U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo. 5th District, has high praise for fellow Congressman Sam Graves, R-Mo. 6th District, who announced last week he was not seeking re-election. Cleaver told Missourinet that he and Graves are friends. “And I don’t mean the fake Washington...
The Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday on whether the so-called “Missouri First” map is unconstitutional. The map, passed by Republican lawmakers in September and signed by Gov. Mike Kehoe, stretches the boundaries of the 5th Congressional District, a...
U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, has a beef with meatpacking corporations. The Eighth District congressman said that he supports the Trump Administration’s investigation into the “Big 4” meatpackers for alleged price fixing – those “Big 4” being Cargill, Tyson...
U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo. 8th District, is defending President Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran. “Missourians elected him by nearly 20 points,” Smith said in an exclusive interview with Missourinet. “This is exactly what Missourians and Americans...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has been shutdown for a week now, and so far, there’s no end in sight. Congressional Democrats have blocked funding for the agency, which oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement, after ICE officers shot and killed two...
