JEFFERSON CITY – As gas prices around Missouri continue to rise, Democratic U.S. Reps. Lacy Clay, Emanuel Cleaver and Russ Carnahan still chose to vote against the American-Made Energy and Good Jobs Act that would open 2,000 acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas exploration.
“Not only did these Missouri [...]

JEFFERSON CITY – Robin Carnahan’s incompetence and politically motivated use of her office continues after she denied voters the right to decide ballot measures that would protect personal property rights and limit state government spending.
Carnahan’s decision yesterday to bar ballot measures restricting the use of eminent domain and capping state spending was caused by [...]

JEFFERSON CITY – In defense of the politically corrupt fee office system expanded by Democrats in the 1990s, Jay Nixon argued in legal briefs that fee office agents were encouraged to be openly partisan, didn’t need any professional training and didn’t even have to show up for work.
With former Gov. Mel Carnahan as his [...]

JEFFERSON CITY – Candidate Jay Nixon opposes electronic campaign finance reporting requirements rather than providing greater access to Missourians and the press after he publicly called on Gov. Matt Blunt to veto ethics reform legislation that makes the process more transparent.
Nixon said he is opposed to campaign and ethics reform legislation that will require [...]

JEFFERSON CITY – Candidate Jay Nixon supports allowing state lawmakers to spend their time raising campaign money during the legislative session rather than doing their jobs after he publicly called on Gov. Matt Blunt to veto ethics reform legislation that would prohibit fundraising during session.
Nixon last week ranted and raved against the bill in [...]

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Republican Party today called on Claire McCaskill to fully disclose the state and federal tax returns of her husband and those of their “shared” business interests. In response to a request from The Associated Press Sen. Jim Talent and his wife Brenda released their personal finances. Claire McCaskill turned down [...]

JEFFERSON CITY – Candidate Jay Nixon supports allowing lobbyists to use legislative caucuses to hide gifts given to individual lawmakers by publicly calling on Gov. Matt Blunt to veto campaign reform and ethics legislation that includes new reporting requirements preventing individual expenditures from being laundered through legislative caucuses.
The legislation would require lobbyists to report [...]