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Senator McCaskill has suggested Congress and the President not be paid if the federal government shuts down.
McCaskill is one of 18 senators who’ve written a letter to House Speaker John Boehner urging him to have the House approve a no-budget, no-pay bill.
The government is operating under a continuing budget resolution for a few more days. It still has not passed a federal budget although the federal fiscal year is half over.
The Detroit Red Wings allowed an opponent to reach double figures in goals for the first time in more than 17 years as the St. Louis Blues rolled to a 10-3 victory before a stunned sellout crowd at Joe Louis Arena.
Chris Porter had his first two goals of the season, Cam Janssen had his first of 2010-11, and a total of nine Blues scored as St. Louis became the first NHL team to reach 10 goals since Dallas accomplished the feat in a 10-2 win against the Rangers on Feb. 6, 2009. The Blues scored 10 against the Wings for the first time since a 10-5 win in St. Louis on Dec. 1, 1984.
The #11 Missouri softball team opened with a 4-1 victory in game one, but their 24-game winning streak came to an end in the second game, as North Texas upset the Tigers 9-2, hitting four home runs in the second game. The Tigers are now 27-4 on the season.
Missouri senior third baseman Conner Mach hit the game-winning single in the top of the 11th inning to give Mizzou baseball its second-straight extra-inning win as it topped Texas State, 3-2.
Senior lefty Kelly Fick earned the win for the Tigers as he threw the final two innings of the game, allowing just two hits. He was one of eight pitchers used by the Tigers in the win.
Fick allowed two hits in the final two innings and pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the 11th. The Tigers (13-12) play next in the opening game of a three-game series against No. 8 Texas set to start at 6 p.m. Friday in Austin, Texas.
Missouri State (14-9) collected 15 hits and got solid pitching from starter Blake Barber to turn back visiting Kansas, 6-0, at Hammons Field in Springfield. Aaron Conway and Spiker Helms had three hits apiece for the Bears who won for the sixth time in seven games. J.C. Casey pitched the final two innings to help secure Barber’s third win of the season.
Barber gave up just six hits in seven innings of work with a pair of walks and two strikeouts. He improved to 3-2 on the season.
