WASHINGTON (ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press) — The Senate has passed Republican-backed legislation to repeal taxpayer funding for political conventions. Instead, $126 million over the coming decade will go for additional research into pediatric cancer and other childhood disorders like autism and down syndrome.
WASHINGTON (AP) — CIA director John Brennan says the spy agency did not hack into computers that Senate staffers were using to investigate Bush-era interrogation programs.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri senators have given preliminary approval to a proposed amendment to the state's constitution that would increase protections for gun owners.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri Senate panel is taking up legislation that would send federal agents to jail for enforcing federal gun control laws in the state.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Committees of the Missouri House and Senate have scheduled hearings on incentives aimed at helping to persuade Boeing Co. to build its 777X commercial aircraft in the state.