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Show Me Progress GOP State Rep. Denny Hoskins displays Liebermanesque levels of sanctimony in a radio interview today. Somehow not paying over $20,000 in taxes becomes Chris Moreno's fault. And Michael Bersin's.
Show Me Progress:: Denny Hoskins (r) in the 121st District: who is to to blame for all this misfortu
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Representative Denny Hoskins (r - noun, verb, CPA) at his June 19, 2009 townhall meeting in Knob Noster, Missouri. Uh, we were there, we covered three of his townhalls in the same day, and it was interesting. So what's the big deal?
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GOP Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-09) was caught using a lobbyist written speech (Joe Wilson used a portion of the exact same speech.)
The Ron Burgundy reference writes itself. http://blog.showmeprogress.com/diary/378
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Now, speechifying in law making is not a field where you write your own material. Typically the writers are actual employees or peers. But when a biotech company lobbyist is ghostwriting your speeches, that's a bit different.
Show Me Progress Mr. Noun Verb CPA owes $20K in back taxes. Oops.
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Oh. My. And I thought Denny Hoskins was having a bad freshman year before the news broke yesterday that he owes over $20,000 in back taxes on properties his rental property business owns with his brother.
Show Me Progress Please thank Cleaver, Lacy Clay, and Carnahan for their efforts on behalf of health care reform legislation with a public option.
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The House vote on health care legislation, scheduled for Saturday, precedes the Thanksgiving break. HCAN (Health Care for America Now) is urging St. Louisans to turn out and thank the two St. Louis Congressmen who will vote in favor of it: Lacy Clay and Russ Carnahan.
Show Me Progress Ads are running in Roy Blunt and Blaine Luetkmeyer's respective districts on their awful votes against the American Clean Energy and Security Act.
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The LCV ads show just how big oil companies are thanking Blunt and Luetkemeyer for their "No" votes on the American Clean Energy and Security Act.
Show Me Progress Senator Claire McCaskill is live right now with parents & teachers on improving financial aid for higher education.Watch it: http://su.pr/2i8yX3
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Senator Claire McCaskill speaks with educators, parents, and students about opportunities for financial aid available to Missourians.View the live stream below by clicking the 'play' button.
Show Me Progress Can we get Ike Skelton to support the public option? If you live in the 4th or know anyone who does, make sure your voices are heard today!
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A little birdy just told me that Ike Skelton, contrary to his previous dithering on the public option, is still a gettable vote for a robust public option. Maybe he read Willy's piece. Who knows?
Show Me Progress Cynthia Davis and Todd Akin really do live in an alternate universe, and we've got the video to prove it.
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I've been down the rabbit hole. Monday evening, I attended a town hall hosted by Cynthia Davis, with Todd Akin as her guest, and attended by 25 or 30 of their true believers. What had been billed as an ...
Show Me Progress Where is the alternative health care bill that Roy Blunt promised? (4 page memos without actual numbers don't count.)
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Come with me now on a trip back in time. It was in the balmy and glorious month of June, and republicans were really feeling quite heady and on top of the world, for a shrinking minority party. Remember? ...
Show Me Progress Get well soon, Rep. Low!
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Beth Low is not sick with sinus infection afterall. Its H1N1. Yippee...I'll have deveolped immune resistance when the superflu hits.
Show Me Progress Something funny is going in Warrensburg, Missouri.
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"The thing that really upsets me, that kinda got me going originally was, for years, there was a Christmas tree lit atSelmoPark. Remember that? . . . drive by? He stopped that. I mean, I think every ...
Show Me Progress There are a lot of bad petitions floating around, so watch what you sign. Here's one of them.
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OFFICIAL BALLOT TITLE AS CERTIFIED BYSECRETARY OF STATEShall the Missouri Constitution be amended to restrict the ability of the General Assembly, counties, and other political subdivisions to tax and ...
Show Me Progress Here's a first person report of Vice President Joe Biden's visit to St. Louis yesterday, with some video of his speech.
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Speaking Thursday at the St. Louis County Police and Fire Training Center, Joe Biden described how this nation has stepped back from the brink of economic disaster since Obama took office on January 20th. ...
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A happy followup on an earlier post we had about a relative who was carrying a baby girl with a condition that caused her to lack part of her abdominal wall. At the time of our first post, the insurance company tried to deny covering the baby because of a pre-existing condition.
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over a relative who was struggling with our broken healthcare system, a cousin who was carrying a baby girl with a pre-existing condition, Gastroschisis.
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It's bad enough that Rush can claim Missouri as a home state. Let's not allow him to be a part of the once and future elite football organization known as the St. Louis Rams. http://blog.showmeprogress.com/diary/361
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Whereas Post-Dispatch columnist Kevin Horrigan explains that Limbaugh hates socialism and that the NFL is a highly socialistic organization, and
