Claire McCaskill prepares to meet the Supreme Court nominee.
Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill lines up questions for Trump’s Supreme Court nominee https://t.co/mhxIISbgui pic.twitter.com/RidKrDBUZ1
— KCUR (@kcur) August 20, 2018
McCaskill said the high court’s 2010 Citizens United decision has led to a flood of spending from outside groups, ones that may spend tens of millions of dollars ahead of the November midterm, when she is up for re-election.
“It’s absolutely out of control. I’ve said many times, if Missourians knew who was paying for the ads against me, they would like the enemies I’ve made,” McCaskill told reporters earlier this month. “And it doesn’t matter if it’s for me or against me, if you don’t know who’s paying for it, you shouldn’t pay any attention to it.”
McCaskill said she also wants to know where Kavanaugh, an appeals court judge in Washington, D.C., stands on the federal health care law, specifically whether certain provisions should be overturned in the courts or in Congress.
Speaking of campaign finance:
In the aftermath of voter-imposed contribution limits, the balance of power in Missouri campaigns appears to have shifted from candidates to outside spending groups (which aren’t governed by the donation caps).https://t.co/0kVMgDsz9M #MoLeg #MoGov
— Jason Hancock (@J_Hancock) August 20, 2018
In the race for a Senate seat in Platte and Buchanan counties, Missouri Senate Conservatives Fund spent $490,000 over the campaign’s final month to assist the eventual winner, Tony Luetkemeyer.
Luetkemeyer and his opponent, Harry Roberts, combined to spend $432,000 during the same period.
We received much-needed rain yesterday into today.
Here’s a preliminary look at the distribution of rainfall across the region over the past 24 hours. Still a chance of drizzle and/or a passing shower for today. #mowx #kswx #KC pic.twitter.com/cEOjHQLHXe
— NWS Kansas City (@NWSKansasCity) August 20, 2018
Low temps accompanied the rainfall.
While today’s cool temperatures fall just short of the coldest high on record for Aug 20th, it’s a refreshing taste of fall-like weather! pic.twitter.com/PxiCJGSVB0
— NWS Kansas City (@NWSKansasCity) August 20, 2018
The National Weather Service predicts 71 for today’s high in St. Joe.
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