's presidential campaign. McCaskill is riding the wealth-envy bandwagon right now. Last week she had some unkind things to say about executives on Wall Street. That's fine. There are certainly some Wall Street executives who have earned some...

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., introduced legislation Friday afternoon that will cap compensation for employees of any private company that accepts federal dollars because of the economic downturn. Employees would not be able to make more than the president — $400,000 — until the company no longer relies on federal assistance from the $700 billion bailout of the financial sector, McCaskill’s office said. The cap would include salary, bonuses and stock options. “Going forward if you want taxpayers to help you survive, if you want the people at your financial institution to have a job tomorrow, then you're going to...

Sen. Claire McCaskill — steaming mad and not going to take it anymore — on Friday called Wall Street executives “idiots” and proposed limits on some of their salaries. Her proposal would force companies taking federal bailout money to limit compensation for any employee to what the president of the United States currently earns: $400,000 a year. “Is that so unreasonable?” the Democrat from Missouri asked. “It’s eight times the median household income in the United States of America. … I don’t think that sounds like a bad deal.” *****SNIP***** “They don’t get it,” McCaskill said on the Senate floor....

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- One day after President Barack Obama ripped Wall Street executives for their "shameful" decision to hand out $18 billion in bonuses in 2008, Congress may finally have had enough. An angry U.S. senator introduced legislation Friday to cap compensation for employees of any company that accepts federal bailout money. Under the terms of a bill introduced by Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri, no employee would be allowed to make more than the president of the United States. Obama's current annual salary is $400,000.

Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) are renewing their longtime reform partnership to launch an aggressive attack on earmarks. McCain, back to the daily Senate routine after his failed White House bid, joined Sens. Feingold, Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) on Wednesday to unveil a landmark bill they will try to add as an amendment to the economic stimulus legislation.

From: Senator McCaskill To: misharu Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 5:19:40 PM Subject: From the Desk of Senator Claire McCaskill Dear Ms. Kerr: Right now, as our nation struggles amidst these tough times, it is more important than ever to hear from constituents and learn how I can help. For this reason, I will be hosting a Kitchen Table Talk in your area on Wednesday, December 17, 2008 from 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM in the Performing Arts Theater at Saint Louis Community College - Forest Park which is located on 5600 Oakland Avenue in St. Louis.. These meetings are...

I won't bore everyone with a rehash of the all-too-familiar story about Hussein's tax cut going to people under $250k (Hussein), then $200k (Hussein), then $150k (Biden), then $120k (Richardson). Suffice it to say that Hussein's retort was that people making under $250k wouldn't see a tax increase but people under $200k would get a tax cut. But Claire McCaskill was just on Fox & Friends and said, quite clearly, that people making under $150k would get the tax cut. So the number goes down. Again. Also she lied about the tax rates. She said that the highest rate under...

...Chuck Schumer, along with Claire McCaskill and John Kerry, responded quickly with a letter to Condoleezza Rice asking her to prevent the deals from going forward until there is an oil-revenue sharing law. Both Schumer and Kerry are on the Senate Finance Committee; Kerry and McCaskill are both surrogates for Barack Obama, whose campaign has been going after John McCain for McCain's new, oil company-friendly position on offshore drilling. Here's the release along with the letter (which, weirdly, doesn't include McCaskill's name at the end of it). SCHUMER, KERRY & McCASKILL SEEK TO BLOCK BIG OIL’S NO-BID CONTRACTS IN IRAQ...

..."McCaskill was stepping out of her chair at the end of an MSNBC interview, and Romney was up next. She and a staffer unplugged her various wires, and she handed Romney the earpiece the guests use to hear the host. "I spit on this before I put it in," she said to Romney, with a sweet smile." You know I have seen this behavior before not in politics, but on the soccer field and it usually follows an intense game between heated rivals. As a show of sportsmanship, club and college soccer players are supposed to shake hands with the...

McCaskill's edge I mentioned a few days ago that Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill's mild affect masks a bit of a killer, and that she's perhaps the Obama campaign's deftest surrogate on the attack. But I was still kind of amused by her brief interaction with Mitt Romney in the press file just now. McCaskill was stepping out of her chair at the end of an MSNBC interview, and Romney was up next. She and a staffer unplugged her various wires, and she handed Romney the earpiece the guests use to hear the host. "I spit on this before I put...

One would have thought that leading Democratic senators who claim to be interested in finding other sources of funding to replace American dollars in Iraq, in helping Iraq spend its own money on its own people, and in lowering the price of gasoline for American citizens, would have been all for it. Instead, Senators Chuck Schumer, John Kerry, and Claire McCaskill wrote a letter to Secretary of State Rice asking her "to persuade the GOI [Government of Iraq] to refrain from signing contracts with multinational oil companies until a hydrocarbon law is in effect in Iraq." The Bush administration wisely...

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) on Sunday accused Republican presidential candidate John McCain of undermining the Bush administration with his tough talk on Russia. “I think John McCain’s reaction to what happened in Russia did not reflect well on the position he should have taken, and that is one of understanding we have one president in this country, and that Secretary of State Rice and President Bush need the support of both presidential candidates in a very tricky time as it relates to Russia and the neighboring states that are trying to establish democracies,” McCaskill said of the Arizona senator’s reaction...

In trying to reconcile Obama's flip flop about Iraq (first saying he'd listen to commanders on the ground, followed by saying he'd give the Joint Chiefs a new mission to get us out in 16 months [which is strange wording and reflects his lack of understanding about their role]), Sen. Claire McCaskill has this exact quote: "it would be irresponsible for a Commander in Chief to set in stone a date." Holy bjesus. THAT WAS THE DEMOCRATS' POLICY FOR OVER A YEAR!!!!! They tried to include that language in funding bills! Obama had a firm withdrawal deadline!!!!! On the night...

The verbal gymnastics of Barack Obama and his surrogates on Iraq is just mind-numbing! Today on Meet the Press, Tom Brokaw zeroed in on Obama surrogate Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri, and clearly demonstrated how contorted Obama's shifting positions on an Iraq Withdrawal have become. Listen to this exchange . . . (see video) You can tell that Brokaw is disbelieving of the fact that Obama is actually continuing to say pompously that he will "call in the Joint Chiefs of Staff on his first day in office" and "give them a new mission." That mission being - Get our...

ARLINGTON, Va. — A former attorney for the American Forces Information Service has sent a letter to U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, alleging serious misconduct by Pentagon and Stars and Stripes officials and saying she was retaliated against for pursuing her legal duties connected to the America Supports You program. In the letter, obtained by Stars and Stripes, former AFIS General Counsel Diane Beaver accuses Allison Barber, deputy assistant secretary of defense for internal communications and public liaison, and acting Stripes publisher Max Lederer of violations regarding how America Supports You was funded and how money was spent. "Ms. Barber and...

LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) - campaign_minute Democratic Sen. Barack Obama secured the backing of a second female senator on Monday as a top supporter of rival Hillary Rodham Clinton raised expectations for Obama in the upcoming Pennsylvania primary. Freshman Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, who recently voiced concerns about the rancorous tone of the Democratic primary, said she was forced to choose after the difficulty of remaining uncommitted. "Between Barack and a hard place, I chose Barack," she told reporters in a conference call. "He's able to dissolve the hard cynical edge that has dominated our politics under the Bush administration."...

FT. WORTH, Texas -- Sen. Barack Obama's campaign announced he would co-sponsor legislation introduced yesterday by his political ally Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill to ensure that John McCain can become president, even though he was born in the Panama Canal Zone. The issue of McCain's eligibility was raised in a New York Times article noting the constitutional requirement that a U.S. president be a "natural-born citizen" had never been fully defined.

  Home | Previous Page | Source URL: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/sep/07092403.html LifeSiteNews.com Monday September 24, 2007 Priest Blasts 'Usual Suspects' For Votes Against Pro-Life Policy FRONT ROYAL, VA, September 24, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer, STL, president of Human Life International, (HLI) today blasted a gang of 16 Catholic senators for their votes on an amendment to HR 2764 to overturn the Mexico City Policy instituted by President Reagan to prevent U.S. taxpayer dollars from funding overseas abortions. "For the most part it's the usual suspects who claim to be Catholic while their consistent pro-abortion votes amount to...

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D) of Missouri: "Until our country gets serious about enforcement against employers, all the laws we pass won't make a difference."