by admin | Jul 26, 2000 | Politics / Govt
Missouri Senator Kit Bond is praising George W. Bush’s selection of Dick Cheney as his Vice Presidential nominee. Bond says the selection is obviously not a political one. As evidence he points to Wyoming’s three electoral votes. Cheney is a former...
by admin | May 18, 2000 | Health / Medicine, Politics / Govt
Missouri nearly lost millions of federal dollars, because of its high juvenile smoking rate. Supporters of an anti-juvenile smoking bill say its death this session places those funds in jeopardy. But reality is more complicated. US Senator Bond worked in Washington to...
by admin | Apr 4, 2000 | Politics / Govt, Transportation
Senator Bond says a suggestion to cutback the federal gas tax is no replacement for a national energy policy. Senator Bond strongly opposes repealing a 4-point-3 cent increase in the federal gas tax enacted in 1993, even though it’s the leader of his own party,...
by admin | Apr 4, 2000 | Politics / Govt, Transportation
A mid-Missouri woman who lost a child and her father in a car wreck shares her story of tragedy, hoping to convince lawmakers in Washington they shouldn’t touch the federal gas tax. St. Thomas resident Marilyn Heregon joins Senator Bond in opposing a repeal of...
by admin | Mar 30, 2000 | Politics / Govt
Senator Bond says small businesses are being scammed out of a quarter billion dollars a year by fraudulent telemarketers. Bond chairs the US Senate Committee on Small Business, which is investigating deceptive marketing practices in the sale of toner and office...
