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Mar 22, 2022 · COLUMBIA, Mo. – Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, now a leading Republican Senate candidate, was physically abusive and demonstrated such “unstable and coercive behavior” that steps were taken to...
- Across The Aisle
- Perils of Partisanship
- End of An Era
Blunt’s political resume dwarfs those of many of his contemporaries. He served as Greene County clerk for 12 years before becoming the first Republican in more than a half-century to be elected secretary of state. After an unsuccessful bid for governor in 1992, Blunt became president of Southwest Baptist University before his election in 1996 to Co...
Since entering Congress in 1997, Blunt was often at the center of some of the most prominent issues in American politics and policy. He said that establishing the continuity of government after the 9/11 terrorist attacks was likely one of the toughest challenges of his political career. In addition to dealing with the fallout from the 2008 economic...
Blunt was one of several Republicans who came to prominence in the 1970s at a time when Democrats were still a major force in the state. People like Blunt, Kit Bond, John Danforth and John Ashcroft often had to persuade voters who typically backed Democratic candidates to support their statewide endeavors. They also had to work with Democratic offi...
- Jason Rosenbaum
May 28, 2023 · Blunt and Whitehouse put the furor over the Supreme Court in the context of the increasingly bitter partisan fighting over the makeup of the judiciary in recent decades.
- Alexandra Marquez
Roy Alton Blount Jr. ( / ˈblʌnt /; born October 4, 1941) is an American writer, speaker, reporter, and humorist.
Roy Dean Blunt [1] (born January 10, 1950) is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Missouri from 2011 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 33rd Missouri Secretary of State (1985–1993) and U.S. Representative for Missouri's 7th congressional district (1997–2011).
Sen. Roy Blunt falsely claimed the Obama administration had “waived the income verification requirement” of the federal health care law.
Dec 10, 2022 · Dec. 10—Retiring U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, the Republican from Missouri who has had a half-century career in politics, gave his farewell address on the Senate floor this week.
