Roy Blunt News

Republican Congressman Roy Blunt draws the ire of The Washington Monthly 's Steve Benen for suggesting that maybe Medicare wasn't such a good idea after all.

They don't want to talk about it. From GOP Rep. Roy Blunt's office: Missouri Congressman Roy Blunt accused the House Democratic leadership of refusing to debate the use of tax dollars to compensate foreign nations for relocating Guantanamo detainees.

Those of you who rallied against cap and trade till the bitter end of the House vote: listen up.

After deciding not to run for the U.S. Senate last month, former State Department official Tom Schweich announced his run for Missouri auditor on Tuesday.

An I-Team analysis of how Missouri is spending its $4 billion in Federal Recovery money may surprise you.

Former State Department official Tom Schweich kicked off his campaign Tuesday for Missouri auditor with a pledge to act as "a fiscal hawk" over the state's share of federal stimulus money.

I have to admit that I laughed out loud when I saw the title of a Talking Points Memo blog post, On Health Care: GOP is Out of Touch with Reality .

Roy Blunt isn't one for small fights. The seven-term congressman, now a candidate for Senate, is leading Republican efforts in Congress to stave off the far-reaching changes in national health care policy that President Barack Obama and Democrats have in mind.

Washington -- If you want a tour of the White House, get your request in early -- and cross your fingers.

Since it's been a month or so since my last update on things in Missouri, thought it was time to post on how things are developing.

The Kroger Co. is recalling ground beef sold in some of its grocery stores, including those in eastern Missouri.

Posted on Wednesday, July 01, 2009 at 6:20 a.m. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has found no problems with the brakes on a tractor-trailer that plowed into stalled cars in a turnpike accident that killed 10 people.

Missouri Agriculture Secretary Jon Hagler speaks to the crowd at the SEMO Democrat Caucus rally Saturday night at the Dexter Elks Lodge.

Truck driver Donald Creed had a clean record when the state of Missouri renewed his commercial driver's license in April.

Posted on Tuesday, June 30, 2009 at 6:05 a.m. U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt has received the endorsement of the National Republican Senatorial Committee in his bid to succeed Sen.

U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt has received the endorsement of the National Republican Senatorial Committee in his bid to succeed Sen.

Missouri Progressive Party co-chair Midge Potts, at left, is shown with US Senator Claire McCaskill, a Democrat who successfully campaigned to break the chain of Republican victories by defeating Jim Talent in November 2006.

U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt speaks at the GOP Pig Roast Saturday at Cape Girardeau County Park South.

Via FiredUp Missouri, we get to add Missouri GOP Congressman/Senate candidate Roy Blunt's affair to the drama swirling around Mark Sanford's affair.

As we noted this morning , a Washington Examiner story posted yesterday was changed after publication and distrubution to remove the words, "having gone through an affair" from this sentence: Rep.