Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Local politicians in the news 6/10/2008
Claire McCaskill: The lap dog got her new assignment this week. Claire will be the go-to gal on the new PAYGO program. PAYGO dictates either a cut in spending or a tax increase for any new spending. Well, we know that they won't cut spending! This ought to be entertaining to watch. For the record PAYGO was a Republican concept that they used to keep Clinton's spending in check in the 90s. All you middle class intellectuals that voted for Obama and thought your taxes weren't going to go up under this President, just wait. They want to use PAYGO to cover their healthcare proposal. To be really honest I don't even see how this is feasible with the trillions of new spending that was rammed down our throat already. I guess we'll see.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Our local House representatives in the news 5/17/2009

In breaking news, to celebrate all that our legislators did: Free cake in the Governor's office. Not really guess they were just happy to be done. (Picture Christian Gooden/P-D)
Doug Ervin: As of Friday we have been saved from the Democrats obligating us to 35,000 uninsured Missourians and the Republicans obligating us to 20,000 that cannot get health care because of preexisting conditions. The 2009 legislative session has ended. http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2009/05/16/hopes-health-care-legislation-end-session/
Ryan Silvey: Watch as the lawmakers cry about not getting their part of the stimulus pie. http://lakeexpo.com/articles/2009/05/15/top_news/13.txt
Tim Flook: End of session wrap-up. http://www.komu.com/satellite/SatelliteRender/KOMU.com/ba8a4513-c0a8-2f11-0063-9bd94c70b769/455e423c-80ce-0971-0147-ca59d4d4fc8f
Great article on the end of session legislation that passed both House and Senate http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/politics/story/32FF6554E2FAC442862575B8000C9D4C?OpenDocument
"Invest in Missouri" bill passes both house and senate and await the signature of the mayor. http://www.missourinet.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=12831256-5056-B82A-37D7A56548E05BB7
Jobs bill passes the House and Senate, supposedly to "create" 2,000-5,000 jobs here in the state. I always worry when both parties are in such large agreement and we are proclaiming jobs created before their even created. http://www.missourinet.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=12831256-5056-B82A-37D7A56548E05BB7