Rep. Roy Blunt

Republican  •  7th District, Missouri  •  7th Term  •  Sworn In 1997
Current Term 2009 - 2010 View All
  • Votes with party 92%
  • Abstains: 7%

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11/24/09
RE: Roy Blunt

"Exceeding even 'War and Peace' in length," Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., said of the House bill. Said Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas: "'War and Peace' — some people ...

Source: The Associated Press
11/24/09
Weapon in health fight: how big the bill is

...‘War and Peace,'” Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah said of the Senate bill. “Exceeding even ‘War and Peace' in length,” Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., said of the House bill. Said Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas: “'War and Peace' — some people conside

11/24/09
Roses & Thorns

...on the USS Liberty that killed 34 and wounded 117 U.S. Navy and Marine personnel. He tried again on Veterans Day with Rep. Roy Blunt at the Strafford High School event. Blunt told the crowd that "Israel is our strongest ally in the Middle East". A ROSE:

11/24/09
SPIN METER: 'War and Peace' in 209 pages?

WASHINGTON Republicans are using everything short of forklifts to show Americans that Democratic health care legislation is an unwieldy mountain of paper. They pile it high on desks, hoist it on a shoulder trussed in sturdy rope and tell people it's

11/24/09
Roses & Thorns

He tried again on Veterans Day with Rep. Roy Blunt at the Strafford High School event. Blunt told the crowd that "Israel is our strongest ally in the Middle ...

Source: News-Leader.com
11/23/09
Voice of the Day Be like Good Samaritan on health care

In a recent News-Leader, Roy Blunt voted no to end the insurance companies' option to charge higher premiums for "unhealthy clients. ...

Source: News-Leader.com
11/23/09
Democrats at risk in 2010 shift from offense to defense

Seven-term Republican Rep. Roy Blunt, 59, who is running for Bond's seat, is telling voters that Democrats shouldn't have a lock on Washington: "The whole ...

Source: USA Today
11/22/09
Attorney: 9/11 defendants want platform to air views

A lawyer representing one of the 9/11 defendants said Sunday that the five defendants will plead not guilty to air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy. Scott Fenstermaker, the attorney of accused 9/11 terrorist Ali Abd Al-Aziz Ali, said that his

Source: The Hill
11/22/09
Only a revolution could bring change

Why single out Roy Blunt? If your party were not in bed with the tort lawyers, we could have true health care reform in this country. ...

Source: News-Leader.com
11/22/09
TARP report on AIG bailout sparks calls for Fed audit

Rep. Cummings specifically noted the report's criticism of regulators' unwillingness to negotiate counterparty concessions because the New York Federal ...

Source: Business Insurance
11/22/09
Uninsured should not be penalized

Rep. Roy Blunt voted against health care reform -- I think his constituents will vote him out of office. The one thing in the health care bill I don't like ...

Source: News-Leader.com
11/21/09
Voice of the Day Blunt confirms points in article

Responding to Roy Blunt's attack on my earlier Voices article attacking public records as "patently false," Congressman Roy Blunt ironically confirmed my ...

Source: News-Leader.com
11/21/09
Palin says she spoke with McCain on Friday, praises former running mate

...Erickson explores wether or not voting for cloture on healthcare reform is a vote for the bill. A new poll shows Rep. Roy Blunt (R) and Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan (D) running close to even in the Show Me State's 2010 Senate race. … Re

Source: The Hill
11/21/09
Medicare managed by the federal government

US Rep. Roy Blunt said, "Medicare is managed by the federal government through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). ...

Source: News-Leader.com
11/20/09
Long has best name ID in new 7th District congressional race poll

... name identification among the crowded field of Republican candidates vying to replace Rep. Roy Blunt in Congress next year, according to a new poll. ...

Source: News-Leader.com
11/19/09
Geithner Faces Growing Wave of Criticism

...senior House Republicans — Rep. Spencer Bachus , the ranking Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, and Rep. Roy Blunt , the lead GOP negotiator during the creation of the TARP in 2008 — circulated a letter Thursday demanding a hearin

Source: CQ Politics
11/19/09
RE: Roy Blunt

Yesterday, Republican Representatives Roy Blunt of Missouri and Spencer Bachus of Alabama requested a congressional hearing on the AIG rescue, ...

Source: Bloomberg
11/19/09
Flu vaccine shortage questioned

...-- On a day that saw Missouri Rep. Roy Blunt demand answers on swine flu vaccine shortages, federal officials accepted blame for a massive public relations foul-up. The Missouri Republican sent letters Tuesday to the heads of three federal agencies sayi

11/19/09
Thursday: Around the political blogosphere

Show Me Progress look at the latest polling numbers for US Rep. Roy Blunt and Secretary of State Robin Carnahan and tries to come up with some conclusions ...

Source: Kansas City Star
11/19/09
Flu vaccine shortage questioned

WASHINGTON -- On a day that saw Missouri Rep. Roy Blunt demand answers on swine flu vaccine shortages, federal officials accepted blame for a ...

Source: News-Leader.com
11/18/09
MO Senate Poll: Dead Heat

Public Policy Polling (D) revisits the Missouri Senate race today, an in the expected matchup of Secretary of State Robin Carnahan (D) and Rep. Roy Blunt (R), the result is just where it was at the start of the year. In another matchup, Carnahan leads

11/18/09
Carnahan, Blunt Are Neck-and-Neck in Race for Missouri Senate Seat

...Carnahan, Missouri's Democratic secretary of state, is in a dead heat with seven-term Republican Rep. Roy Blunt in the race to succeed GOP incumbent Sen. Kit Bond, who decided not to seek re-election, according to a Public Policy Polling survey conducte

11/18/09
Carnahan v. Blunt

The latest polling of a hypothetical (but pretty likely) general election match-up between Robin Carnahan and Roy Blunt has them in a virtual tie at ...

Source: TPM (blog)
11/18/09
Health care questions sought

...as she can. We've received a similar gracious promise from the office of U.S. Sen. Christopher "Kit" Bond, a Republican. U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt, who has helped the GOP shape responses to the Democrats' proposals for reform, might also participate. His offi

11/18/09
To The Point

...The taxes start immediately and the "benefits" start four years later. What a typical Democrat ripoff! I didn't realize Rep. Roy Blunt, who has represented the 7th district since 1997, had so many proposals to improve America's health care system. Why d

11/18/09
RE: Roy Blunt

During Roy Blunt's 13 years in Congress do you think he has been part of the problem or part of the solution when it comes to huge deficits and too much ...

Source: Swing State Project
11/18/09
Blunt puts personal agenda up front

After reading Roy Blunt's latest letter about his views on health care insurance and seeing his no vote on providing affordable health care insurance for me ...

Source: News-Leader.com
11/18/09
Health care questions sought

US Rep. Roy Blunt, who has helped the GOP shape responses to the Democrats' proposals for reform, might also participate. His office was leaning toward ...

Source: News-Leader.com
11/18/09
MO Senate Poll: Carnahan +1

...(D) revisits the Missouri Senate race today, an in the expected matchup of Secretary of State Robin Carnahan (D) and Rep. Roy Blunt (R), the result is just where it was at the start of the year. In another matchup, Carnahan leads state Sen. Chuck Purgas

Source: Time Magazine
11/18/09
Shelly: A winning strategy for defeat

...the short list of reforms for which there is already a national consensus." That's pretty much what U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri did recently. Under fire for not producing much in the way of solutions while heading up the GOP Health Care Solutio

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Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-6536
Fax: 202-225-5604

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