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Rep. Roy Blunt's Senate campaign estimates liberal special interest groups have spent more than $500,000 in negative advertising attacking his record -- and it's not even 2010 yet.

The U.S. House of Representatives headed to a final vote on a sweeping healthcare overhaul on Saturday, with Democratic leaders confident they can secure the 218 votes needed for a narrow victory.

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.

November 5, 2009 - Thousands of people from across the coutnry protest the health care bill at the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC.

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.

It's alive. The Medicare end-of-life planning provision that 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said was tantamount to "death panels" for seniors is staying in the latest Democratic health care bill unveiled Thursday.

3, 2008. Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images Republicans In Congress Website After months spent criticizing Democrats' health overhaul plans, House Republicans have produced a draft proposal of their own.

The Senate race may be a year away but Republicans are coming out swinging. "We're calling on the secretary of state to say ACORN is a bad organization," said Lloyd Smith, executive director of the Missouri Republican Party.

Missouri Republican Rep. Roy Blunt said Americans civilians -- not terrorism suspects -- should get priority to receive the vaccine.

As the H1N1 flu vaccine trickles into the Kansas City area, there's a central point worth repeating: It's been tested and it appears to be safe.

I always thought I made out pretty well on Christmas morning. Over the years I scored box seats to Reds-Dodgers games when they were the hottest ticket in town, a motorized yard cart with the a oeBatmana insignia painted on the front , Matchbox cars, a Tyco train set and various other diversions.

On paper, Representative Alan Grayson, a freshman Democrat from Florida, seems a bit stiff: degrees from Harvard and Harvard Law; a resume that includes clerking for the United States Court of Appeals under Judges Antonin Scalia , Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Robert Bork ; an advocate for the aging.

The House Republican leadership " guaranteed " that they would offer an alternative health care reform bill.

Numerous media figures and outlets have followed in lockstep, with the Politico 's Jonathan Allen asserting that the bill "comes out to about $2.24 million per word," and Sean Hannity claiming that "if you can't put this down in 30 pages or less, it proves that this is a complicated, you know, bunch of bureaucratic garbage." EMBED House Republicans ...

Marco Rubio is the conservative Florida Republican running against Governor Charlie Crist in the GOP Senate primary.

Though Roy Blunt is hoping Missourians and the press forget about his "guarantee" to deliver a comprehensive health care bill that "costs less and provides better care for the American people," many members of his own caucus have not.

In the last ten years, Republicans have had twice as many Southern Senate incumbents get tossed out of office by the voters.

Former Republican Party official Ann Wagner will serve as chairwoman of Roy Blunt's U.S. Senate campaign.

In mid-August, a seven-man team of divers from Kentucky spent four days retrieving a broken steel turbine blade from the bottom of Stockton Lake.

The Missouri Congressional Delegation has introduced a resolution to honor the sacrifices made by our Armed Forces and in support of our military families.