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U.S. House of Representatives

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2012

    If You Like Guns, Ted Nugent, Mitt Romney & More Guns, the NRA's Got a Deal for You!

    Next weekend, more than 60,000 people are flocking to downtown St. Louis for the 2012 National Rifle Association Annual Meetings and Exhibits! This is a huge deal because, first of all, I will have a tougher time finding a parking spot. Secondly, an important national figure will be present: Ted Nug ... More >>

  • Culture

    March 29, 2012

    Grumpy Old Mensch: Fine performances increase The Value of Names at New Jewish Theatre

    Next weekend, more than 60,000 people are flocking to downtown St. Louis for the 2012 National Rifle Association Annual Meetings and Exhibits! This is a huge deal because, first of all, I will have a tougher time finding a parking spot. Secondly, an important national figure will be present: Ted Nug ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2012

    House Transportation Bill Would Gut Metro Funding

    ​The US House of Representatives is scheduled to discuss today its version of the 2012 transportation bill -- a bill that could have major ramifications for the City and the counties.If passed, the bill, HR 7, states that mass transit would no longer automatically receive one-fifth of the fuel tax ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 10, 2012

    As Obama Attacks Congress, McCaskill Becomes Vulnerable

    An interesting political article in today's New York Times pinpoints incumbent Sen. Claire McCaskill as a potential casualty this November if President Obama continues to campaign on an anti-Congress platform. Experts say the oft-deadlocked Congress of last year is a fair target for President Obama ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2011

    Net Worth of Missouri Congressional Delegation Tops $47.9 Million

    ​The Center for Responsive Politics recently released its report on the nation's wealthiest U.S. representatives and senators. No one from Missouri makes its Top 10 list, but that doesn't mean we don't have some worthy contenders. Turns out we actually have some of the richest -- and poorest -- po ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2011

    Peter Kinder: The American Spectator Profile

    We really just wanted an excuse to run this picture again: ladies and gentlemen, we give you Peter Kinder and Tammy Chapman.​Back in the '90s, The American Spectator famously introduced America to an Arkansas woman named Paula Jones -- and it was President Bill Clinton's attempts to fend off J ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    America's Got Talent Winner Runs for Missouri Office: Eight Musicians He Should Learn From

    Neal Boyd's American dream includes serving in Missouri House of Representatives.​Neal E. Boyd of Sikeston has already won lots of American votes. Enough to win the 2008 season of America's Got Talent, when he wowed audiences with his pop opera skills. Before finding reality-show fame, Boyd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2011

    Missouri Senate Race Narratives Emerge from Debt Ceiling Debate

    Getcha popcorn ready: campaign season is heating up.​The narratives for one of the most high-profile senate races in America have begun to form. With the public's eyes on Capitol Hill for last couple of weeks, the major players -- Senator Claire McCaskill, Congressman Todd Akin, and former Sta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2011

    Race Trumps Politics in Missouri Redistricting

    Nasheed: Black before Democrat.​Yesterday the Missouri Legislature overrode Governor Jay Nixon's veto of a redistricting map that eliminates the district of Democratic Congressman Russ Carnahan. In securing the override, the Republican-controlled Legislature needed the votes of four Democrats. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2011

    Federal Funding Cuts Could Hurt St. Louis' China Hub Project

    Did our China hub just get grounded?​The House of Representatives today passed an FAA Reauthorization bill that could thwart efforts to create a trade hub with China at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. The bill includes funding for the Airport Improvement Program that currently allocates $ ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2011

    Effort Underway to Shrink Missouri House From 163 Reps to 103

    Missouri voters would be asked to trim the fat. ​If you work in the private sector in Missouri, chances are pretty good that your business experienced some downsizing (a.k.a. layoffs) over the last few years. That's not the case, though, for those public sector employees who happen to work on the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Planned Parenthood President Visits for Rally to Oppose Funding Cuts

    ​Last month, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to deny Planned Parenthood federal dollars in the form of Title X funds. Title X, signed into law in 1972, grants clinics money to perform cancer screenings and routine sexual health procedures on low-income women.Pro-choice forces are galvanizi ... More >>

  • News

    March 10, 2011

    Ask a Mexican! Why do Mexicans like to write in ALL CAPS?

    ​Last month, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to deny Planned Parenthood federal dollars in the form of Title X funds. Title X, signed into law in 1972, grants clinics money to perform cancer screenings and routine sexual health procedures on low-income women.Pro-choice forces are galvanizi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2011

    Amendment to Defund Planned Parenthood Passes in the House

    Imperiled.​After a heated, three-hour debate last night, the U.S. House of Representatives this afternoon passed an amendment to defund Planned Parenthood by a vote of 240 to 185. The Senate, which retains a slim Democratic majority, is expected to vote on the measure in the coming weeks.The Pence ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 17, 2011

    U.S. House Voting to Defund Planned Parenthood

    Rep. Mike Pence doesn't want you to have these.​As soon as today or tomorrow, members of the U.S. House of Representatives could approve bills to strip Planned Parenthood and other reproductive care centers of federal funding. Such a move would leave millions of low-income women nationwide without ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2011

    English-Only Driver's License Tests in Missouri? House Committee Says Yes

    Image via​A committee of the Missouri House of Representatives has approved a bill requiring that driver's license testing be conducted in English -- and only in English -- sending the measure on to the full House for its vote.The House Transportation Committee yesterday voted 8-3 for the bill, fo ... More >>

  • News

    December 23, 2010

    Return to Sender: What would comprehensive immigration reform look like if the feds got moving?

    Image via​A committee of the Missouri House of Representatives has approved a bill requiring that driver's license testing be conducted in English -- and only in English -- sending the measure on to the full House for its vote.The House Transportation Committee yesterday voted 8-3 for the bill, fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2010

    Child Nutrition Bill Passes House of Reps, Headed to President

    Despite being blocked by an unrelated amendment on Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed the Child Nutrition Bill yesterday. The AP gives the details of the final bill, and explains that the added amendment, pertaining to background checks for child care workers, was passed in a separate bi ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    Fair-y Tales: Russell Pearce and other illegal immigrant populists rely on misleading, right-wing reports to scapegoat immigrants and terrify penny-pinched Americans

    Despite being blocked by an unrelated amendment on Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed the Child Nutrition Bill yesterday. The AP gives the details of the final bill, and explains that the added amendment, pertaining to background checks for child care workers, was passed in a separate bi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 30, 2010

    Food Safety Bill Passes Senate

    Image via​Legislation to overhaul the nation's oversight of food safety passed the Senate this morning by a vote of 73 to 25. The bill greatly increases the FDA's authority over food producers.Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill (D) voted in favor of the bill; retiring Senator Kit Bond (R) abstained ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2010

    School Nutrition Bill Gets Post-Election Boost

    Post-election, the outlook for the stalled school nutrition bill was pretty bleak. But it's looking better, thanks to Representatives Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut and Jim McGovern of Massachusetts opting to back the bill. According to the Associated Press, the upcoming changes in the House of Represe ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    Claire McCaskill: Will 'Absolutely' Seek Another Term in 2012

    image viaStand by your man.​Missouri's junior senator, Democrat Claire McCaskill, who won her seat in 2006 by beating out Republican incumbent Jim Talent, says that she will "absolutely" run to keep her Senate seat in the 2012 election, reports the St. Louis Beacon. Now that Republicans ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2010

    Happy Birthday, Missouri!

    image via​Today marks the 189th anniversary of Missouri's statehood. It's not really an auspicious number, so there aren't many celebrations going on. The closest one appears to be a concert at the First Missouri State Capitol Historical Site in St. Charles at 7 p.m. We were going to complain ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    A Q&A With State Rep. Mark Parkinson, Supporter of an Arizona-style Immigration Law for Missouri

    Image viaMark Parkinson: "95 percent of my constituents wanted me to get tough on illegal immigration"​Last week, Daily RFT reported on HB 2449, a bill introduced in the state House of Representatives that would stiffen penalties for people who "harbor" undocumented immigrants in Missouri and make ... More >>

  • News

    April 7, 2010

    What Treme Gets Right

    Image viaMark Parkinson: "95 percent of my constituents wanted me to get tough on illegal immigration"​Last week, Daily RFT reported on HB 2449, a bill introduced in the state House of Representatives that would stiffen penalties for people who "harbor" undocumented immigrants in Missouri and make ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    St. Louis Judges Discuss Bail Bond Misconduct Today; Investigation of Mary Catherine Moran and Bob Block Bail Bonds Continues

    Image viaThe city's bail bond system is under review​Four judges from St. Louis' 22nd Judicial Circuit Court will meet at noon today to discuss alleged wrongdoing by Mary Catherine Moran, a former court official, and the city's largest bail bond agency.Presiding judge David Dowd appointed a panel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    How They Voted on Health Care: Missouri and St. Louis Area Representatives

    Todd Akin: Health care reform = fightin' words.​Updated 10:00 a.m. The health care reform bill passed the House of Representatives last night with a 219 to 212 vote. No Republicans supported the measure. Thirty four Democrats also voted no, including Missouri rep Ike Skelton.The bill now heads to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 22, 2010

    Tea Party Goes Crazier: Burn Russ Carnahan in Effigy, Spit on Mo. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver

    St. Louis Tea Party lights it up for Carnahan.​This weekend's health care vote in the U.S. House brought out the radical, right-wing fringe (again). At a St. Louis Tea Party rally outside of Russ Carnahan's St. Louis office on Saturday, an angry mob threw shoes at a photo of the congressman before ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    House To Vote on Health Care Bill on Sunday, All But One Mo. Congressman Toes Party Line

    The legislative process seemed so simple as a child.​After months of protracted debate, the health care overhaul bill is up for another vote in the House of Representatives on Sunday. If passed, the legislation could return next week to the Senate where it would receive an up or down vote -- allow ... More >>

  • Film

    February 17, 2010

    Martin Scorsese's head trip Shutter Island is the good kind of insane

    The legislative process seemed so simple as a child.​After months of protracted debate, the health care overhaul bill is up for another vote in the House of Representatives on Sunday. If passed, the legislation could return next week to the Senate where it would receive an up or down vote -- allow ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    Former MO Congressman Cashing In on Move to Legalize Online Gambling

    Wikimedia CommonsWelcome to the poker "lobby." We'll start you with $300,000...​The Washington Post published an interesting read earlier this week about Dems in Congress who are gunning to overturn laws that make Internet gambling illegal. Rep. Barney Frank and others want the government to regul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2010

    Curt Smith of Tears for Fears is "Head Over Heels" for a Missouri Democrat

    Curt Smith (left) in his younger days.​File under news of the weird: Jake Wagman of the Post-Dispatch reported yesterday that political upstart Tommy Sowers -- a Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Missouri's 8th Congressional District -- had a number of famous donors ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 11, 2009

    Sen. Kit Bond Steals the Show on The Daily Show

    Longtime Missouri Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond, a stalwart Republican, has said more than a few things in his lengthy political career to draw the comedic wrath of Daily Show host Jon Stewart. In April, for instance, he claimed that punishing those responsible for Bush-era torture policies was som ... More >>

  • News

    October 28, 2009

    No Justice: We've bailed out the banks. When do we go after the crooks behind our financial collapse?

    Longtime Missouri Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond, a stalwart Republican, has said more than a few things in his lengthy political career to draw the comedic wrath of Daily Show host Jon Stewart. In April, for instance, he claimed that punishing those responsible for Bush-era torture policies was som ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    How St. Louis Area Congressmen Voted on Last Week's Hate Crime Bill

    Matthew Shepard, a gay Wyoming college student murdered in 1998 and an inspiration for the revised hate-crimes law.​You've probably heard by now how the House of Representatives passed a measure last week that broadens the definition of a "hate crime" to include incidents committed because of the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    The Morning Brew: Monday, 8.3

    After initially rejecting it, the U.S. House passes sweeping food-safety legislation. (Washington Post)Is the demand for meat behind the slaughter of horses in Florida? (AP)The ballyhooed 2005 vintage of Bordeaux is now a (relative) steal. (Wall Street Journal)

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2009

    The Morning Brew: Thursday, 7.30

    The U.S. House of Representatives votes down food-safety legislation. (Reuters)A new study, which looked at older studies, finds that organic food is not healthier than regular food. (Reuters)President Obama has chosen Bud Light as the beer of choice for his summit with Henry Louis Gates and police ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2009

    The Morning Brew: Thursday, 6.18

    A committee in the U.S. House passes food-safety legislation. (Bloomberg)Be careful when you eat and drive. (Buffalo News)A truck carrying glaze for glazed doughnuts overturns near Seattle. Cue the Homer Simpson drooling sound.... (Q13 Fox)

  • Blogs

    March 20, 2009

    Medical Marijuana Comes to the Midwest

    http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/CMAG/938-022~Marijuana-Posters.jpgStarting next month, residents of Michigan will be able to petition their doctor for a pot prescription of up to twelve plants. Michigan is the first non-coastal state east of the Rocky Mountains to enact such a law.Techn ... More >>

  • Music

    January 14, 2009

    Anarchy in the Ozarks: Who'd have guessed there used to be a hardcore punk scene in the backwaters of Missouri?

    http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/CMAG/938-022~Marijuana-Posters.jpgStarting next month, residents of Michigan will be able to petition their doctor for a pot prescription of up to twelve plants. Michigan is the first non-coastal state east of the Rocky Mountains to enact such a law.Techn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 2, 2009

    Forget Dying for the Pro-Life Cause. Let's Send Postcards Instead!

    In November St. Louis' archdiocesan administrator, Bishop Robert Hermann, made headlines when he told church clergy: "I think any bishop here would consider it a privilege to die tomorrow to bring about an end to abortion." The bishop went on: "If we are willing to die tomorrow, then we should be ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 19, 2008

    Make A Little List

    Chasing shadows in film and life

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2007

    Small Plates: Friday, 7/20

    Chasing shadows in film and life

  • News

    December 6, 2006

    Brain Drain

    Unreal learns how to keep young, bright St. Louisans in town — and alive. Plus: Blog o' the Week, advice for the apocalypse and a chat with Bill the Thrill.

  • News

    August 16, 2006

    Hold 'Em Tight

    Unreal went to Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker and all we got was this lousy story.

  • Film

    July 26, 2006

    Missouri Representin'!

    Grass-roots politician Jeff Smith hits the silver screen

  • News

    October 23, 2002

    No Thanks, We're Brits

    Week of October 23, 2002

  • News

    May 9, 2001

    The Worm Turns

    In the '50s, St. Louis took over maintenance of state roads in the city. Now, the city can't give back that responsibility.

  • News

    January 13, 1999

    Legislative Lockdown

    In the '50s, St. Louis took over maintenance of state roads in the city. Now, the city can't give back that responsibility.

  • News

    December 30, 1998

    The Last Picture Show

    In the '50s, St. Louis took over maintenance of state roads in the city. Now, the city can't give back that responsibility.

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