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Current office: U.S. Senate
Birth place: Rolla, MO
Home city: Columbia, MO
Education: JD, University of Missouri Law School BS, Political Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, 1975.
Profession: Jackson County Prosecutor, 1992-1998 Assistant Prosecutor, Jackson County Prosecutors Office Clerk, Missouri Court of Appeals, Kansas City.
Political: Senator, United States Senate, 2006-present Candidate, Governor of Missouri, 2004 Auditor, State of Missouri, 1998-present Representative, Missouri State House of Representatives, 1982-1988.
Membership: Member, White House Commission for Drug Free Communities. President, Missouris Association of Prosecuting Attorneys Founding Member/Chair, National Association of Drug Court Professionals Vice-President, National District Attorneys Association Member, Saint Gerard Majella Catholic Church of Saint Louis Member, Saint Joseph Catholic Church of Jefferson City.
First elected: 11/07/2006
Last elected: 11/07/2006
Next election: 2012
Family: Husband: Joseph Shepard; 3 Children: Austin, Maddie, Lily; 4 Stepchildren: Benjamin, Carl, Marilyn, Michael.
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Birth place: Rolla, MO
Home city: Columbia, MO
Education: JD, University of Missouri Law School BS, Political Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, 1975.
Profession: Jackson County Prosecutor, 1992-1998 Assistant Prosecutor, Jackson County Prosecutors Office Clerk, Missouri Court of Appeals, Kansas City.
Political: Senator, United States Senate, 2006-present Candidate, Governor of Missouri, 2004 Auditor, State of Missouri, 1998-present Representative, Missouri State House of Representatives, 1982-1988.
Membership: Member, White House Commission for Drug Free Communities. President, Missouris Association of Prosecuting Attorneys Founding Member/Chair, National Association of Drug Court Professionals Vice-President, National District Attorneys Association Member, Saint Gerard Majella Catholic Church of Saint Louis Member, Saint Joseph Catholic Church of Jefferson City.
First elected: 11/07/2006
Last elected: 11/07/2006
Next election: 2012
Family: Husband: Joseph Shepard; 3 Children: Austin, Maddie, Lily; 4 Stepchildren: Benjamin, Carl, Marilyn, Michael.
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Seattle Times
8.12.09 9:07 PM |
Sen. Charles Grassley, a Republican who is a key bargainer on health care reform, played to packed crowds across the state who left little doubt that they are not happy with what's on the table.
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Los Angeles Times
8.12.09 3:00 AM |
Reform won't mean 'death panels' or rationed care, he tells a town hall in New Hampshire. The audience is polite, but Democrats elsewhere face hecklers.
President Obama ventured into the...
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USA Today
8.12.09 12:34 AM |
President Obama, who initially demanded that the House and Senate pass health care overhauls by August, was playing defense Tuesday ...
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Charleston Gazette
8.12.09 12:16 AM |
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. - Assailing "wild misrepresentations" of his health-care plan, Barack Obama came looking for a confrontation. Nobody wanted to fight.The polite "town hall" the president addressed...
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Arizona Daily Star
8.12.09 12:00 AM |
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — Braced for a fight he never got, President Obama went on the offensive in support of his health-care plan Tuesday, urging a town hall audience not to listen to those who seek to...
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Seattle Times
8.11.09 8:45 PM |
Jeers and taunts drowned out Democrats calling for a health care overhaul at town halls Tuesday, and one lawmaker said a swastika was spray-painted at his office as debate turned to noisy...
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The Buffalo News
8.11.09 3:19 AM |
Angry crowds have put many lawmakers on the defensive as they try to talk about health care with their constituents, leading some to replace public forums with teleconferences or stepping up...
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The Hill
8.10.09 1:00 PM |
After a week on the defensive, Democrats on Monday stepped up their response to what they consider to be a contrived...
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The Hill
8.10.09 11:54 AM |
Several House Republicans have used Twitter to promote their August activities, keeping a national audience informed of their once-obscure local recess events.
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The Hill
8.8.09 11:21 AM |
The battle over healthcare in town-hall settings continued with one congressman lashing out at a constituent, one senator's town hall being canceled,...
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