APM: Marketplace (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Missouri Sen. Kit Bond tell Kai Ryssdal about farmers worried about loans for the next crop, public projects on hold and workers losing jobs. Fellow Sen. Claire McCaskill had similar stories, but she also sees cause for hope.
The Swine Line (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Every day reveals more information about the undue influence of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the failure of Congress, both collectively and individually to address the problem before it careened out of control. The October 5 St. Louis Post Dispatch cited the role of Senator Kit Bond (R-Mo.) in attacking the regulator of the two [...]
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
Spinning the dial on a political world that’s been very, very generous to reporters: •••
The Turner Report (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
An article in today's Washington Post details how petty warfare between the staffs of Sen. Kit Bond and Congressman Sam Graves led to the firing of Graves' brother Todd as U. S. attorney. The article opens with this description of Missouri politics: In Missouri, evidently, Republican politics are exceptionally bloody, with clans fighting like rival mobs whose carnage spreads to other locales and sweeps...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
An organization billing itself as a “legal watchdog group” filed an ethics complaint Tuesday against Sen. Kit Bond of Missouri.
Kansas City Star (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
An organization billing itself as a “legal watchdog group” filed an ethics complaint Tuesday against Sen. Kit Bond of Missouri.
Think Progress (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Yesterday’s DOJ/OPR report on the U.S. Attorney firings implicated Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO) in the firing of U.S. Attorney Todd Graves. “Graves faced opposition from the staff of his home-state senator, Kit Bond, which we concluded likely led to his removal,” the report said. Today, CREW filed an ethics complaint against Bond, citing the following: Sen. [...]
News: Opinion -- KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Sen. Kit Bond’s role in the dismissal of U.S. Attorney Todd Graves is a serious question. Bond needs to be much more forthcoming with investigators trying to get to the bottom of the matter.
Missourinet (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
The polls must be tightening again. The Republican and Democratic presidential campaigns are focusing on the Kansas City area on Wednesday ... with Republican John McCain attending an event at the Truman Library in Independence ... and Michelle Obama -...
STLtoday.com (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
ASSOCIATED PRESS09/30/2008WASHINGTON -- A private watchdog group has filed an ethics complaint against Sen. Kit Bond of Missouri for his role in former U.S. Attorney Todd Graves' removal from office.Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed the complaint Tuesday with the Senate Ethics Committee.The action follows a report Monday from the U.S Justice Department that Bond's legal counsel,...
Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
Jon Snow talks to one of the senators who has been pushing for an early settlement on the banking rescue package as the US Senate continues the debate over the weekend.
KY3 News (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
Both Sens. Kit Bond and Claire McCaskill spoke on the Senate floor about the ongoing negotiations on a proposed $700 billion dollar Wall Street bailout. Below are excerpts. "There are changes that need to be made . . . in attitudes." "Not a dime of it goes to a payout to anybody who doesn't deserve it."
KY3 News (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
OBAMA IS NUMBER 2 ON THE LIST Congressman Roy Blunt and Senator Kit Bond are at the top of the list of the members of Congress who have received the largest amount of campaign contributions from mortgage buyers Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. OpenSecrets.org combed over the campaign finance reports of the two companies, now that the U.S. government has taken them over. OpenSecrets published a list of the...
Missourinet (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
You could be voting for or against Matt Blunt for Governor again sometime in the future ... or maybe vote for or against him as he runs for some other office. That's the word from the Governor at a Thursday...
News: Opinion -- KansasCity.com (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
Washington isn't exactly flush with tax dollars these days. That's one reason U.S. Sen. Kit Bond of Missouri said Wednesday he's against expanding a small World War I Memorial on the National Mall.
