Blunt Aids Hulshof in Missouri

Oct. 7, 2008, 12 a.m.

Four years after Rep. Kenny Hulshof (R-Mo.) made way for House Minority Whip Roy Blunt’s (R-Mo.) son in the 2004 gubernatorial election, the Show Me State’s first father appears to be making good on a promise to help his House colleague win the governor’s mansion this fall — a “critically important” crutch that Hulshof likely will lean on considerably in the coming weeks.

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Stier: Detecting a Bad Breast Cancer Bill

July 1, 11:28 a.m.

Who could blame hundreds of Members of Congress for joining with a colleague and breast cancer survivor, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), in co-sponsoring legislation aimed at promoting breast cancer education? The problem, according to leading breast cancer scientists and advocacy groups, is the bill would do more harm than good. Read Full Article