Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO), was scored by the Washington Post on the percentage of votes on which a lawmaker agrees with the position taken by a majority of his or her party members. The scores do not include missed votes.
Their summary: Voted with Democratic Party 84.6% of 325 votes. Overall, Democrats voted with their party 88.4% of the time, and Republicans voted with their party 81.7% of the time (votes Jan. 8 through Sept. 8, 2007).
Source: Washington Post, "US Congress Votes Database"
Sep 8, 2007
Hastert should resign his speakership for a cover-up
Clearly what has happened here is an arrogance of power. It is about holding onto power instead of doing the right thing. And Washington is not working. This shouldn't be about power. This should be about protecting kids and calling the authorities,
calling the Ethics Committee. They didn't even tell the Democrats on the Page Committee. This was about a cover-up. I think it's wrong. It is a great example of how out of touch Washington is, and how they've got their priorities all wrong.
Source: 2006 MO Senate Debate on NBC Meet The Press
Oct 8, 2006
Lifelong Missouri resident from Missouri family
Claire McCaskill has spent all of her life in Missouri. She was born in Rolla and raised in Houston, Missouri, where her father William worked at the McCaskill & Sons feed mill. The family later moved to Lebanon, hometown of her mother, Betty.
Claire attended Hickman High School in Columbia, where her mother became Columbia's 1st woman city council member. She remained in Columbia after high school and graduated from University of Missouri undergraduate and law school and later clerked for the
Missouri Court of Appeals in Kansas City.
Claire is married to Joseph Shepard, a St. Louis businessman. Together they have a blended family of seven children and one grandchild:
Benjamin, 30, Carl, 27, Marilyn, 25, Michael, 23, Austin, 18, Maddie, 16, Lily, 13, and Victoria, 1.
Claire is a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Jefferson City and St. Gerard Majella Catholic Church in St. Louis.
Source: Campaign website, www.ClaireOnline.com, "About Claire"
Dec 25, 2005
