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Roy Blunt

Roy D. Blunt (born January 10, 1950) is the junior United States Senator from Missouri. He is a member of the Republican Party.

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Request to define what is a Palestinian refugee creates big diplomatic complication for US

A simple congressional request for the United States to distinguish between Palestinians displaced by the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict and millions of their descendants poses a high-stakes diplomatic and political challenge for President Barack Obama.

The State Department dislikes the idea, arguing that it would force the U.S. to prejudge one of the final so-called status issues of Mideast peace negotiations — refugees — that both Democrats and Republicans say Israel and the Palestinians should resolve in the now-stalled two-state talks. State Department spokesman Mark Toner insisted Wednesday that the fate of refugees "needs to be worked out between the parties."Jordan opposes it, as it wonders who will care for the hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees within its borders if the definition changes.Whatever step the Obama administration takes in an election year is certain to resonate as Republicans and GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney persist in questioning the president's ...

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  1. Could 20 million lose coverage under health care law?

    Sen. Blunt reacts to CBO report

  2. Will the geography of the primaries sink Newt Gingrich in February?

    The quote "geography is destiny" is attributed to Napoleon. The emperor was, of course, referring to the fate of nations but he could just have easily been referring...

  3. States attack 'Obamacare' with birth control bills which would allow insurance companies to ignore new contraception rule

    Republican lawmakers in a handful of states are opening another front in the war against President Obama's health care overhaul, seizing on the hot-button issue of b...

  4. Brownback Wins in Kan; Blunt Prevails in Missouri ; Bernero Tops in Michigan

    Longtime Sen. Sam Brownback snatched the GOP nomination in Kansas' gubernatorial race Tuesday while members of two famed political dynasties in Missouri -- Robin Car...

  5. Romney camp trying to set record straight on Blunt amendment

    Republican measure would allow employers to opt out of any health care provision they oppose on moral or religious grounds

  6. Missouri Senate Candidate Ditches Hairpiece in 'Interest of Transparency'

    Maybe it was just a case of rug burn, but a Republican candidate for Senate in Missouri is rolling out a new look -- ditching the hairpiece he's worn for two decades...

  7. Republicans fail to overturn Obama mandate for birth control coverage; tight vote in Senate

    In an election year battle mixing birth control, religion and politics, Democrats narrowly blocked an effort by Senate Republicans to overturn President Barack Obama...

  8. U.S. Government Heads Towards Another Shutdown

    FEMA will likely run out of money and close early this week

  9. Must-Win Race for GOP

    Republicans hoping to retain retiring Missouri Senator Kit Bond's seat

  10. Contractor Investigated Over Possible Illegal Immigrant Hiring at National Guard Site

    SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A Missouri contractor says he is cooperating with federal investigators looking into whether he employed illegal immigrants to work on a Missouri...

  11. At Senate's center, Murkowski regrets voting with GOP to overturn Obama birth control rule

    Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she saw it coming, even before the public scolding last weekend at Alaska's Iditarod dog sled race. Siding with Republican leaders on a cont...

  12. Health care anniversary: Not such a big 'bleeping' deal?

    It's one big deal of an anniversary, but apparently President Obama will not be celebrating.Friday marks the second anniversary of Obama signing his health care refo...

  1. Rep . Roy Blunt to Run for Senate in 2010

    Former House Minority Whip Roy Blunt , R-Mo, will announce that he's running for the Senate in Missouri on Thursday, according to two sources with knowledge of the C...

  2. An overview of convictions related to the corruption probe of lobbyist Jack Abramoff

    Lawmakers, lobbyists, Bush administration officials, congressional staffers and others caught up in the Jack Abramoff public corruption probe:— Tony Rudy, lobbyist a...

  3. Obama touting affordable education, Blunt chides Democrats about taxes, energy policy

    Eager to energize young voters, President Barack Obama is depicting Republicans as obstacles to an affordable college education as he previews an argument he will ma...

  4. Is Outside Still in for 2012?

    Chris Stirewalt talks to Sarah Steelman, a tea party candidate running against freshman democratic senator Claire McCaskill in Missouri

  5. Republican Response

    Rep . Roy Blunt on Obama's GOP fiscal 'credibility' comment

  6. Santorum says Illinois 'can shake up' GOP race

    Playing for another upset, GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum urged conservatives Friday to further upend the nominating contest by putting Illinois in his col...

  7. APNewsBreak: Army Corps backs study of its much-criticized Missouri River flood management

    After months of sustained, historic Midwest flooding and criticism that the government bungled its management of the Missouri River, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers...

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