Rep. Jo Ann Emerson

Republican  •  8th District, Missouri  •  8th Term  •  Sworn In 1996
Current Term 2009 - 2010 View All
  • Votes with party 85%
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07/03/09
Emerson: FEMA grants available

...Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, R-Cape Girardeau, announced that FEMA Individual Assistance grants have been made available to Missouri residents who were affected by the severe storms, tornadoes and flooding of May 8 to May 16. “These grants are open to anyone

07/03/09
Independence Day arcana

That barely beats out the Sweetcorn Parade in East Prairie, Mo., which is where Republican Rep. Jo Ann Emerson will spend her Fourth. ...

Source: Washington Examiner
07/01/09
Roy Blunt touts his insider support; Democrats do, too

Kit Bond, to John Ashcroft, Peter Kinder, Jim Talent, Jack Danforth and Jo Ann Emerson. At the same time, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, ...

Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
06/30/09
Proposed law could hike electric rates by 75 percent

US Rep. Jo Ann Emerson on Friday voted against the bill to establish a permitting structure for US greenhouse gas emissions that would raise over $600 ...

Source: Howell County News
06/28/09
Missouri Republicans gather for pig roast, discuss 2010 election

...important election of our lifetime," said Lloyd Smith, a Southeast Missouri native and former chief of staff for U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson who was appointed as director of the state party in February. He was speaking to a large crowd at the county Republ

06/27/09
Congress considers $700K for SEMO forensics lab

This program also receives annual support from Bond and US Rep. Jo Ann Emerson for a program administered from the Cape Girardeau County Sheriff's ...

Source: Southeast Missourian
06/27/09
Thanks for protecting children

...other public health advocates have fought more than a decade for this critical lifesaving law. Mr. President, Sen. Claire McCaskill and Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, thank you and your colleagues for reining in Big Tobacco. Thank you for protecting our children.

06/26/09
Little Hope for GOP to Support Health Bill

And the coalition said it was taking special aim at a handful of Republicans, including Mr. Grassley in Iowa, Representatives Roy Blunt and Jo Ann Emerson ...

Source: New York Times
06/25/09
Thursday: Around the political blogosphere

KY3 Political Notebook has the reactions of US Reps. Jo Ann Emerson and Roy Blunt to the Sanford scandal. The Wichita Eagle Blog notes that US Rep. ...

Source: Kansas City Star
06/24/09
Interview: Bruce White of Catholic Relief Services on the Roadmap ...

Jim McGovern (MA) and Jo Ann Emerson (MO). The bill, HR 2817, is known as the Roadmap to End Global Hunger. The legislation would establish a global hunger ...

Source: Blogcritics.org
06/24/09
RE: Jo Ann Emerson

Moderate Republican Jo Ann Emerson, R-Mo., said the party would have to wait for a leader to emerge. "You would think out of the chaos would rise someone, ...

Source: Washington Examiner
06/23/09
Emerson has a 'Fireside' chat

...Ann Emerson through their facility Monday morning in the Park Hills Industrial Park. - Paula Barr / Daily Journal U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson noticed a large cube comprised of intersecting plastic strips that created square cells. The plastic cube looked l

06/20/09
Ethanol Standards Would Hike Corn, Feed Prices, Study Says

"There is a huge negative effect here," said Rep. Jo Ann Emerson, R-Missouri, who said an unfair EPA rule "could stop US ethanol production in its tracks. ...

Source: The Morning News
06/19/09
Alexander, Cooper warn of health-care plan costs

...conference in which he was joined by Democratic Rep. Parker Griffith of Alabama, and Republican Reps. Mike Castle of Delaware and Jo Ann Emerson of Missouri. Cooper said he was not attempting to slow down health-care reform legislation, as some interes

Source: WBIR
06/19/09
Farm interests fight climate regulations

...early as next week, according to a committee aide. Biofuels emissions amendment narrowly fails The committee rejected, 29-30, Rep. Jo Ann Emerson's (R-Mo.) amendment (pdf) that would have blocked EPA from measuring "indirect" emissions from land-use cha

Source: EcoEarth News
06/19/09
Farm Interests Use EPA Spending Bill to Fight Climate Regs

The committee rejected, 29-30, Rep. Jo Ann Emerson's (R-Mo.) amendment (pdf) that would have blocked EPA from measuring "indirect" emissions from land-use ...

Source: New York Times
06/19/09
Alexander, Cooper warn of health-care plan costs

... in which he was joined by Democratic Rep. Parker Griffith of Alabama, and Republican Reps. Mike Castle of Delaware and Jo Ann Emerson of Missouri. ...

Source: The Tennessean
06/19/09
Alexander, Cooper warn of health-care plan costs

... in which he was joined by Democratic Rep. Parker Griffith of Alabama, and Republican Reps. Mike Castle of Delaware and Jo Ann Emerson of Missouri. ...

Source: WBIR-TV
06/18/09
House panel: EPA can gauge ethanol impact abroad

"There is a huge negative effect here," said Jo Ann Emerson, Missouri Republican, who said an unfair EPA rule "could stop US ethanol production in its ...

Source: Reuters
06/17/09
Tanner reports on NATO meeting in Oslo

The committee on Civil Dimension of Security is chaired by congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson of Missouri. The committee heard three presentations ...

Source: Weakley County Press
06/16/09
Missouri politicians report their finances

...this year). In Missouri, the median household income in 2007 was $44,545, according to the Census Bureau. Republican Rep. Jo Ann Emerson's form disclosed that her husband had between $556,000 and $1.3 million in assets last year, including stock in comp

06/16/09
Missouri politicians report their finances

Republican Rep. Jo Ann Emerson's form disclosed that her husband had between $556000 and $1.3 million in assets last year, including stock in companies like ...

Source: News-Leader.com
06/15/09
PCMA: President Obama, medpac Call for Follow-On Biologics

... Representatives Nathan Deal (R-GA), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), and Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO), “The Promoting Innovation and Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act” ...

Source: Business Wire (press release)
06/15/09
PCMA: President Obama, MedPAC Call for Follow-On Biologics

... Representatives Nathan Deal (R-GA), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), and Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO), “The Promoting Innovation and Access to Life-Saving Medicine Act” ...

Source: PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)
06/12/09
Mo. lawmakers support flag protection amendment

An amendment sponsored by Republican Rep. Jo Ann Emerson and Democratic Rep. Ike Skelton would give Congress the "power to prohibit the physical desecration ...

Source: Belleville News Democrat
06/12/09
Missouri lawmakers support flag protection amendment

...members are again pushing for a constitutional amendment protecting the U.S. flag. An amendment sponsored by Republican Rep. Jo Ann Emerson and Democratic Rep. Ike Skelton would give Congress the "power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag.

06/12/09
Missouri lawmakers tout flag amendment

An amendment sponsored by Republican Rep. Jo Ann Emerson and Democratic Rep. Ike Skelton would give Congress the “power to prohibit the physical desecration ...

Source: Columbia Daily Tribune
06/11/09
Speak Out 6/11/09

...Rice's demagoguery. APPARENTLY, Jon Rust thinks the bipartisan effort of Sen. Kit Bond, Sen. Claire McCaskill and Rep. Jo Ann Emerson to kill off the homeless shelter in the old federal building is the epitome of good government. Whatever. Will Rust lav

06/11/09
Honor and respect our Flag

A companion measure, House Joint Resolution 47 has also been introduced by Congressmen Jo Ann Emerson [R-MO] and Jim Marshall [D-GA]. ...

Source: Greenfield West Allis Now
06/11/09
Honor and respect our Flag

A companion measure, House Joint Resolution 47 has also been introduced by Congressmen Jo Ann Emerson [R-MO] and Jim Marshall [D-GA]. ...

Source: Muskego Now

Official website: http://www.house.gov/emerson/
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2440 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-4404
Fax: 202-226-0326

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