Claire McCaskill

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Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii)
Signed a public letter saying that “absent a competitive and continuous public insurance option – health reform legislation will not produce nationwide access and ongoing cost containment.” (10/30/2009)
6.7% uninsured

Max Baucus (D-Mont.)
Finance Committee chairman
“[T]he Senate health reform legislation is a balanced, fiscally-responsible package that will deliver [...]

Here’s a quick wrap-up of today’s health care news.
More reactions to the Baucus bill today. Four key moderate senators — Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), Ben Nelson (D-Neb.), Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) and the most key moderate senator, Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) — penned a statement praising Baucus’ efforts. “We are encouraged by his commitment to work with both [...]

Kathleen O’Dell reports on a town hall meeting held by Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) with some choice hecklers:
[I]t was the next question from a Rogersville man that drew more applause: “What is the procedure for recalling U.S. senators?”
Someone quickly shouted to scattered laughter, “Where’s your birth certificate?” a reference to some Americans’ doubts about President [...]

In the current environment, replacing that money might be easier said than done.

Though Sonia Sotomayor has strong support from Democrats, there’s been some concern that the National Rifle Association, which has opposed Sotomayor and announced it’s “scoring” lawmakers based on their vote for her, would temper pro-gun Democrats’ support for the Supreme Court nominee. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) on Thursday predicted the NRA won’t have much effect.
“I [...]

Byron York, the Washington Examiner’s political correspondent, is coming off a few slow weeks by relentlessly hammering the White House over the firing of Americorps Inspector General Gerald Walpin, who had been looking into Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson. Today, Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) asked for more details on the firing (which no one argues was [...]

Long before the AIG bonus scandal erupted this month, Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) was at the forefront of (failed) congressional efforts to install stricter pay limits for employees of bailed out banks. Sherman was an early critic of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, arguing last fall that it didn’t go nearly far enough to prevent [...]

The finance industry might be floundering, it might be broke, and it might be ringing the tin cup for federal help. But don’t say Wall Street has lost its sway over lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
Congress agreed on a final stimulus plan yesterday, but not before stripping out a provision forcing bailed-out banks to repay 2008 [...]

The Associated Press has a fascinating story today about how the same U.S. banks that have received billions in bailout money have been taking advantage of U.S. immigration laws to hire foreign professionals instead of American workers, who would cost more.
The dozen banks receiving the biggest rescue packages, totaling more than $150 billion, requested visas [...]

When Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) Friday called Wall Street executives “idiots” for using taxpayer money to pay out $18 billion in bonuses, then proposed that compensation for the employees of all bailout recipients be capped at $400,000 per year, it surely seemed to many Americans like an obvious limit to place on the Wall Street [...]