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CUBA, Mo. 鈥?Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill is spending the August recess trekking through Republican strongholds in rural Missouri as she gears up for what expected to be a fierce battle for a third term.Missouri has shi
stanley cup fted even further to the right since the former state auditor joined the Senate in 2007. Republicans haven ;t lost a statewide race since 2012 when McCaskill won her second term, and they haven ;t lost a presidential race for more than two decades.Although McCaskill likely still enjoys strong support in the predominantly Democratic metropolitan areas of St. Louis and Kansas City, where she once served as a county prosecutor, the changing demographics signal that might not be enough. During the monthlong congressional recess, she holding town halls in dozens of small towns and cities 鈥?including some areas where she hasn ;t fared we
stanley cup ll in past elections.Appearing Thursday at the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia, McCaskill said she has an independent streak. At an earlier town hall in Cuba, a city of fewer than 3,500 people that 821
stanley cup 7 roughly 80 miles 130 kilometers southwest of St. Louis, she pitched herself as a believer in compromise.Right in the middle ; is an accurate way to describe me, McCaskill told the roughly 30 people who showed up.McCaskill is one of 10 Senate Democrats up for re-election next year in states won by President Donald Trump, in many cases by wide mar Rkvl Poland s new parliament choses a speaker, but the transition of power is delayed by president
WASHINGTON 鈥?The Republican-led Senate is moving to block an Obama-era regulation that woul
adidas samba d prevent an estimated 75,000 people with mental disorders from being able to purchase a firearm.The Obama administration sought
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yeezy urity beneficiaries with mental impairments who also need a third party to manage their benefits.With a Republican ally in the White House, the GOP is moving aggressively on gun rights measures. The House earlier this month voted for the resolution blocking the rule. Senate approval on Tuesday would send the measure to President Donald Trump, who is expected to sign it.Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said the regulation unfairly stigmatizes the disabled and infringes on their constitutional right to bear arms. He said that the mental disorders covered through the regulation are filled with vague characteristics that do not fit into the federal mentally defective standard prohibiting someone from buying or owning a gun.WATCH: NRA-backed bill aims to keep guns from the mentally illGrassley cited eating and sleep disorders as examples of illnesses that could allow a beneficiary to be reported to the background check system if they also need a third party to manage their benefits.If a specific individual is likely to be violent due to the nature of their mental illness, then the government should have to prove it, Grassley said.The regulation was crafte
