Jo Ann Emerson News

Eighth District U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson would be a good study for Sarah Palin as she ponders her political future, A.B. Stoddard of The Hill suggests.

A measure to once again ban D.C. from implementing a 1998 medical marijuana initiative failed in a House appropriations committee vote this evening.

The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed HR 2454, commonly known as cap-and-trade legislation, on a 219-212 vote.

Perry County's representative in Congress, Jo Ann Emerson will visit and tour Richardet Floor Covering in Perryville tomorrow morning.

Southeast Missouri State University could expand its offerings for students of forensic science if a spending item U.S. Sen.

U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt speaks at the GOP Pig Roast Saturday at Cape Girardeau County Park South.

Congressional Republicans are finding much to dislike in Democratic health care proposals, illustrating the immense difficulty Democrats face in fashioning an overhaul that can attract enough Republican support to be portrayed as bipartisan.

June 26, 2009 - The lift of the artificial cap on Central Liquidity Facility borrowing, pressed by NAFCU and NCUA, would continue under a fiscal 2010 appropriations bill cleared Thursday by the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Institutions.

A new study found that Americans saved 734 billion dollars over the last decade by purchasing generic alternatives to name-brand prescription drugs.

By a one-vote margin, a U.S. House committee decided on Thursday not to intervene in federal regulations that could hold U.S. ethanol makers responsible for greenhouse gases from crops overseas.

A bill that would fund the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Interior Department at elevated levels for fiscal 2010 was approved by the US House Appropriations Committee Thursday, paving the way for possible floor consideration next week.

Washington -- At a time when Missouri residents are watching what they spend, many of their representatives in Washington aren't hurting quite as much.

Both President Obama and The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission today called for creating a pathway for the Food and Drug Administration to approve follow-on biologics , adding to strong momentum to pass meaningful biogenerics legislation this Congress, according to the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association .

Some Missouri Congress members are again pushing for a constitutional amendment protecting the U.S. flag.

Several members of Missouri's congressional delegation disapprove of Gov. Jay Nixon using $250 million in federal stimulus money to pay off overdue state income tax refunds.

The New Life Evangelistic Center plan to transform the Cape Girardeau federal building into a homeless shelter gave new impetus this week to a two-year-old idea to build a small cluster of energy-efficient homes for struggling families.

The response coordinated by Cape Girardeau city leaders in opposition to a proposed homeless shelter was delivered to three federal agencies Friday, U.S. Rep.

Perry County's representative in Congress, Jo Ann Emerson today reminded Eighth Congressional District constituents that new travel document requirements for U.S. citizens will go into effect on Monday, June 1. Americans traveling in the Western Hemisphere will need a passport or other valid travel document to enter or to re-enter the United States ...

Jefferson City -- Missouri Rep. Roy Blunt is touting the endorsements of most Republican state senators in his U.S. Senate bid.

Perry County's representative in Congress Jo Ann Emerson today gave voice to the concerns of her constituents about federal spending on various Treasury programs, particularly the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program .