Bond Renews Call For Tax Holiday

Missouri’s senior U.S. Senator is maintaining his call for an income tax holiday to boost the nation’s ailing economy. Bond wants Capitol Hill lawmakers to move quickly on this economic package. The proposal in the U.S. Senate, which would provide many...

Missouri Senators Float Stimulus Package Ideas

Missouri’s U.S. Senators are putting forward ideas on how best to help the nation recover from its economic downturn. Senator Jean Carnahan’s suggestion for the economic stimulus package being considered by Capitol Hill lawmakers is that is contain...

Immigration Crack Down Signed Into Law

Senator Bond’s proposed law tightening immigration laws is part of the new national security law signed by President Bush today. Bond says the legislation closes loopholes exploited by terrorists and injects sanity into immigration laws. Among other things,...

Decision Time For Jet Fighter Of The Future

The Pentagon decides Friday which company will build the Joint Strike Fighter – the so-called jet fighter of the future. It’s between Boeing, whose military division is in St. Louis, and Texas-based Lockheed Martin. It’s a $300-billion decision....

Defense Chief Visits Whiteman

Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has visited Whiteman Air Force Base in west-central Missouri, thanking the airmen who took part in the longest mission in the history of U.S. military aviation. Six B-2 bomber missions were launched from the base. The crews flew for...