Senator Claire McCaskill

Democrat  •  Missouri  •  1st Term  •  Sworn In 2007
Current Term 2007 - 2012

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06/02/12
McCaskill using Blunt's old RV in Mo. Senate race

Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill is hoping a little good fortune can rub off from Republican Sen. Roy Blunt. McCaskill's campaign has leased the same recreational vehicle used by Blunt during his successful 2010 bid for the U.S. Senate. McCaskill ...

Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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06/02/12
Mo. GOP Senate candidates bemoan loss of freedom

...top Republican challengers to U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill are trumpeting a common theme. They all contend freedom is under attack in America. Senate candidates Sarah Steelman, John Brunner and Todd Akin took the stage Saturday at the Missouri Republican

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06/02/12
McCaskill opens campaign office in KC

...CITY, Mo. - Sen. Claire McCaskill opened up her democratic campaign office in Kansas City, Mo., on Saturday morning. The opening was her first campaign event in Kansas City. She said she was moved by the warm reception she received. "This is a tremendou

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06/02/12
Mo. GOP Senate candidates bemoan loss of freedom

...Mo. (AP) — Needing to distinguish themselves in a three-way primary, Missouri's top Republican challengers to U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill instead hit upon a common theme Saturday while appealing to the party faithful. Their message: Freedom is under at

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06/02/12
McCaskill is using Blunt's old RV in Missouri Senate race

...Mo. | Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill is hoping a little good fortune can rub off from Republican Sen. Roy Blunt.McCaskill's campaign has leased the same recreational vehicle used by Blunt during his successful 2010 bid for the U.S. Senate.McCaski

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06/01/12
McCaskill slams attack ad for 'lie'

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said the producers of a new television commercial that criticize her are lying. McCaskill is running for her second term in the senate this year. Outside groups have mounted a sustained campaign of critical television ads

Source: msnbc.com
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06/01/12
Republicans fight to reclaim the Senate majority: 2012 races to watch

King also faces Democratic competition. • Missouri: One major bright spot for Republicans is Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill's vulnerable re-election bid. Unfortunately for Republicans, their nominee must first weather a competitive primary race that .

Source: YAHOO!
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06/01/12
McCaskilll knocks GOP rivals on student loans

...campaign of Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill today said her three Republican rivals would each give big banks the power to decide who goes to college -- and who doesn't. The McCaskill campaign said the three GOPers have endorsed plans that would put ban

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06/01/12
McCaskill slams attack ad for 'lie'

...commercial cites McCaskill's vote for health care and other votes for measures supported by President Barack Obama. "Senator Claire McCaskill has voted with the president 90 percent of the time, including Obamacare," the commercial says. The Congression

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05/31/12
Wisconsin Republican aids would-be McCaskill rival

Johnson attended a fundraiser and campaign event yesterday in suburban St. Louis for John Brunner, one of three prominent Republicans seeking to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill in November. Both Johnson and Brunner have ...

Source: Columbia Daily Tribune
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05/31/12
When Republicans attack on health care

Everyone who wants to know why President Obama’s health-care reform law isn’t very popular should watch the new Crossroads attack ad against Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill. What’s wrong with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)?

Source: Washington Post
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05/31/12
Crossroads Ad: ObamaClaire and Obamacare

A new ad from Crossroads GPS ties Democratic senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri to President Barack Obama and his signature legislative achievement, Obamacare. The ad calls the pair "ObamaClaire" and reminds voters that McCaskill, who is up for ...

Source: Weekly Standard
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05/31/12
Mitch McConnell Picks Top Races in Majority Quest

Jon Tester’s (D) very competitive race in Montana, the open seat in Nebraska, Sen. Claire McCaskill’s (D) uphill re-election bid in Missouri and the marquee matchup between former Govs. Tim Kaine (D) and George Allen (R) in Virginia. McConnell’s ...

Source: Roll Call Online
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05/31/12
Hotline Sort: Elizabeth Warren Explains It All

2) Crossroads GPS is spending $516,000 on a new TV spot hitting Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., over her support for Obama's health care law. Crossroads GPS has spent big bucks in Missouri, a sign they're trying to badly damage McCaskill's already-tenuous ..

Source: National Journal (blog)
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05/31/12
Obama-Claire: Group seeks to unfavorably tie McCaskill to Obama

...There was Obamacare, Romneycare, Obamneycare - and now, Obama-Claire. The conservative group Crossroads GPS looks to tie Sen. Claire McCaskill to the health care reform law and broader agenda of President Barack Obama in a new ad released Thursday morni

Source: CNN
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05/31/12
Crossroads continues television assault on McCaskill health care vote

...Republican super-PAC Crossroads GPS launched yet another television ad targeting Sen. Claire McCaskill Thursday, again criticizing her vote in favor of President Obama’s health care law. The ad highlights changes within the law to Medicare, as well as

Source: PoliticMo
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05/31/12
Poll shows Nixon in the lead in Missouri governor's race

...primary is a three-way toss between Sarah Steelman, John Brunner and Todd Akin. The poll also found incumbent U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill “basically tied” with each of the three in the general election. In the presidential race, President Barack Obam

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05/31/12
New “Obama-Claire” Ad Links McCaskill to Obama’s Failed Record (Video)

...air war against McCaskill, their top target so far this election. “‘ObamaCare’? More like ‘Obama-Claire.’ Because Sen. Claire McCaskill has voted with President Obama more than 90 percent of the time, including ObamaCare, cutting half a trilli

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05/31/12
Missouri: Crossroads GPS Ad Ties Claire McCaskill to Barack Obama

...juggernaut GOP-affiliated group Crossroads GPS is launching a scathing new attack ad against vulnerable Sen. Claire McCaskill (D) today across the Show-Me State. It links her with President Barack Obama and his health care law, which is deeply unpopular

Source: Roll Call
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05/31/12
TIME TO SHUT OFF THE FAT CAT'S MONEY MACHINE

DUMMERSTON, Vt. -- On Friday, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said what a lot of us are thinking about Wall Street fat cats and how they are taking federal bailout money while handing out bonuses and pay raises to themselves. "They don't get it," she said.

Source: American Reporter
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05/30/12
Wis. Sen. Johnson aids Brunner in Mo. campaign

Johnson attended a fundraiser and campaign event Wednesday in suburban St. Louis for John Brunner, one of three prominent Republicans seeking to challenge Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill in November. A Brunner spokesman said the campaign hopes to ...

Source: Chippewa Herald
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05/30/12
Republican Senate Candidate Says Voters Shouldn’t Be Allowed To Elect Their Senators

Todd Akin is currently in a primary race to be the Republican candidate to face Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill in Missouri. As part of the primary, Akin took part in a debate last week and tried to justify stripping Americans of their right ...

Source: Democratic Underground.com
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05/30/12
McCaskill Scolds Obama

One thing President Barack Obama should know by now is that Sen. Claire McCaskill is serious about accountability in government spending. She’s been trying to do something about it since she has been in the Senate. For more than a year she has ...

Source: Washington Missourian
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05/30/12
Blog Watch: Wednesday, May 30

...late." 20 Pounds of Headlines writes that the latest poll from Public Policy Polling shows that the three candidates in the Republican Primary are bunched together and that U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill would be in a competitive race with any of the three.

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05/30/12
Trade Disputes Sans Contributions

...fight for reforms that help Main Street, not K Street. We plan to keep our word and hope others join us so more American companies get the help they need in these tough economic times. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D., Mo.) Sen. Jim DeMint (R., S.C.) Washingto

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05/30/12
Steelman endorsed by state Sen. Crowell

...Steelman, while she is engaged in a challenging three way primary for the Republican nomination to take on Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill. “The Obama-McCaskill agenda has produced nothing but job killing regulations and unsustainable debt that will

Source: PoliticMo
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05/30/12
Wis. Sen. Johnson aids Brunner in Mo. campaign

...event Wednesday for John Brunner (BROO'-nuhr), 1 of 3 prominent Republicans seeking to challenge Democratic Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill in November. A Brunner spokesman said the campaign hopes to raise $50,000 from the fundraiser in suburban St. Loui

Source: WBAY-TV
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05/30/12
Wis. Sen. Johnson aids Brunner in Mo. campaign

...Wednesday for John Brunner (BROO'-nuhr), one of three prominent Republicans seeking to challenge Democratic Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill in November. A Brunner spokesman said the campaign hopes to raise $50,000 from the fundraiser in suburban St. Loui

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05/30/12
Wis. Sen. Johnson aids Brunner in Mo. campaign

...Wednesday for John Brunner (BROO'-nuhr), one of three prominent Republicans seeking to challenge Democratic Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill in November. A Brunner spokesman said the campaign hopes to raise $50,000 from the fundraiser in suburban St. Loui

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05/29/12
Senate Democrats Outspent 3 to 1 on Ads by Super-Pacs

In Missouri, Republican groups, including Crossroads GPS, have spent $5 million more on 8,903 television ads than the $2.3 million Democrats have put behind 2,535 in support of Senator Claire McCaskill’s re-election. Republican John Brunner ...

Source: Bloomberg
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Official website: http://www.mccaskill.senate.gov/
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506 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-6154
Fax: 202-228-6326

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