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Blunt supports extending lower student loan rate
— U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt said Thursday that he supports a proposal to extend a lower interest rate for federal student loans. Blunt, a Missouri Republican, endorsed a $5.9 billion plan to extend the current 3.4 percent interest rate on Stafford student loans for another year. “We ought to be doing everything we can to [...]
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Problems continue at a St. Louis Veterans Affairs facility at the center of a 2010 health scare. The John Cochrane Division at the St. Louis VA Medical Center is the facility some 1,800 veterans were exposed to disease as a result of improperly cleaned dental equipment two years ago. Now, the [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The U.S. Senate is poised to take up the much-publicized “Buffett Rule” later this month, and Missouri’s Senators are split on the issue of raising taxes on the nation’s wealthiest citizens. Named for billionaire investor Warren Buffett, who gained much attention last year when he came out in favor of an [...]
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COLUMBIA, Mo. – A week after the U.S. Senate blocked President Barack Obama’s call to end federal subsidies to the nation’s five largest oil companies, Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill toured the state to keep on pushing the president’s message. “These five big oil companies do not need extra help with the tax goodies we give [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Politicians are in a budget cutting mood in Washington D.C. and Missouri farmers hope the the axe doesn’t cut too deeply. Last week, House Budget Committee chairman, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, proposed cutting farm programs by $30 billion over the next ten years. The cuts would come generally from reductions and [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — In a struggling economy, where every job is precious, the letters B.R.A.C. hold a special terror for Missouri. They stand for Base Realignment and Closure, and this week, the Pentagon came before Sen. Claire McCaskill’s Subcommittee on Military Readiness and Management Support with those awful letters on their minds and [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Sen. Roy Blunt says he is looking into FEMA’s rejection of a disaster declaration for Missouri in the wake of last month’s deadly tornadoes, but admits the agency may have good reason to turn Missouri down for direct aid. Three people died, and heavy damage occurred across the southern third of [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The U.S. Senate has passed its version of a highway funding bill, and while there’s some relief for Missouri, MoDOT officials aren’t thrilled about the legislation overall. The bill, which is on its way to the House of Representatives, provides level funding for the next two years at the same level [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – When it comes to her voting record, Sen. Claire McCaskill is squarely in the middle of the road. That’s according to a recent review by the National Journal, which every year studies the voting records of Congress and ranks them along the ideological spectrum. McCaskill, a Democrat, ranked as the 50th [...]
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Senator Roy Blunt is defending himself amid the controversy over an amendment he sponsors that would allow for people or institutions to opt out of provisions of the new national health care act due to religious or morale objections. “People would have the same right going forward that they have [...]
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