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INSIDE WASHINGTON: Senators’ secret blockades
One man, no vote? That’s the case in the Senate, where it takes just one peeved lawmaker to prevent a yes-or-no tally, often silently and anonymously. Senate – United States Senate – United States – Government – Legislative Branch
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Mo. lawmakers seeks to halt Missouri River study
Associated Press – May 6, 2010 5:14 AM ET JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Several members of Missouri’s congressional delegation are pleading with colleagues to halt funding for a study about the…
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Missouri receives more than $2 million to improve highway safety
Sen. Claire McCaskill announced Friday the U.S. Department of Transportation granted $2,903,105 in federal formula grant funding to the Missouri State Government to extend highway safety program funding.
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Coffee Party attendees pleased with local turnout
Devon Douglass, 21, heard about the coffee party from friends living in other cities, and said she was pleased to see a group forming is Springfield.
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Saturday’s girls’ track roundup – updated at 9:40 p.m.
Girls’ track and field
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Goldman CEO: ‘I don’t think our clients care’ we’re short; video
Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein was grilled Tuesday by a Senate subcommittee looking into the financial meltdown.
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Sen. McCaskill zings Goldman Sachs execs
The Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations is taking it to Wall Street megabank Goldman Sachs and its role in the sub-prime mortgage securitization crisis.
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The Significance of the Marathon Goldman Hearing
There’s one thing Democrats and Republicans can agree on: their hatred of Goldman Sachs. That fact couldn’t have been clearer through the nearly 11 hours of testimony yesterday when a Senate subcommittee aggressively questioned past and present Goldman bankers. Senators from Carl Levin (D-MI) to Susan Collins (R-ME) to Claire McCaskill (D-MO) to John McCain (R-AZ) all angrily censured these …
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Senate Could Stay Up All Night with Financial Reform
Financial reform failed to advance in the Senate for the third straight day Wednesday afternoon, and Sen. Claire McCaskill says Democrats could hold the upper chamber in session through the night, attempting to bring their Wall Street bill to the floor for debate. “I think we’re gonna go all night,” McCaskill told MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell in a live interview this afternoon. “We’re talking about …
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Breaking: Sen. Claire McCaskill Breaks The ‘Sh*tty Deal’ Glass Ceiling
Twelfth time makes a trend ? Senator Claire McCaskill just jumped on the ‘shitty deal’ train currently raging through the Goldman hearings (broke the ‘shitty deal’ glass ceiling?). Who’s next? Will it become a ‘shitty deal’ pandemic? How will the New York Times and the networks handle all this potty language . Stay tuned!
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