by admin | Apr 7, 2006 | Politics / Govt
The effort in the U.S. Senate to produce an immigration reform bill has effectively been killed. The main bill before lawmakers would have granted what Senator Jim Talent believes amounted to an amnesty for lawbreakers, and he was not about to support it. Lawmakers...
by admin | Mar 20, 2006 | Politics / Govt
Missouri’s junior U.S. Senator files for re-election, stressing his ability to “get the job done” in Washington. Into his fourth year in the job, Senator Talent wants another six years. With his name on the August Republican Primary ballot, Talent...
by admin | Mar 20, 2006 | Politics / Govt
The incumbent has now filed to run in this year’s U.S. Senate race in Missouri. Senator Jim Talent, joined by his family, signed the documents today at the Secretary of State’s Office in Jefferson City. If, as expected, Talent wins the Republican primary,...
by admin | Mar 12, 2006 | Politics / Govt
Senator Jim Talent is touting a new federal law he helped sponsor that he expects will cut down by 70 percent the amount of methamphetamine nationwide. The Combat Meth Act would put restrictions on the sale of meth-making items, such as some cold medicines with...
by admin | Mar 9, 2006 | Politics / Govt
President Bush has signed the Combat Meth Act into law. The legislation, co-sponsored by Senator Jim Talent, will restrict access to cold medications containing pseudoephedrine and other ingredients essential to the making of methamphetamine. Furthermore, products...
