M001170 1953-07-24 717 Hart Senate Office Building http://mccaskill.senate.gov/contact/ 202-228-6326 Claire 'd':4 'mo':5 'sen':1 'clair':2,6,8 'mccaskil':3,7,9 F 412243 McCaskill Claire_McCaskill Sen. Claire McCaskill [D, MO] N00027694 11458 Democrat 202-224-6154 MO Claire McCaskill 3.33333333333333 http://mccaskill.senate.gov/ 412243 Person sen\. Sun Nov 08 11:17:07 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...Fire USA, a national youth organization with headquarters in Kansas City, will celebrate its centennial next year, and Sen. Claire McCaskill will be the honorary chairwoman. The organization has been based here since 1977. As part of the centennial, Cam 'cam':48 'sen':27 'usa':3,10 '1977':42 'base':39 'camp':1 'citi':19 'fire':2,9 'mark':5 'next':7,24 'part':44 'sinc':41 'year':8,25 'clair':28 'kansa':18 'organ':14,36 'youth':13 'celebr':21 'nation':12 'centenni':6,23,47 'honorari':33 'mccaskil':29 'headquart':16 'chairwoman':34 'kansascity.com':49 6619028 true true daylife KansasCity.com http://www.kansascity.com/ OK http://www.kansascity.com/115/story/1552229.html 412243 Person democrat Wed Nov 04 22:38:52 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...weeks and expand a tax credit for homebuyers. The final vote was 98 to 0 with Democratic Sens. Robert Byrd of West Virginia and Claire McCaskill of Missouri not voting. “With each passing day without an extension, more and more Americans are losing th '0':21 '98':19 'th':50 'day':40 'sen':24 'tax':11 'byrd':26 'lose':49 'pass':39 'vote':2,17,36 'week':7 'west':28 'clair':31 'final':16 'senat':1 'credit':12 'expand':9 'extend':4 'extens':43 'robert':25 'benefit':6 'homebuy':14 'without':41 'american':47 'democrat':23 'mccaskil':32 'missouri':34 'unemploy':5 'virginia':29 'minnpost.com':51 6582712 true true daylife MinnPost.com http://www.minnpost.com/ OK http://www.minnpost.com/cynthiadizikes/2009/11/04/13169/senate_votes_to_extend_unemployment_benefits 412243 Person senator Sun Nov 01 11:17:06 -0600 2009 Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...••• Former Missouri senator Jim Talent is keeping his name in the news, and it’s not lost on anyone that a rematch with Sen. Claire McCaskill could be in the offing in 2012. Talent is serving as vice chair of the bipartisan Commission on the Pre 'of':41 'ask':7 'jim':14 'lbj':5 'pre':56 'sen':34 'two':9 '2012':43 'keep':17 'lost':27 'name':19 'news':22 'serv':46 'vice':48 'anyon':29 'chair':49 'clair':35 'could':37 'kansa':8 'obama':1 'senat':10,13 'former':11 'talent':15,44 'certain':3 'commiss':53 'rematch':32 'mccaskil':36 'missouri':12 'bipartisan':52 'kansascity.com':57 6550257 true true daylife KansasCity.com http://www.kansascity.com/ OK http://www.kansascity.com/news/columnists/steve_kraske/story/1541985.html 412243 Person congress Sat Oct 31 22:21:41 -0500 2009 Sat Oct 31 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...has grown this year. Members of Congress want to know what the government is doing to protect consumers. Recently, Sen. Claire McCaskill, R-Mo., was blunt when she questioned administration officials. "There are also hoaxes out there right now. There ar 'r':33 'ar':51 'mo':34 'abc':52 'fda':1 'flu':9 'sen':29 'also':44 'cure':6 'hoax':45 'know':19 'news':53 'r-mo':32 'want':17 'year':13 'blunt':36 'clair':30 'grown':11 'right':48 'swine':8 'consum':27 'govern':22 'member':14 'miracl':5 'offici':41 'recent':28 'protect':26 'congress':16 'mccaskil':31 'question':39 'administr':40 6546761 true true daylife ABC News http://abcnews.go.com/ OK http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/fda-warns-consumers-unapproved-swine-flu-treatments/story?id=8965280 412243 Person democrat Sun Nov 01 11:17:06 -0600 2009 Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...has suggested a trick whereby the option would appear only if private insurers don't offer enough "affordable" coverage. Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat, offers kind words about both roundabout ways for enabling a public option. "I think we e 'e':50 'sen':29 'way':41 'fear':4 'kind':36 'time':53 'word':37 'clair':30 'enabl':43 'froma':1 'insur':22 'offer':25,35 'think':48 'trick':13 'would':17 'afford':27 'appear':18 'enough':26 'harrop':2 'option':9,16,46 'privat':21 'public':45 'coverag':28 'phantom':6 'suggest':11 'wherebi':14 'democrat':34 'mccaskil':31 'missouri':33 'roundabout':40 'shreveport':52 6550258 true true daylife The Shreveport Times http://www.shreveporttimes.com/ OK http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20091101/OPINION0106/910300362/1007/OPINION 412243 Person senate Fri Oct 30 11:16:08 -0500 2009 Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...most pointed criticism came from Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs contracting subcommittee chairwoman Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., a strong administration supporter. "I was proud to be standing with the president during his announcemen 'd':27 'mo':28 'sen':23 'came':12 'd-mo':26 'clair':24 'point':10 'proud':35 'secur':16 'senat':1,14 'stand':38 'affair':19 'critic':11 'presid':41 'strong':30 'concern':3 'express':2 'guidanc':8 'support':32 'contract':7,20 'homeland':15 'mccaskil':25 'administr':5,31 'chairwoman':22 'government':18 'announcemen':44 'govexec.com':45 'subcommitte':21 6532797 true true daylife GovExec.com http://govexec.com/ OK http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1009/102809e1.htm?rss=getoday&oref=rss 412243 Person senator Wed Oct 28 22:29:01 -0500 2009 Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...shouldn't be two of you here. Only in the federal government would we have two people doing the same thing," said Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., in a blunt assessment of the situation, which she described as "nonsense." Referring to Rural Utilities Servi 'd':35 'mo':36 'red':1 'sen':31 'two':12,24 'd-mo':34 'hurt':4 'said':30 'tape':2 'util':52 'warn':8 'blunt':39 'clair':32 'could':3 'feder':19 'peopl':25 'refer':49 'rural':51 'senat':7 'servi':53 'thing':29 'would':21 'assess':40 'govern':20 'situat':43 'describ':46 'nextgov':54 'nonsens':48 'program':6 'shouldn':9 'mccaskil':33 'broadband':5 6519851 true true daylife NextGov http://www.nextgov.com/ OK http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20091028_7403.php?oref=rss 412243 Person congress Fri Oct 30 11:16:08 -0500 2009 Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...Congress are reconciling committee versions of health care reform legislation. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, Sen. Kit Bond and Sen. Claire McCaskill have not voted on the health care measures in committee. Emerson, a Republican, said she is not convinced a gover 'jo':19 'ann':20 'kit':23 'rep':18 'sen':22,26 'bond':24 'cape':6 'care':2,15,35 'come':4 'said':42 'vote':31 'clair':27 'debat':3 'gover':48 'today':7 'health':1,14,34 'legisl':17 'measur':36 'reform':16 'convinc':46 'emerson':21,39 'version':12 'committe':11,38 'congress':8 'mccaskil':28 'reconcil':10 'southeast':49 'missourian':50 'republican':41 6532795 true true daylife Southeast Missourian http://www.semissourian.com/ OK http://www.semissourian.com/story/1582331.html 412243 Person sen\. Fri Oct 30 11:16:08 -0500 2009 Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...and KMBC's Micheal Mahoney reports that 500 people (450 of them union workers) work at the overhaul base. Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill tweeted her feelings. My heart goes out to the great American Airlines machinists & their families in KC that got wo 'kc':8,50 'wo':53 '450':20 '500':18 '700':4 'cut':3 'goe':39 'got':52 'job':5 'sen':31 'base':10,29 'citi':55 'feel':36 'kmbc':12 'work':25 'clair':32 'close':7 'great':43 'heart':38 'kansa':54 'peopl':19 'pitch':57 'tweet':34 'union':23 'airlin':2,45 'famili':48 'report':16 'worker':24 'mahoney':15 'micheal':14 'american':1,44 'mccaskil':33 'missouri':30 'overhaul':9,28 'machinist':46 'nationwid':6 6532798 true true daylife Kansas City The Pitch http://www.pitch.com/ OK http://blogs.pitch.com/plog/2009/10/american_airlines_cutting_700_jobs_nationwide_closing_kansas_city_overhaul_base.php 412243 Person sen\. Wed Oct 28 22:29:01 -0500 2009 Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0500 2009 ...Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight. Subcommittee Chairman Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) said she is seriously concerned with the OMB’s new guidelines. McCaskill said the OMB has given governm 'd':31 'mo':32 'new':1,42 'omb':40,47 'say':9 'sen':27 'd-mo':30 'govt':2 'hous':11 'news':53 'rule':4 'said':33,45 'save':6 'talk':51 'clair':28 'given':49 'radio':52 'secur':17 'white':10 'would':5 'affair':20 'budget':12 'offici':13 'servic':54 'taxpay':7 'billion':8 'concern':37 'governm':50 'serious':36 'chairman':26 'committe':14 'contract':3,23 'guidelin':43 'homeland':16 'mccaskil':29,44 'oversight':24 'government':19 'subcommitte':21,25 6519850 true true daylife Talk Radio News Service http://talkradionews.com/ OK http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheTalkRadioNewsService/~3/oMDecDNOYsU/ 412243 Person republican Fri Nov 06 22:26:20 -0600 2009 Fri Nov 06 00:00:00 -0600 2009 It's also fairly interesting that it looks like the median point between all the Senators is not that close to the center of the circle, rather it''s edged over to the right due to the weight of the majority Republican Senator being jammed up 'day':4 'due':41 'edg':36 'jam':51 'also':9 'blog':54 'drum':57 'fair':10 'jone':6 'like':15 'look':14 'mojo':53 'post':55 'chart':1 'circl':32 'close':26 'kevin':56 'major':47 'point':18 'right':40 'senat':22,49 'center':29 'median':17 'mother':5 'rather':33 'weight':44 'interest':11 'republican':48 6604388 false true google blog MoJo Blog Posts: kevin drum http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum OK http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2009/11/chart-day 412243 Person senate Fri Nov 06 22:26:20 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Claire McCaskill and Robert Byrd abstained. I'm not sure what the McCaskill deal was, but it's my understanding that Byrd was out sick. Earlier, the vote to end the filibuster passed 97-1. Jim DeMint, in case you were wondering, ... 'm':20 '-1':47 '97':46 'day':12 'els':7 'end':42 'jim':48 'byrd':17,34 'case':51 'deal':26 'look':5 'pass':45 'sick':37 'sure':22 'vote':40 'clair':13 'senat':9 'demint':49 'extend':3 'robert':16 'wonder':54 'abstain':18 'benefit':2 'earlier':38 'jobless':1 'filibust':44 'mccaskil':14,25 'understand':32 'demconwatch':55 6604387 false true google blog DemConWatch http://www.demconwatchblog.com/ OK http://www.demconwatchblog.com/diary/2722/jobless-benefits-extended-but-look-what-else-the-senate-did-same-day 412243 Person congress Thu Nov 05 11:23:01 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...50 people from STL area…have appointments to meet with 6 Missouri Congressional leaders: Rep. Todd Akin, Sen. Chris Bond, Sen. Claire McCaskill, Rep. Russ Carnahan, Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer and Rep. Jo Ann Emerson. Sandra said, “This is not a vacati '6':22 '50':12 'dc':7 'jo':43 'ann':44 'rep':26,35,38,42 'sen':29,32 'stl':15 'akin':28 'area':16 'bond':31 'meet':20 'russ':36 'said':47 'todd':27 'audio':10 'blain':39 'chris':30 'clair':33 'peopl':13 'ralli':3 'troop':4 'video':11 'leader':25 'massiv':6 'michel':1 'pundit':54 'sandra':46 'vacati':52 'appoint':18 'emerson':45 'gateway':53 'protest':8 'bachmann':2 'carnahan':37 'mccaskil':34 'missouri':23 'luetkemey':40 'audio-video':9 'congression':24 6587696 false true daylife Gateway Pundit http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/ OK http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2009/11/michele-bachmann-rallies-troops-before-massive-dc-protest-to-kill-socialized-health-care-bill-audio-video/ 412243 Person senate Thu Nov 05 22:30:08 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 In the Senate hearing, Shasky told Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) that “there's no question” the use of shell companies to evade law enforcement has grown. In a recent training session with 75 investigators, Shasky said, she asked how ... 'd':20 '75':44 'mo':21 'ask':49 'law':34 'sen':16 'use':28 'bill':1 'd-mo':19 'evad':33 'hear':13 'main':8,51 'rais':3 'said':47 'told':15 'veil':4 'clair':17 'grown':37 'senat':12 'shell':30 'train':41 'would':2 'corpor':6 'enforc':35 'justic':9,52 'recent':40 'record':7 'shaski':14,46 'compani':31 'session':42 'investig':45 'mccaskil':18 'question':26 6593893 false true google blog Main Justice http://www.mainjustice.com/ OK http://www.mainjustice.com/2009/11/05/bill-would-raise-veil-on-corporate-records/ 412243 Person senator Thu Nov 05 22:30:08 -0600 2009 Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill said it best when she said, “It's important for my constituents to know that I do my own laundry.” Sending your followers on a treasure hunt. Twitter is a great way to drive traffic to stories, videos, ... '7':1 'sin':3 'way':44 'best':15 'dead':2 'hunt':39 'know':26 'said':13,18 'send':33 'clair':11 'drive':46 'elect':55 'great':43 'polit':7,51 'senat':10 'stori':49 'tweet':5 'video':50 'women':56 'follow':35 'import':21 'laundri':32 'resourc':53 'traffic':47 'treasur':38 'twitter':40 'campaign':8,52 'constitu':24 'mccaskil':12 'missouri':9 'politician':6 6593894 false true google blog Political Campaign Resources to Elect Women http://www.electwomen.com/ OK http://www.electwomen.com/?p=2878 412243 Person sen\. Wed Nov 04 22:38:52 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 ...or invest in annuities with high commissions. Guess who profits from those commissions? The NCLC joined with U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, author of a 2008 law strengthening consumer protections against predatory marketing practices in reverse mortgages. 'bad':1 'law':33 'sen':26 'u.s':25 '2008':32 'high':13 'join':23 'nclc':22 'prey':5 'actor':2 'clair':27 'guess':15 'author':29 'consum':35 'invest':9 'market':39 'profit':17 'revers':42 'senior':7 'annuiti':11 'commiss':14,20 'continu':3 'mortgag':43 'practic':40 'protect':36 'mccaskil':28 'predatori':38 'walletpop':44 'strengthen':34 6582713 false true daylife WalletPop http://www.walletpop.com/ OK http://www.walletpop.com/blog/2009/11/04/bad-actors-continue-to-prey-on-seniors/ 412243 Person democrat Thu Nov 05 22:30:08 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 She showed Eleanor Roosevelt around Mount Holyoke College. She went head to head with Mayor Richard J. Daley on the Democratic Party's treatment of women. She smashed the glass ceiling before it was a buzz word. Joanne Alter died almost ... 'j':26 'chf':9 'die':49 'row':52 'sen':4 'buzz':45 'ceil':40 'head':20,22 'show':11 'went':19 'word':46 'alter':3,48 'clair':5 'daley':27 'glass':39 'honor':1 'joann':2,47 'mayor':24 'mount':15 'parti':31 'smash':37 'speak':7 'women':35 'almost':50 'around':14 'colleg':17 'holyok':16 'eleanor':12 'printer':51 'richard':25 'democrat':30 'mccaskil':6 'roosevelt':13 'treatment':33 6593892 false true google blog Printers Row http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/printers-row/ OK http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/printers-row/2009/11/she-showed-eleanor-roosevelt-around-mount-holyoke-college-she-went-head-to-head-with-mayor-richard-j-daley-on-the-democra.html 412243 Person senator Wed Nov 04 22:38:44 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 James Clyburn and Senator Claire McCaskill! This is like putting the fox in charge of the hen house. The only Hillary supporter on there that I can determine is AFT President and lesbian rights leader, Randi Weingarten who quickly ... 'bb':1 'aft':36 'fox':18 'hen':23 'put':16 'hous':24 'jame':7 'king':2 'like':15 'charg':20 'clair':11 'obama':4 'quick':45 'randi':42 'right':40 'senat':10 'leader':41 'presid':37 'clyburn':8 'hillari':27 'lesbian':39 'quarter':6,47 'support':28 'determin':34 'mccaskil':12 'weingarten':43 6582710 false true google blog NO QUARTER http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/ OK http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/2009/11/04/bb-king-to-obama/ 412243 Person senator Thu Nov 05 11:22:56 -0600 2009 Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Sen. Claire McCaskill was one of just two Senators not present to vote on extending unemployment benefits. But her office said she still supported the measure and would've voted for it if she could've made the vote. ... 've':37,44 'ky3':1,48 'one':13 'sen':9 'two':16 'made':45 'miss':5 'said':29 'vote':7,21,38,47 'clair':10 'could':43 'offic':28 'polit':2,49 'senat':17 'still':31 'would':36 'extend':23 'measur':34 'benefit':25 'present':19 'support':32 'mccaskil':4,11 'notebook':3,50 'unemploy':6,24 6587693 false true google blog KY3 Political Notebook http://ky3.blogspot.com/ OK http://ky3.blogspot.com/2009/11/mccaskill-misses-unemployment-vote-but.html 412243 Person sen\. Thu Nov 05 11:22:56 -0600 2009 Tue Nov 03 00:00:00 -0600 2009 Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) 202-224-4041. Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-ND) 202-224-2551. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) 202-224-6154. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) 202-224-5824". Posted by Freedom isn't Free at 9:12 AM ... '9':50 'd':20,29,38 '12':51 'ct':12 'la':39 'mo':30 'nd':21 '202':13,22,31,40 'isn':46 'joe':8 'sen':7,16,25,34 '-224':14,23,32,41 'd-la':37 'd-mo':28 'd-nd':19 'free':48 'i-ct':10 'know':6 'mari':35 'need':4 'post':43 '-2551':24 '-4041':15 '-5824':42 '-6154':33 'byron':17 'clair':26 'laura':2 'dorgan':18 'freedom':45 'ingraham':3 'landrieu':36 'mccaskil':27 'lieberman':9 'blogpatriot':1,53 6587694 false true google blog BlogPatriot http://blogpatriot2.blogspot.com/ OK http://blogpatriot2.blogspot.com/2009/11/laura-ingraham-need-to-know.html