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How anyone could read my tirade against big drug companies in the Southeast Missourian and the St.

A Veteran's Administration report says five thousand veterans commit suicide each year.

Six years ago yesterday , the U.S. House of Representatives passed a controversial and still-unfunded Medicare prescription-drug bill with an historic and extremely controversial early morning vote.

The Daily Dunklin Democrat profiles Bob Parker today, a Republican challenger to Jo Ann Emerson in the 8th Congressional District.

Speaking last night about why he thinks term limits are a good idea, former Matt Blunt Chief of Staff/Congressional Candidate/MO GOP Chairman Emeritus/Serial Tax Waster Ed Martin said he supports limiting Members of U.S. House to four two-year terms , and would sponsor a Constitutional amendment in Congress to make that happen.

Perry County's representative in Congress, Jo Ann Emerson has signed a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urging the preservation of exact language included in an amendment to the health care bill prohibiting the use of federal funds for abortion in negotiations with the U.S. Senate.

A Texas County rancher, who feels the Eighth Congressional District is "ready for new leadership," recently announced his intention to challenge incumbent Jo Ann Emerson in the August 2010 primary election.

Janie Dunning, Missouri State Director for USDA Rural Development presented a mock check in the amount of $600,000 to the City of Hartville on Tuesday, November 12.

In a news release issued late Monday evening, Cape Girardeau County Republican Party Chairman John Voss sought to tie Democratic congressional candidate Tommy Sowers to a controversial wind power project being built partially with federal stimulus funds.

Democratic Congressional candidate Tommy Sowers generated some chatter around the blogosphere as he raised money Tuesday in New York City and got some attention from CNN political commentator and Democratic consultant Paul Begala.

CNN Commentator and Democratic strategist Paul Begala has some very nice words for 8th Congressional District candidate Tommy Sowers today in The Huffington Post : I must say I tried to talk him out of it [running for Congress]. The district, I said, is too Republican, and the election cycle too challenging.

Six years ago, when Congress was writing a new prescription drug benefit for Medicare, the name-brand pharmaceutical lobby was in Republican leaders' offices carving out subsidies and exemptions for itself.

You have to give Big Ag its due: Big Soy and friends are pushing hard to end the ridiculous US embargo of Cuba.

MoDOT to hold 6th Annual Bridge Competition Missouri Department of Missouri Department of Transportation SIKESTON-MoDOT is sponsoring its sixth annual bridge building competition and has had a huge response from high school juniors and seniors in its 14-county Southeast District-26 schools signed-up, with approximately 300 students participating.

Democrats who may be worried about the 2010 congressional races have a long shot hero this Veterans' Day in a most unlikely place: Rush Limbaugh's home congressional district, the 8th District of Missouri.

Is money from health industries influencing Missouri representatives in the vote for health care reform? It's been sixty years its been since President Harry Truman became the first president to attempt to reform the health care system.

Tommy Sowers, the Iraq war veteran mounting the first well-funded challenge to U.S. Rep.

Washington -- Missouri Rep. Ike Skelton will stand with Republicans in opposing a historic $1.1 trillion health care bill that Democrats plan to debate Saturday.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. Chain pharmacy opposition to new drug importation proposals is growing in urgency, as momentum builds in Congress for legislation that would allow Americans to directly import pharmaceuticals from Canada and other countries for their own use.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is urging a vote on her health care bill Saturday in the hopes of forcing to a conclusion a debate that's been raging for most of the year.