U.S. Senators grow concerned over allegations against Supreme Court nominee, including both Senators from Missouri.
“These are serious allegations that need to be looked at closely by the committee before any other action is taken,” says @RoyBlunt https://t.co/yfauSWglZ9 #mosen #moleg #scotus
— Bryan Lowry (@BryanLowry3) September 17, 2018
Before the allegations became public, Blunt touted Kavanaugh’s personal background in a speech on the Senate floor earlier this month and criticized Democratic efforts to slow his nomination.
“He’s a church volunteer, mentoring people at schools. He has been widely supported by those who have dealt with him, his classmates, his colleagues, his clerks, lawyers, legal scholars,” Blunt said.
On Judge Kavanaugh:
I am deeply troubled by these allegations. They should be examined thoroughly and fairly by the Judiciary Committee without any artificial timeline.— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) September 17, 2018
Trump headed to Missouri to support McCaskill’s opponent Friday.
Trump heading to Missouri as Republicans eye key Senate seat https://t.co/CKUcTUxSsv
— St Joseph Post (@StJosephPost) September 15, 2018
President Donald Trump is coming to Missouri as he pushes for Republican Josh Hawley to unseat Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill in a critical Senate race.
McCaskill is a top target for Republicans seeking to expand the party’s slim 51-49 edge in the Senate. She is among 10 Senate Democrats up for re-election this year in states that Trump won. She’s considered among the most vulnerable incumbents as she faces Hawley, the state’s attorney general.
Trump won Missouri by 18 percentage points in 2016.
Moderate Republicans support Democratic candidate for U.S. House.
Lawrence Democrat Paul Davis is touting moderate Republican endorsements in his race for the 2nd District congressional seat: https://t.co/e863Konm9L pic.twitter.com/XNpKWFx0Uo
— Lawrence Journal-World (@LJWorld) September 17, 2018
“While we did not always vote the same way, his door and my door were always open to the other,” Sloan said. “We would talk about issues. We would try to find that common or middle ground in order to advance toward objectives that we both agreed were appropriate for our state.”
The group included a number of mostly former office office holders including former Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger, of Lawrence, and former Kansas State Board of Education member Val DeFever, of Independence.
Missouri State Senator Rob Schaaf of St. Joe spoke about transparency in campaign dollars. Schaaf reached his term limit, and won’t be on the ballot in November.
My Senate speech of today: https://t.co/uZCo6DwoEt. #moleg
— Rob Schaaf (@robschaaf) September 13, 2018
90-degree days will fade just in time for the start of Autumn this Saturday.
The heat & humidity will stick around a few more days before a cold front moves through Thur-Fri dropping high temps back to normal in the mid 70s. Scattered showers and storms will last off and on Thursday evening through Saturday. pic.twitter.com/ZYRgMbub0b
— NWS Kansas City (@NWSKansasCity) September 17, 2018
Coming up next weekend:
The first day of fall comes this Saturday, and right on cue the temperatures will drop into the middle 70s. pic.twitter.com/6X9jjSsSJ6
— NWS Kansas City (@NWSKansasCity) September 16, 2018
MoDOT goes passive aggressive over turn signals, or lack thereof.
No excuses. #DrivePolitely pic.twitter.com/Q8CC9Tgrje
— MoDOT (@MoDOT) September 17, 2018
The Brief is a daily roundup from St. Joe Post and around the web. The Associated Press contributed to this report.