http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Roy_BluntFind stories, videos, and photos about Roy Blunt from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:51:43 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/POLITICS/06/08/health.care.debate/tztop.health2.gi.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Roy_Blunt14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Roy Blunt from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/08/health.care.debate/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/08/health.care.debate/index.html#cnnSTCTextAs the debate on health-care reform heats up on Capitol Hill, it's clear lawmakers don't see eye-to-eye on the issue -- with each other or President Obama.Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:05:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/19/missouri.senate/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/19/missouri.senate/index.html#cnnSTCTextMissouri Rep. Roy Blunt Thursday announced his intention to run for a seat in the U.S. Senate, a move that sets up what is likely to be a showdown between two prominent families in one of the country's most politically divided states.Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:26:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/04/digital.tv.delay.vote/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/04/digital.tv.delay.vote/index.html#cnnSTCTextAmerican TV viewers have four extra months to get ready for the day their local stations shut down their analog transmitters, thanks to a delay in the digital TV transition approved by Congress Wednesday.Thu, 05 Feb 2009 00:13:00 ESThttp://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1846453,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1846453,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThe Senate passes an amended rescue plan, throwing the ball back into the House Republicans' court Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/30/congress.bailout/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/30/congress.bailout/index.html#cnnSTCTextA small group of Democratic House members put together an alternative to the $700 billion financial bailout measure that was defeated in the House on Monday.Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:50:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1845657,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1845657,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAll the talk of bipartisanship turned into a flurry of finger-pointing and recriminations after the Administration's controversial financial markets rescue plan goes down in defeat in the HouseTue, 30 Sep 2008 05:00:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/29/magazines/fortune/nobailout_easton.fortune/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/29/magazines/fortune/nobailout_easton.fortune/index.htmBarely containing his temper, Virginia's Eric Cantor, deputy whip for the House Republicans, stepped to the microphone this afternoon to blame the bailout defeat on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's "failure to listen" and her charged partisan rhetoric in condemning President George Bush's "budgetary recklessness" and "anything-goes mentality."Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:38:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/28/bailout.deal/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/28/bailout.deal/index.html#cnnSTCTextBillionaire Warren Buffett told congressional negotiators that if they can't agree on a proposed financial bailout, the nation will face "its biggest financial meltdown in American history," two sources familiar with the talks said.Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:29:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1845253,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1845253,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsIn a midnight session, congressional leaders and the Bush Administration came to a tentative agreement on a $700 billion bailout packageSun, 28 Sep 2008 17:00:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/27/news/economy/Congressional_talks_over_bailout/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/2008/09/27/news/economy/Congressional_talks_over_bailout/index.htmCongressional leaders said shortly after midnight that they had reached a tentative deal over the White House's proposed $700 billion bailout of the financial system.Sun, 28 Sep 2008 12:45:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/20/congress.wiretaps/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/20/congress.wiretaps/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe House approved a bipartisan plan Friday to overhaul the nation's wiretapping laws.Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/12/unemployment.benefits/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/12/unemployment.benefits/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe House passed a bill extending unemployment benefits by 13 weeks Thursday, but a presidential veto threat makes its final passage uncertain.Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/14/gop.agenda/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/14/gop.agenda/index.html#cnnSTCTextSensing trouble in the fall, the House GOP leadership on Wednesday addressed recent losses in special Congressional elections by unleashing a new agenda aimed at changing that party's image.Wed, 14 May 2008 20:39:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/17/earmark.investigation/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/17/earmark.investigation/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Senate voted Thursday to seek a federal investigation into a 2005 earmark on a highway funding bill that was altered after Congress approved the measure but before President Bush signed it.Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:55:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1727792,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1727792,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsMembers of Congress have as much as $196 million collectively invested in companies doing business with the Defense Department, earning millions since the onset of the Iraq war, according to a new study by a nonpartisan research groupThu, 03 Apr 2008 21:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/13/bush.fisa/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/13/bush.fisa/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe House of Representatives met in secret session Thursday night to debate revisions to federal surveillance laws, closing off the chamber for the first time since 1983 at the request of its Republican minority. Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/11/lantos.obit/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/11/lantos.obit/index.html#cnnSTCTextRep. Tom Lantos, the Democratic chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, died Monday due to complications from cancer, his office said. Lantos was 80.Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:28:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/22/economic.politics/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/22/economic.politics/index.html#cnnSTCTextPresident Bush, before meeting with the congressional leadership on Tuesday, said "common ground" could be reached on an economic stimulus package.Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:38:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/28/jefferson.homeland.security/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/28/jefferson.homeland.security/index.htmlHouse Republicans plan a formal objection on the House floor to the appointment of Rep. William Jefferson to the Homeland Security Committee.Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:27:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/08/bush.transcript/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/08/bush.transcript/index.htmlPresident Bush on Wednesday discussed the midterm elections and the news that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was stepping down in a White House news conference. The following is a partial transcript of his remarks:Wed, 08 Nov 2006 18:13:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/10/congress.poll/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/10/congress.poll/index.htmlA CNN poll released Wednesday may continue the anxiety for the GOP, showing Democrats with a 14-point advantage over Republicans among registered voters asked their preferences in this year's midterm elections.Wed, 10 May 2006 20:12:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/03/schneider.boehner/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/03/schneider.boehner/index.htmlBackroom maneuvering, secret ballots, surprise results -- everything you could wish for in a political Play of the Week.Fri, 03 Feb 2006 23:18:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/02/house.leadership/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/02/house.leadership/index.htmlHouse Republicans on Thursday elected U.S. Rep. John Boehner of Ohio as majority leader.Thu, 02 Feb 2006 14:39:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/24/house.leader/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/24/house.leader/index.htmlTwo GOP congressmen -- a moderate and a conservative -- joined forces Tuesday to endorse Rep. John Shadegg of Arizona as a candidate to succeed Rep. Tom DeLay as the powerful House majority leader.Tue, 24 Jan 2006 18:42:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/19/ivins.blunt/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/19/ivins.blunt/index.htmlIt takes a Texas Republican to get that fine, hairline reading on the ethical sensitivity scale we all prize so highly. Thus, it comes as no surprise that a couple of six-packs of Texas Republican congressmen have signed up to endorse Rep. Roy Blunt, Tom DeLay's chosen successor, in the House leadership fight. Glad to see they're taking this ethical stuff seriously.Thu, 19 Jan 2006 19:55:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/08/house.majorityleader/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/08/house.majorityleader/index.htmlTwo top Republicans announced Sunday they would seek the No. 2 position in the House, a day after Rep. Tom DeLay said he will not try to reclaim the majority leader post.Sun, 08 Jan 2006 18:55:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/14/novak.gop/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/14/novak.gop/index.htmlLast Wednesday, leaders of conservative and moderate factions in the House Republican conference sat down to discuss a joint call for new leadership elections. No agreement was reached, and the events of the next 24 hours destroyed the budding coalition while exposing the ineffectiveness of current leaders. Abandonment of oil drilling in the Arctic failed to appease the moderate bloc, and the leaders pulled down the budget-cutting bill late Thursday.Mon, 14 Nov 2005 13:11:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/10/house.budget/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/10/house.budget/index.htmlHouse Republican leaders abruptly called off a vote Thursday on a bill that would trim $50 billion in spending after moderate Republicans resisted cuts to a range of social programs, including Medicaid, student loans and food stamps.Fri, 11 Nov 2005 02:03:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/29/delay.blunt/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/29/delay.blunt/index.htmlAs Rep. Tom DeLay began moving out of his leadership suite in the Capitol to his smaller district office in the Cannon Building, his Republican colleagues in the House began pondering a future without "The Hammer" as majority leader.Thu, 29 Sep 2005 20:42:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/28/blunt.dreier/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/09/28/blunt.dreier/index.htmlHouse Republicans on Wednesday named three GOP congressmen to assume the duties of Rep. Tom DeLay, who stepped down from his post as House majority leader after a Texas grand jury indicted him for alleged state campaign finance violations.Wed, 28 Sep 2005 23:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/21/energy.bill.pambo/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/21/energy.bill.pambo/index.htmlShortly before the House began debate Wednesday on an energy bill aimed primarily at making the country less dependent on overseas oil, a House committee chairman involved in the legislation bluntly dismissed a key provision to boost the use of hydrogen fuels.Thu, 21 Apr 2005 17:44:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/17/delay/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/04/17/delay/index.htmlTop Democrats assailed House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on Sunday over ethical questions that have put him at the center of a political firestorm, while Republicans came to his defense.Sun, 17 Apr 2005 19:22:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/03/governor.missouri/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/03/governor.missouri/index.htmlRepublican Secretary of State Matt Blunt won the governor's race Tuesday in Missouri, narrowly defeating Democrat Claire McCaskill, CNN projected.Wed, 03 Nov 2004 09:12:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/21/911.report/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/21/911.report/index.htmlA report by the commission investigating the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, is expected to recommend reforms in the U.S. intelligence structure, but any changes may have to wait until next year, a top Republican congressman said Wednesday.Wed, 21 Jul 2004 12:45:00 EDT