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President Obama aimed his economic speech Tuesday at helping small businesses, but some Missourians urged wariness, saying proposed tax cuts must be viewed in the context of other administration initiatives.

Want to create economic opportunity for Americans? Congressman Sam Graves believes one path is legislative passage of trade agreements wth Colombia, Panama and South Korea.

The U.S. House passed on Thursday the Permanent Estate Tax Relief for Families, Farmers, and Small Businesses Act.

Sen. Claire McCaskill took her crusade against wartime contracting abuses to the top rungs of the Obama administration in a hearing about Afghanistan policy.

The Office of Congressional Ethics released a seven-page missive Tuesday refuting criticisms of its investigative process made by the House ethics committee in late October, and marking the public airing of tensions in the chamber's two-tiered ethics process.

A metro organization has a dream of a complaint-free world, and are asking Congress to pass a bipartisan resolution declaring today, the day before Thanksgiving, 'Complaint-Free Wednesday.' But this seemingly simple resolution has stirred a hornets nest of, well, complaints.

In finding common ground with both major political parties as a way to help stimulate the reeling housing industry, President Barack Obama signed legislation Nov.

Business groups fear the H1N1 flu crisis could lead to legislation requiring employers to provide paid sick leave to workers.

Speaking last night about why he thinks term limits are a good idea, former Matt Blunt Chief of Staff/Congressional Candidate/MO GOP Chairman Emeritus/Serial Tax Waster Ed Martin said he supports limiting Members of U.S. House to four two-year terms , and would sponsor a Constitutional amendment in Congress to make that happen.

' Committee says U.S. Rep. Silvestre Reyes not being investigated ' The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Standards of Official Conduct has notified U.S. Rep.

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver wanted people to stop complaining for a day and count their blessings.

Though the the House ethics committee cleared Rep. Sam Graves last month of wrongdoing connected to an appearance by a friend last spring, the handling of Graves' matter has remained in the news.

The Government Accountability Office audited a handful of service-disabled veteran-owned small business contracts, and might have discovered the tip of a large iceberg of fraud.

Congressmen are getting cranky about the work of a new independent House ethics board, and that's a good sign.

In finding common ground with both major political parties as a way to help stimulate the reeling housing industry, President Barack Obama signed legislation Nov.

The cable industry has found allies in the chair and ranking members of the House Click to find out more about Pitney Bowes mailstation?: a smart solution for your small business ');" onMouseOut="setTimeout ',500);" class=hotlink2>Small Business Committee in its push to get the government to focus broadband stimulus money on areas where there is no ...

Republican Rep. Sam Graves, a farmer from a rural northwest Missouri congressional district, was once a consistent supporter of easing trade and travel restrictions on Cuba.

In the 1970 film Little Big Man , Dustin Hoffman's Jack Crabb recalls his life among the Indians in the days of General George Custer, and the ageless wisdom of his grandfather, Old Lodge Skins.

Facing a continued wobbly housing market, local developers and real estate professionals are lobbying Congress to help prop up sales by extending and expanding a homebuyers' tax credit.

A simmering conflict between the House ethics committee and its fledgling investigative arm has escalated into open combat, prompting watchdogs to warn that lawmakers may be gearing up to kill the new Office of Congressional Ethics.