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Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo) speaks during the annual Jefferson-Jackson dinner in St. Louis on April 18, 2009. (UPI Photo/Bill Greenblatt)
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 (UPI) -- Control of the U.S. Senate is going to be a close call with candidates' war chests playing a key role, a review of the year-end fundraising reports indicated.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- A congressional report says earmarks are alive and well in this year's U.S. defense authorization bill.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said Wednesday he and other Senate Republicans prefer a tax credit instead of an extension of the payroll tax cut.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- The Pentagon is committed to improving its contracting in war zones after a commission found at least $31 billion was lost to fraud, a spokesman said.
WASHINGTON, June 9 (UPI) -- The United States can't produce results to justify the billions of dollars spent fighting its war on drugs, two government reports indicate.
ST. LOUIS, March 22 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said she has sent a check for $287,273 to St. Louis County for back taxes on her private plane.
WASHINGTON, March 9 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., will reimburse taxpayers $88,000 of public money spent on chartered flights, an aide said Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., Wednesday called for an end to automatic annual pay increases for members of Congress.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- A U.S. Democratic senator suggested on a Sunday TV news show she would consider voting for a temporary diluted extension of Bush-era tax cuts.
WASHINGTON, July 16 (UPI) -- Too high expectations following a historic election are to blame for U.S. President Barack Obama's lousy poll numbers, an ally from Obama's Senate days said.
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