Claire McCaskill

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (AP) — U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill says she has been named the top Democrat on a committee that investigates federal agencies.  McCaskill said Thursday that she will be the ranking minority party member on the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which is part of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.  ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill says Republicans have begun courting her and other moderate Democrats in hopes of avoiding filibusters in the next Congress. The Springfield News-Leader reports the Missouri senator said the new Republican majority is looking for Democrats to be swing votes on major initiatives...

WASHINGTON – Missouri’s U.S. Senators McCaskill and Blunt today announced that they have successfully included a provision in this year’s annual defense bill that designates Kansas City’s Liberty Memorial as the nation’s “World War I Museum and Memorial...

Both Senator Roy Blunt and Claire McCaskill supported the passage of the Keystone XL Pipeline, but the measure did not pass in the overall Senate. We have comments from both sides. U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, a longtime supporter of construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline, today released the following statement after a bipartisan 59-41 Senate vote on the pipeline’s construction fell one vote s

CLAYCOMO, Mo. (AP) — Ford is adding 1,200 workers and another shift to a Missouri plant that makes its new Transit van. The company says the workers already have been hired and are expected to start in November at the plant in Claycomo...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, a senior member of the Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement after the Air Force announced that it will add 56 personnel at Whiteman Air Force Base this fall as it increases manpower levels within the nuclear force:   “This announcement is great news for both Whiteman and the surrounding community—bringing more than 50 addition

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill is planning a series of town hall meetings and other events across Missouri next week to discuss expanding job and business opportunities.