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Nearly all of Ed Emery's contributions come from Ameren, Centurytel

With no election coming up in 2014, the campaign committee for Sen. Ed Emery, R-Lamar, does not have to be working full steam ahead, so contributions totaling $6,550 during the last three months of 2013 is not a surprising total.

Of that total, Emery, a member of the Senate's Commerce, Consumer Protection, Energy, and the Environment Committee, received $6,000 from two companies which often have business before that committee.

Emery's quarterly disclosure report. filed Tuesday with the Missouri Ethics Commission shows the Ameren Missouri PAC gave $5,000, while Centurytel contributed $1,000.

Emery has $40,677.33 in his campaign account.

Hartzler: We see more evidence every day of why Obamacare won't work

In her weekly newsletter, Fourth District Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler restates her claim that Obamacare is a disaster.

2014 has arrived and with it comes hope that the House and Senate will reach agreement on a number of issues that are important to the citizens we serve. The House has made serious efforts to improve the lives of Americans by passing legislation dealing with such matters as workplace flexibility, IRS abuse of law-abiding taxpayers, energy self-sufficiency, and - of course – numerous bills addressing the many problems with the President’s health care law and the need to repeal it, replace it, or at the very least delay implementation.

2013 in Review: Senate: We have lobbyists buy our booze so the taxpayers won't have to

(From March 2013)

An audit released today shows that special interests are footing the bill for booze, food, and parties for the Missouri Senate and the expenditures do not show up in the disclosure forms of any senator.

You won't find Senate leaders challenging Auditor Tom Schweich's findings- they claim they are saving the taxpayers money by having lobbyists take care of their party needs.

The practice, which is heavily criticized in the auditor's report, is to have the Senate solicit money from the lobbyists for the Senate Administrator's Fund, and, according to the audit, "The Senate made expenditures from the Senate Administrator's Fund that would not be allowable for state agencies."

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