With the announcement that Sarah Steelman will not seek the open U.S. Senate seat currently held by Kit Bond, many Missourians speculated that she would seek the 7th Congressional District post currently held by Roy Blunt. Not so, says her political fundraiser Jeff Layman.
So, what does Sarah’s political future hold? MCVPAC speculates a 2012 Senate run against Claire McCaskill.
Northwest Missouri Rep. Sam Graves has announced several listening-tour stops around the 6th district as a part of his “Main Street Matters Listening Tour”. According to a press release on his website, Rep. Graves will be discussing the issues that Congress has dealt with this session, including the Stimulus, Cap and Trade and Health Care Reform. As Ranking Member on the House Small Business Committee Graves has a particular interest in how the Obama/Pelosi policies will affect small businesses in Northwest Missouri.
Graves town hall meetings will most likely prove to be less exciting than the townhalls that have dominated the news cycle lately. This is mainly due to the fact the Sam Graves represents his constituents and their values and has consistently voted against the liberal policies that the citizens of his district strongly oppose. Graves has voted against all of the government bailouts, he voted against Cap and Trade and has vigerously opposed the Democrats healthcare and their “public option” that would lead to the end of private insurance. The list of stops on the listening-tour can be found at http://www.house.gov/list/press/mo06_graves/cont.shtml.
Maybe Missouri’s Claire McCaskill could learn from Graves, if you actually represent your voters they don’t feel like they must yell at you in order to be heard.
The 6th District is very privileged to have a strong representative who stands up for them in Washington. If you attend any of these listening-tour stops, please take time to thank Mr. Graves for his consistent support of Conservative values.
Below is a video showing Rep. Graves defending small business on House Floor last month.
After reading the following piece in the St. Joseph News-Press, MCVPAC wonders how the liberal front group Catholics United feels about Claire’s pro-abortion stances, including her endorsement from Emily’s List.
No Comments » | 
politics | 
Permalink
Posted by moval