U.S. Sen. Claire C. McCaskill (D - MO)
She waitressed for six years to help pay for college and law school. She clerked for the Missouri Court of Appeals before working as an assistant prosecutor in Kansas City. She was elected to the Missouri State Legislature in 1982. McCaskill became the Jackson County Prosecutor in 1993, and worked as Missouri Auditor starting in 1999. She unsuccessfully ran for governor in 2004 before being elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006. Official Bio
Birthday: July 24, 1953
Committees: Armed Services; Commerce, Science & Transportation; Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs; Special Aging
The Issues: Find our where Sen. McCaskill stands on the issues
Other: Catholic; Married; the first female Senator from Missouri
Number of Questions Asked: 1
Number of Answers Provided: 1
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When considering legislation, how do you balance the needs of your constituents with the need to pass legislation that is also good for the whole country? Do you consistently favor one over the other, or do you approach things issue by issues, law by law?
Asked 19 weeks 6 days ago of U.S. Sen. Claire C. McCaskill (D-MO)
by Elvin J. from Nashville, TN
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When considering legislation, how do you balance the needs of your constituents with the need to pass legislation that is also good for the whole country? Do you consistently favor one over the other, or do you approach things issue by issues, law by law?
Asked 19 weeks 6 days ago of U.S. Sen. Claire C. McCaskill (D-MO)
by Elvin J. from Nashville, TN
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This certainly seems like a good time to fund national and community service programs. What are you doing to ensure that such programs receive the funding they need?
Asked by: Ayl G. from New York, NY. Received 41 Votes.
Listen to: U.S. Sen. Claire C. McCaskill (D-MO)
Well I think we just passed the National Service Bill, expanding Americorps – that’s gonna have a significant price tag, but it’s an investment. For every dollar we spend on national service programs the country gets back multiples of that. It appeals to the auditor in me in terms of cost benefit. So you’re gonna see, this is one of the areas where we are gonna see a nudging up of the federal budget in that area because we all know we get a great return on that.
Answered on May 5th, 2009 More
