Politics Watch — September 9, 2010
McCaskill to host Fulton town hall meeting
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., will host a town hall meeting at William Woods University in Fulton today from 1-2 p.m. to talk to voters about the federal deficit and the economic downturn. McCaskill, who is not up for re-election until 2012, will speak at Aldridge Lounge about ways to control federal spending.
McCaskill has come out aggressively against increased federal expenditures, especially since the beginning of the recession, calling for rules to cap discretionary spending, cut earmark projects and implement "pay-as-you-go" rules for new tax cuts or spending.
Bond awarded for lifetime achievement by biodiesel industry
Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., received the National Biodiesel Board's lifetime achievement award today, according to a news release put out by his office.
Bond, who is retiring this year, has made biodiesel and life sciences primary causes of his time in the Senate. Last month, as The Maneater reported, Bond hosted a biofuels summit on the MU campus to hear ideas from the industry about how Missouri could better use its biomass supply to create green energy.
“In 40 years of public service, I have seen many ideas come and go," Bond said in the statement. "Biofuels, or generating energy from crops we have in abundance is an idea that is here to stay. It makes sense environmentally, it makes sense from a business perspective, and it means we don’t have to import as much energy from foreign sources."