Gov. Matt Blunt and Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe will make an announcement regarding bi-state water issues on Monday at 10 a.m. at Bass Pro Shops.***
Gov. Beebe will then sit down with KY3 News' Steve Grant
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Sunday, November 23, 2008
Blunt & Beebe Meet in Springfield Monday
Gov. Matt Blunt and Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe will make an announcement regarding bi-state water issues on Monday at 10 a.m. at Bass Pro Shops.***
Gov. Beebe will then sit down with KY3 News' Steve Grant
Saturday, June 21, 2008
McCain Notes McCaskill's Opposition to Levee Bill
Barack Obama is criticizing John McCain for his opposition to a water resources bill, implying that McCain's failure to support the measure for new levees and flood controls is partly responsible for the Midwest flooding.
But McCain's campaign hit back Saturday, noting that Obama's national co-chair, and junior Missouri senator Claire McCaskill also opposed that 2007 legislation.
"In Attacking John McCain For Opposing The WRDA Bill, Barack Obama Is Attacking His Own National Co-Chair -- Senator Claire McCaskill -- Who Voted Against The Bill. Is She To Blame For Levees In Missouri Breaking?," blasted a release from the McCain campaign Saturday.
It is true that McCaskill voted against the passage of the Water Resources Development Act, for basically the same reason McCain did. The bill authorized $23.2 billion for 900 water projects, including $3.9 billion for a new locks and dams system for the Upper Mississippi River.
"This isn't about the projects or merits of the projects. Painfully for me, one is in Missouri. This isn't about the projects. This is about the process. This isn't about Democrats. And this isn't about is about a bad habit. This is about getting into the habit of directing authorization or spending in a conference report instead of under the bright lights of the Senate floor, the House floor or committee work," McCaskill said in a press release on Sept. 24, 2007.
At the same time, McCain said he opposed the bill because it included "outrageous spending"
"The legislation being considered today far exceeds the already outrageous spending that was approved in both the House- and Senate-passed bills and would drastically increase the backlog of Army Corps of Engineers construction projects while doing nothing to modernize the system for funding these projects. I wonder, did we learn nothing from Hurricane Katrina?," said McCain in a statement on the same day McCaskill issued her own.
But McCain's campaign hit back Saturday, noting that Obama's national co-chair, and junior Missouri senator Claire McCaskill also opposed that 2007 legislation.
"In Attacking John McCain For Opposing The WRDA Bill, Barack Obama Is Attacking His Own National Co-Chair -- Senator Claire McCaskill -- Who Voted Against The Bill. Is She To Blame For Levees In Missouri Breaking?," blasted a release from the McCain campaign Saturday.
It is true that McCaskill voted against the passage of the Water Resources Development Act, for basically the same reason McCain did. The bill authorized $23.2 billion for 900 water projects, including $3.9 billion for a new locks and dams system for the Upper Mississippi River.
"This isn't about the projects or merits of the projects. Painfully for me, one is in Missouri. This isn't about the projects. This is about the process. This isn't about Democrats. And this isn't about is about a bad habit. This is about getting into the habit of directing authorization or spending in a conference report instead of under the bright lights of the Senate floor, the House floor or committee work," McCaskill said in a press release on Sept. 24, 2007.
At the same time, McCain said he opposed the bill because it included "outrageous spending"
"The legislation being considered today far exceeds the already outrageous spending that was approved in both the House- and Senate-passed bills and would drastically increase the backlog of Army Corps of Engineers construction projects while doing nothing to modernize the system for funding these projects. I wonder, did we learn nothing from Hurricane Katrina?," said McCain in a statement on the same day McCaskill issued her own.
Friday, March 07, 2008
Blunt Sets Water Hearing on White River
Rep. Roy Blunt will hold a public hearing on how to best protect water resources in southwest Missouri on March 19, according to The Benton County Daily Record.
The public hearing will focus on The White River, which runs from Arkansas and Missouri and back to Arkansas. Attention will also be focused on the Beaver Water District.
Experts from around the region will be in attendance and the 3-hour event will be held at the Keeter Center at the College of the Ozarks in Branson. It starts at 9:30 a.m.
The public hearing will focus on The White River, which runs from Arkansas and Missouri and back to Arkansas. Attention will also be focused on the Beaver Water District.
Experts from around the region will be in attendance and the 3-hour event will be held at the Keeter Center at the College of the Ozarks in Branson. It starts at 9:30 a.m.
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Blunt & McCaskill Agree: Water Bill Too Costly
Four out of five GOP House members from Missouri defied the White House by voting to override President Bush's veto of a bill that would upgrade locks and dams on the upper Mississippi and Illinois rivers, according to the Associated Press.
Republican Rep. Roy Blunt and Sen. Claire McCaskill ended up on the same side of this issue.
Blunt supported the $14 billion version of the bill that originally passed the House, but spokeswoman Antonia Ferrier said the conference committee version that swelled the price to $23 billion is "hardly the same legislation we worked to produce earlier this year."
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., plans to vote against the override because the bill contains several costly earmarks that were "airdropped" into it after the original measure passed both houses.
"This bill still authorizes hundreds of millions of dollars in spending that was added behind closed doors," McCaskill said Tuesday. "As hard as it is to vote against the projects I support, we're never going to get out of this bad habit unless people have the courage to take a stand against it."
Republican Rep. Roy Blunt and Sen. Claire McCaskill ended up on the same side of this issue.
Blunt supported the $14 billion version of the bill that originally passed the House, but spokeswoman Antonia Ferrier said the conference committee version that swelled the price to $23 billion is "hardly the same legislation we worked to produce earlier this year."
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., plans to vote against the override because the bill contains several costly earmarks that were "airdropped" into it after the original measure passed both houses.
"This bill still authorizes hundreds of millions of dollars in spending that was added behind closed doors," McCaskill said Tuesday. "As hard as it is to vote against the projects I support, we're never going to get out of this bad habit unless people have the courage to take a stand against it."
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