Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Claire McCaskill [D, MO]

Passengers vs. pilots on electronic devices

2013-05-19T01:00:00Z

...told NASA 's Aviation Safety Reporting System about the 2011 incident. The plane landed safely.Public figures from Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) to actor Alec Baldwin have bristled at what they say are excessive rules restricting use of tablets, smartph

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Some Saturday Links: McCaskill Demands Firings In IRS Scandal, Rogue Meter Feeders Terrorize Town, Remoteness

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...arrested for recording a traffic stop. The good guys are winning on this issue. Slowly. But they're winning. -- Good for Sen. Claire McCaskill. It's a rare but welcome sight to see a politician standing up for the rights of her political opponents....

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Emily's List Highlights Military Sexual Assault Fight By Women In Congress

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...sexual offenders from enlisting or being commissioned in the military; and another bill from Klobuchar, with Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), that would establish new criteria for officers in charge of sexual assault prevention programs. The EMILY's List

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McCaskill shines light on bonuses paid to top federal employees

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...schedule, a lofty goal in working for the federal government. A report to be issued today by a subcommittee headed by Sen. Claire McCaskill suggests one reason why. Over a four-year period, the tiny minority (1 percent) of the federal workforce who fill

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Despite sequester, high-level federal executives slated to get bonuses

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...Claire McCaskill in her office on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Olivier Douliery — Abaca Press/MCT WASHINGTON — An elite group of federal employees is set to receive cash bonuses despite this years automatic budget cuts, according to a report tha

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TracFone Wireless, Inc. Signals Support For U.S. Sen. Mccaskill's Proposed Wireless Lifeline Audit

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...issued the following statement today: "As the leader of the federal Lifeline program, we welcome the call by U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill for an independent federal audit of any inefficiencies that may remain in the program. In our view, all responsibl

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Gadgets on planes: The electrified debate goes on

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...PED use on planes has turned into a seething nest of Angry Birds. On one side are passengers, legislators such as Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and electronics manufacturers and suppliers. These folks question the science, and sense unfairness in the ru

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Multiple proposals on assaults in military

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...with a change to a 200-year-old tradition that many Western allies have abandoned. "When charges are brought," said Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., a former prosecutor, "it has to have the power and gravitas of the convening authority. There is not the em

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TracFone Wireless, Inc. Signals Support For U.S. Sen. Mccaskill's Proposed Wireless Lifeline Audit

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

Suspect in Fort Hood sex scandal identified

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...in Air Force history. It's triggered congressional hearings and sweeping changes in the way recruits are trained here. Sens. Claire McCaskill and Amy Klobuchar filed legislation late Wednesday to require the Pentagon to establish strict new criteria for

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Senators seek new rules on military rape

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...aimed at resolving the problem, including changes to the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., introduced legislation Wednesday to require the Pentagon to establish strict new criteria for service m

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Military Sexual Assaults: Who Prevents the Preventers?

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., questions top officials of the Air Force about how they are dealing with the controversy over sexual assaults during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing May 7 on Capitol Hill. There are roughly 9,000 service members who wo

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McCaskill tackling 'ghosts of earmarks past'

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...are virtually no projects would get excluded," said Josh Sewell, an analyst with the nonpartisan Taxpayers for Common Sense. Enter Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., notable in Washington for her anti-earmark crusade since becoming a senator in 2007. McCaskill is

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Army Investigates Sexual Assault Prevention Worker Accused of Sexual Assault

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

..."Our men and women around the world who give themselves and their families certainly must expect more, and deserve more." Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., has been one of the most vocal lawmakers on the issue of sexual assaults in the military since a top

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Armed Forces Sexual Assault Crisis Reaches New Heights

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...to change our military justice system to better hold perpetrators accountable and protect survivors of sexual assault,” Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) said in a statement. Rep. Howard “Buck” McKeon (R-CA) head of the House Armed Services Committee,

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Sexual abuse cases put Pentagon under fire

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...instead with officers at ranks as low as colonel who are seasoned trial counsels with prosecutorial experience. And, Sens. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., introduced legislation Wednesday to require the Pentagon to establish strict

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Soldier who coordinated US Army sexual assault prevention accused of 'abusive sexual contact'

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...abusive sexual contact, aggravated sexual assault and three instances of conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. And Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri, is holding up the nomination of Air Force Lt. Gen. Susan Helms, tapped to serve as vice comman

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US military in new sex assault case

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...May 2013 Last updated at 11:35 ET Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill has held up an Air Force nomination over a sexual assault incident For the second time in as many weeks, a US serviceman assigned to prevent military sex assaults has been accused of se

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GOP response to Obama troubles? 'Party time'

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...some ongoing political consequence. The opportunities (for Republicans) in the Senate for the 2014 elections are there." Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., was asked today about whether she believes the Obama administration could have difficulty in coming da

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Military Sexual Assaults: Who Prevents the Preventers?

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z