Open Congress : News Articles for Jo Ann Emerson

Emerson hopeful on last day on job, calls for Congress to work together

2013-01-23T01:00:00Z

...— After casting her final vote in the U.S. House on Tuesday, Rep. Jo Ann Emerson said she hopes the congressional colleagues shes leaving behind will find a way to be less partisan, more trusting, and more compromising in the 113th Congress. The Cape

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Blog Watch: Wednesday, January 23

2013-01-23T01:00:00Z

...Record contends that Kansas City is in desperate need of a long-term financial plan. PoliticMo writes that U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson's official resignation sets in motion the events for a special election to fill her seat. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch Pol

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Mo. House approves election legislation

2013-01-23T01:00:00Z

...on Tuesday and goes to the Senate. Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder just started his third term and is seeking the Republican nomination to replace U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson. The legislation also would move Missouri's presidential primary from February to March....

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Kansas congresspersons reach fork in the road on debt ceiling

2013-01-23T01:00:00Z

...The other Kansas Reps -- Kevin Yoder, Mike Pompeo, and Lynn Jennings -- were yes votes. In Missouri, Democratic Reps. Emanuel Cleaver and Lacy Clay were no votes. All Republicans voted yes (Jo Ann Emerson has resigned so her district was not represented

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Mo. House approves election legislation

2013-01-23T01:00:00Z

...newly re-elected Republican Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder among the candidates competing for the GOP nomination to replace U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, who resigned from Congress on Tuesday. If Kinder wins the southeastern Missouri congressional seat, Democratic G

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Democrats to choose between three candidates for Emerson seat

2013-01-23T01:00:00Z

...ST. LOUIS • While more than a dozen Republicans tussle publicly for the chance to run for the empty seat of former U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, R-Mo., Democrats are quietly preparing to choose between three candidates of their own this weekend. One state

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Columbus Fellowship Foundation lives on, illustrating budget struggles in Washington

2013-01-22T01:00:00Z

...employees and bipartisan enemies. And yet, it lives. “Cutting . . . is actually a lot harder than people think,” said Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.), who made her own failed effort to kill the program last year. In all, there have been seven explicit e

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Retiring congresswoman leads 2013 lobbying revolving door

2013-01-22T01:00:00Z

...Jo Ann Emerson, who won easy re-election to her 10th term in Congress in November, is expected to officially leave office soon to take over a job as head of one of Washington’s largest and most influential trade associations. According to public recor

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Columbus Fellowship Foundation illustrates austerity struggles in Washington

2013-01-22T01:00:00Z

...employees and bipartisan enemies. And yet, it lives. “Cutting . . . is actually a lot harder than people think,” said Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.) , who made her own failed effort to kill the program last year. In all, there have been seven explicit

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Rep. Emerson's successor to be chosen in June

2013-01-22T01:00:00Z

...CITY, Mo. (AP) - Gov. Jay Nixon says he will set a June 4 special election to choose a successor to Missouri congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson. Emerson, a Republican, was resigning Tuesday after more than 16 years representing southeast Missouri's 8th Congre

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Gov. Nixon selects day to pick Rep. Emerson's successor

2013-01-22T01:00:00Z

...- On Tuesday, Missouri Governor Jay Nixon announced a special election to fill the seat of resigning Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson will take place on June 4. The Republican Congresswoman announced in December she would leave Congress in February to becom

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Mo. Rep. Emerson's successor to be chosen in June

2013-01-22T01:00:00Z

...Rep. Bill Emerson, after he died of lung cancer. Bill Emerson had represented the southeast Missouri district since 1981. Jo Ann Emerson earned a reputation as political moderate — or, as she described herself Tuesday, one of a dwindling number of "ce

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Emerson’s official resignation sets race for replacement into motion

2013-01-22T01:00:00Z

...The resignation of U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson has officially set into motion the special election process. Emerson, in a letter to Gov. Jay Nixon and House Speaker John Boehner, said she would resign effective Wednesday, ending more than three decades of

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U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, R-Mo., to resign next week

2013-01-19T01:00:00Z

...office says her resignation is likely to come Tuesday. Emerson had announced in December that she would resign in February to take a job as president and CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. She later said that she was willing to

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Pedro Sotelo drops out of 8th Congressional race

2013-01-18T01:00:00Z

...Rep. Jo Ann Emerson will not be replaced by a Kansas Citian. Pedro Sotelo, a Kansas City businessman and veteran who declared last month for the 8th Congressional District, has withdrawn his candidacy. Pedro SoteloSotelo is out of the race. Sotelo, 41,

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Blog Watch: Friday, January 18

2013-01-18T01:00:00Z

...The St. Louis Post-Dispatch Political Fix writes that Kansas City businessman Pedro Sotelo will not be running for U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson's seat. 20 Pounds of Headlines reports that Mayor Sly James told the U.S. Conference of Mayors that state laws in

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Seeking committee support, Eight District Republicans tout conservative credentials

2013-01-18T01:00:00Z

...mull their decision about who should carry the Republican banner in the pending special election to replace outgoing U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson. Eleven candidates participated in a forum Thursday night in Cape Girardeau. (PoliticMo Photo) A couple hundred

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NRCC chairman refuses to back Mark Sanford for House

2013-01-17T01:00:00Z

...its policy of staying out of competitive primaries, including for an upcoming special election in Missouri to replace Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R), who is resigning to take a lobbying job. “We believe that the local parties in those districts should make t

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House committee approves bill that addresses lieutenant governor vacancies

2013-01-16T01:00:00Z

JEFFERSON CITY • A Missouri House committee today approved legislation that would clarify how some elected officials would be replaced if they leave office early. The House Elections Committee voted 11-1 in favor of the bill, which states that openings i

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Mo. panel approves bill for filling vacancies

2013-01-15T01:00:00Z

...But opinions differ on how to fill a vacancy in the lieutenant governor's office. Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder is seeking the Republican nomination to replace U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, who is leaving Congress next month. Kinder just started his third term....

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