Bond, C Sen

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Christopher Samuel "Kit" Bond, a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Republican_Party%28USA%29" title="Republican Party (USA)">Republican</a>, is a former <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S._Senate" title="U. S. Senate" class="mw-redirect">U.S. Senator</a>

for Missouri, having served 1987 to 2011. Bond previously announced

that he would not run for re-election in 2010. Former Representative,

Republican <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Roy_Blunt" title="Roy Blunt">Roy Blunt</a>, beat Democrat <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Robin_Carnahan" title="Robin Carnahan">Robin Carnahan</a> for the Senate seat. (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/pagecgd109_mo2.gif">map</a>) <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Christopher_S.Bond#cite_note-1">[1]</a><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Christopher_S.Bond#cite_note-2">[2]</a>

<h2>Contents</h2>

</div></div><div id="toc" class="toc"><ul><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Christopher_S._Bond#Record_and_controversies">1 Record and controversies</a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Christopher_S.Bond#Iraq_War">1.1 Iraq War</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Christopher_S.Bond#Environmental_record">1.2 Environmental record</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Christopher_S._Bond#Voting_against_the_McCain_Amendment">1.3 Voting against the McCain Amendment</a></li></ul>

</li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Christopher_S.Bond#Bio">2 Bio</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Christopher_S.Bond#Money_in_politics">3 Money in politics</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Christopher_S._Bond#Committees_and_affiliations">4 Committees and affiliations</a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Christopher_S._Bond#Committees">4.1 Committees</a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-9"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Christopher_S.Bond#Committee_assignments_in_the_109th_Congress.282005-2006.29">4.1.1 Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)</a></li></ul>

</li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Christopher_S._Bond#Affiliations">4.2 Affiliations</a></li></ul>

</li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-11"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Christopher_S.Bond#More_background_data">5 More background data</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-12"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Christopher_S.Bond#Contact">6 Contact</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-13"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Christopher_S._Bond#Articles_and_resources">7 Articles and resources</a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Christopher_S._Bond#References">7.1 References</a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-15"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Christopher_S._Bond#Local_blogs_and_discussion_sites">7.1.1 Local blogs and discussion sites</a></li></ul>

</li></ul>

</div>

<h2>Record and controversies</h2>

<div style="margin:0.5em 0.75em 0.5em 0.75em; border-collapse: collapse; background: #dce8f8; border: 1px solid #5c79b5; padding:.25em .25em 0.25em .25em;">General information about important bills and votes for can be found in Congresspedia's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Category:U.S._legislation" title="Category:U.S. legislation">articles on legislation</a>.

You can add information you find on how Christopher S. Bond voted by

clicking the "[edit]" link to the right and typing it in. Remember to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Help:References" title="Help:References">cite your sources</a>!</div>

Bond voted for the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_Against_Iraq" title="Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq" class="mw-redirect">Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq</a> in Oct. 2002.

<div style="margin:0.5em 0.75em 0.5em 0.75em; border-collapse: collapse; background: #dce8f8; border: 1px solid #5c79b5; padding:.25em .25em 0.25em .25em;">For more information see the chart of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S._Senate_votes_on_the_Iraq_War" title="U.S. Senate votes on the Iraq War">U.S. Senate votes on the Iraq War</a>.</div>

<h3>Environmental record</h3>

For more information on environmental legislation, see the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Portal:Energy_and_Environment_Policy_%28U.S.%29" title="Portal:Energy and Environment Policy (U.S.)">Energy and Environment Policy Portal</a>

<h3>Voting against the McCain Amendment</h3>

On October 5, 2005, Kit Bond was one of only 9 Senators to vote against the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/McCain_Amendment_No._1977" title="McCain Amendment No. 1977">McCain Amendment No. 1977</a> to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006, which bans the use of torture by US forces.

Bond told the Washington Post, "The last thing we want to do

is put undue burdens on military and intelligence officials who are on

the ground trying to obtain critical information on the war on terror.

There are already guidelines in place, including administrative

processes, to investigate misconduct and take corrective and punitive

action." "<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/06/AR2005100601802.html">[1]</a>

Born March 6, 1939 in St. Louis, Missouri, Bond graduated from

Princeton University in 1960 and received his law degree from the

University of Virginia, where he graduated first in his class. He served

as a clerk in the Fifth Circuit Court in Atlanta, Georgia. Bond then

practiced law in Washington, DC before returning to Mexico, Missouri.

In 1969, Bond became an Assistant Attorney General under <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_Danforth" title="John Danforth" class="mw-redirect">John Danforth</a>. Before being elected State Auditor in 1970, Bond was chief counsel of Missouri's Consumer Protection Division.

He was elected governor in 1972 and 1980, serving from 1973 to 1977 and from 1981 to 1985. Bond was succeeded in 1985 by <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_Ashcroft" title="John Ashcroft" class="mw-redirect">John Ashcroft</a>, a fellow Republican. After Sen. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Thomas_Eagleton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thomas Eagleton (page does not exist)">Thomas Eagleton</a> decided not to run for re-election, Bond was elected senator in 1986 and re-elected in 1992, 1998, and 2004.

<h2>Money in politics</h2>

This section contains links to – and feeds from – money in politics

databases.

<crpcontribdata>cid=N00005178&cycle=2006</crpcontribdata>

<table class="prettytable"><tbody><tr><th colspan="3">Links to more campaign contribution information for Christopher S. Bond

from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org">OpenSecrets.org</a> site.</th></tr><tr><td>Fundraising profile:</td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00005178">2006 election cycle</a></td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allsummary.asp?cid=N00005178">Career totals</a></td></tr><tr><td>Top contributors by organization/corporation:</td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00005178">2006 election cycle</a></td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allcontrib.asp?cid=N00005178">Career totals</a></td></tr><tr><td>Top contributors by industry:</td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/indus.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00005178">2006 election cycle</a></td><td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allindus.asp?cid=N00005178">Career totals</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/search_result.asp?mem=Bond%2C+Christopher+S+">Revolving door profile for Christopher S. Bond</a> from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.OpenSecrets.org">OpenSecrets.org</a> website.</li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/travel.asp?CID=N00005178">2006 privately funded travel profile for Christopher S. Bond</a> from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.OpenSecrets.org">OpenSecrets.org</a> website.</li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/candlook.php?CID=N00005178">Personal finance profile for Christopher S. Bond</a> from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.OpenSecrets.org">OpenSecrets.org</a> website.</li></ul>

<h2>Committees and affiliations</h2>

<h3>Committees</h3>

<ul><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Senate_Committee_on_Appropriations" title="Senate Committee on Appropriations">Senate Committee on Appropriations</a>

<ul><li>Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies</li><li>Subcommittee on Defense</li><li>Subcommittee on Energy and Water</li><li>Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government</li><li>Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs</li><li>Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, Judiciary, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies</li></ul>

</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Senate_Committee_on_Environment_and_Public_Works" title="Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works">Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works</a>

<ul><li>Subcommittee on Public Sector Solutions to Global Warming, Oversight and Children's Health Protection</li><li>Subcommittee on Superfund and Environmental Health</li><li>Subcommittee on Transportation Safety, Infrastructure Security and Water Quality</li></ul>

</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Senate_Committee_on_Small_Business_and_Entrepreneurship" title="Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship">Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Senate_Select_Committee_on_Intelligence" title="Senate Select Committee on Intelligence">Senate Select Committee on Intelligence</a> - Ranking Member</li></ul>

<h4>Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)</h4>

<ul><li>Subcommittee on Agriculture Rural Development and Related Agencies</li><li>Subcommittee on Commerce Justice and Science</li><li>Subcommittee on Defense</li><li>Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government</li><li>Subcommittee on Energy and Water</li><li>Subcommittee on State Foreign Operations and Related Programs</li><li>Subcommittee on Transportation Treasury the Judiciary and Housing and Urban Development - Chair</li></ul>

</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Senate_Committee_on_Environment_and_Public_Works" title="Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works">Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works</a>

<ul><li>Subcommittee on Clean Air Climate Change and Nuclear Safety</li><li>Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure - Chair</li><li>Subcommittee on Superfund and Waste Management</li></ul>

</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Senate_Select_Committee_on_Intelligence" title="Senate Select Committee on Intelligence">Senate Select Committee on Intelligence</a>

<ul><li>Subcommittee on Oversight of the Terriorist Surveillance Program</li></ul>

<h3>Affiliations</h3>

<ul><li>Advisory Board, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/World_Agricultural_Forum" title="World Agricultural Forum">World Agricultural Forum</a></li><li>Honorary Board Member, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Friends_of_the_National_Arboretum" title="Friends of the National Arboretum">Friends of the National Arboretum</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Christopher_S._Bond#cite_note-3">[3]</a></li></ul>

<h2>More background data</h2>

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=S0491103">Background information on Christopher S. Bond from Project Vote Smart</a></li></ul>

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=S0491103">Interest group scorecard ratings for Christopher S. Bond from Project Vote Smart</a></li></ul>

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/b000611">Voting record for Christopher S. Bond from the Washington Post database</a></li></ul>

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/cgi-bin/newmemberbio.cgi?lang=&member=MOSR&site=congressmerge">Information on Christopher S. Bond from Congress Merge</a></li></ul>

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Christopher Samuel "Kit" Bond (born March 6, 1939) is a former <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senator</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a> and a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party%28United_States%29" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a>. First elected to the U.S. Senate in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_elections,1986" title="United States Senate elections, 1986">1986</a>, he defeated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party%28United_States%29" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriett_Woods" title="Harriett Woods">Harriett Woods</a> by a margin of 53%–47%. He was re-elected in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_elections,1992" title="United States Senate elections, 1992">1992</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Missouri,1998" title="United States Senate election in Missouri, 1998">1998</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Missouri,2004" title="United States Senate election in Missouri, 2004">2004</a>. On January 8, 2009, he announced that he would not seek re-election to a fifth term in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Missouri,_2010" title="United States Senate election in Missouri, 2010">2010</a>, and was succeeded by current Senator <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Blunt" title="Roy Blunt">Roy Blunt</a> on January 3, 2011.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-bond2010-1">[1]</a> Following his retirement from the Senate, Bond became a partner at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson_Coburn" title="Thompson Coburn">Thompson Coburn</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-Carney-2">[2]</a>

Before his career in the U.S. Senate, Bond served two non-consecutive terms as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Missouri">Governor of Missouri</a>, from 1973 to 1977 and from 1981 to 1985. He was previously <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Auditor_of_Missouri" title="State Auditor of Missouri">State Auditor of Missouri</a> from 1971 to 1973.

<h2>Contents</h2>

</div></div><div id="toc" class="toc"><ul><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#Early_life.2C_education.2C_and_law_career">1 Early life, education, and law career</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#Early_political_career">2 Early political career</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#Governor_of_Missouri">3 Governor of Missouri</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#U.S._Senate">4 U.S. Senate</a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#Elections">4.1 Elections</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#Tenure">4.2 Tenure</a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-7"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#Environmental_record">4.2.1 Environmental record</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-8"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#Taxes">4.2.2 Taxes</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-9"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#Torture">4.2.3 Torture</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-10"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#Free_trade">4.2.4 Free trade</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-11"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#Government_reform">4.2.5 Government reform</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-12"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#Social_issues">4.2.6 Social issues</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-13"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#Dismissal_of_U.S._attorneys_controversy">4.2.7 Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy</a></li></ul>

</li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#Committee_assignments">4.3 Committee assignments</a></li></ul>

</li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-15"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#Post-government_career">5 Post-government career</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#Missouri_Apollo_17_Goodwill_Moon_Rock">6 Missouri Apollo 17 Goodwill Moon Rock</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-17"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#Personal_life">7 Personal life</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-18"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#Places_named_after">8 Places named after</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-19"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#Electoral_history">9 Electoral history</a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-20"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#U.S._Senator">9.1 U.S. Senator</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-21"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#As_Governor_of_Missouri">9.2 As Governor of Missouri</a></li></ul>

</li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-22"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#Footnotes">10 Footnotes</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-23"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#External_links">11 External links</a></li></ul>

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<h2>Early life, education, and law career</h2>A sixth-generation Missourian, Bond was born in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.Louis,Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Louis, Missouri">St. Louis, Missouri</a>, to Elizabeth (née Green) and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_D._Bond" title="Arthur D. Bond">Arthur D. Bond</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-3">[3]</a> His father was captain of the 1924 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Tigers" title="Missouri Tigers">Missouri Tigers</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football" title="American football">football</a> team and a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes_Scholar" class="mw-redirect" title="Rhodes Scholar">Rhodes Scholar</a>.

His maternal grandfather, A.P. Green, founded A.P. Green Industries, a

fireclay manufacturer and a major employer for many years in Bond's

hometown <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico,Missouri" title="Mexico, Missouri">Mexico, Missouri</a>. Kit Bond graduated from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deerfield_Academy" title="Deerfield Academy">Deerfield Academy</a> in 1956, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton University</a> in 1960 with an A.B. (while at Princeton he was a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrangle_Club" title="Quadrangle Club">Quadrangle Club</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-Quadrangle_Club-4">[4]</a>), and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Virginia_School_of_Law" title="University of Virginia School of Law">University of Virginia School of Law</a> in 1963. From 1963 to 1964, Bond served as a law clerk to the Honorable Elbert Tuttle, then Chief Judge on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Fifth_Circuit" title="United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit">United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta,Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Atlanta, Georgia">Atlanta, Georgia</a>. From 1964 to 1967, Bond practiced law at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covington%26_Burling" title="Covington & Burling">Covington & Burling</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>

<h2>Early political career</h2><div role="note" class="hatnote">See also: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1968" title="United States House of Representatives elections, 1968">United States House of Representatives elections, 1968</a></div>

Bond moved back to his hometown of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico,Missouri" title="Mexico, Missouri">Mexico, Missouri</a> in the fall of 1967, and ran for Congress in 1968 in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri%27s_9th_congressional_district" title="Missouri's 9th congressional district">Missouri's 9th congressional district</a>, the rural northeastern part of the state. He defeated Anthony Schroeder in the August Republican <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_election" title="Primary election">primary</a>, 56% to 44%, winning 19 of the district's 23 counties.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-5">[5]</a> In the November general election, Bond almost defeated incumbent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Democratic Party">Democratic</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House of Representatives">U.S. Congressman</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L.Hungate" title="William L. Hungate">Bill Hungate</a>, 52% to 48%. Bond won eight of the district's 23 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_counties_in_Missouri" title="List of counties in Missouri">counties</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-6">[6]</a> Out of Hunsgate's five re-election campaigns, that 1968 election against Bond was his worst performance.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-7">[7]</a>

<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="Attorney General of Missouri">State Attorney General</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Danforth" title="John Danforth">John Danforth</a>

hired Bond as an Assistant Attorney General in 1969, where Bond led the

office's Consumer Protection Division. In 1970, at the age of 31, Bond

was elected <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auditor_of_Missouri" class="mw-redirect" title="Auditor of Missouri">Missouri State Auditor</a>.

<h2>Governor of Missouri</h2>Bond

won election for governor by a margin of 55% to 45%, making him, at 33

years of age, the youngest governor in the history of Missouri. Kit Bond

was the first Republican in 28 years to serve as governor of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri" title="Missouri">Missouri</a>.

Bond's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residency_qualification" class="mw-redirect" title="Residency qualification">residency qualifications</a> to be governor were challenged but upheld the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Missouri Supreme Court">Missouri Supreme Court</a>

in 1972. Missouri law said the governor had to be a resident for 10

years. In the 10 years before his run, he had attended law school in

Virginia, clerked for a federal appeals court judge in Atlanta, worked

for a firm in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, applied to take the bar in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia" title="Virginia">Virginia</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia%28U.S._state%29" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a>, registered a car in Washington, DC and applied for a marriage license in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky" title="Kentucky">Kentucky</a>.

The Court sided with him noting that residence "is largely a matter of

intention" and did not require "actual, physical presence." The court

ruled that a residence was "that place where a man has his true, fixed

and permanent home and principal establishment, and to which whenever he

is absent he has the intention of returning."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-8">[8]</a>

In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.presidential_election,1976" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. presidential election, 1976">1976</a>, he was on the short list to be <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald Ford</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States" title="Vice President of the United States">vice presidential</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Running_mate" title="Running mate">running mate</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-9">[9]</a>

In many ways Bond governed as a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moderate" title="Moderate">moderate</a> during his first term as governor: for example, he drew criticism from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative">conservatives</a> for his support of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Rights_Amendment" title="Equal Rights Amendment">Equal Rights Amendment</a>. While governor, on June 25, 1976 he signed an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_order%28United_States%29" class="mw-redirect" title="Executive order (United States)">executive order</a> rescinding the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extermination_Order%28Mormonism%29" class="mw-redirect" title="Extermination Order (Mormonism)">Extermination Order</a> against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormons" title="Mormons">Mormons</a> issued by Governor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilburn_Boggs" title="Lilburn Boggs">Lilburn Boggs</a> on October 27, 1838. In 1976, in a surprising upset, Bond was narrowly defeated for re-election by Democrat <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_P.Teasdale" title="Joseph P. Teasdale">Joseph P. Teasdale</a>, then <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_County,Missouri" title="Jackson County, Missouri">Jackson County</a>

Prosecutor. Teasdale's tenure was rocky, and in 1980 Bond made a

successful comeback, defeating fellow Republican and incumbent

Lieutenant Governor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Phelps" title="Bill Phelps">Bill Phelps</a>

in the primary, and Teasdale in November. Among Bond's most noted

accomplishments was taking the Parents As Teachers program statewide.

Bond served as the Chairman of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwestern_Governors_Association" title="Midwestern Governors Association">Midwestern Governors Association</a> in 1983. Bond was succeeded as governor in 1985 by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ashcroft" title="John Ashcroft">John Ashcroft</a>, also a Republican. Ashcroft later served alongside Bond in the Senate.

<h2>U.S. Senate</h2><h3>Elections</h3>After Sen. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Eagleton" title="Thomas Eagleton">Thomas Eagleton</a> decided not to run for re-election, Bond was elected Senator in 1986, defeating Lieutenant Governor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriett_Woods" title="Harriett Woods">Harriett Woods</a> by 53% to 47% . Bond was re-elected in 1992 by less than expected over St. Louis County Councilwoman <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Geri_Rothman-Serot&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Geri Rothman-Serot (page does not exist)">Geri Rothman-Serot</a>. In 1998 Bond decisively defeated <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_Attorney_General" title="Missouri Attorney General">Attorney General</a> (and future Governor) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Nixon" title="Jay Nixon">Jay Nixon</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_Party%28United_States%29" title="Libertarian Party (United States)">Libertarian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara_Millay" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamara Millay">Tamara Millay</a> after a hard-fought campaign, and in 2004 he won re-election over Democratic challenger <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasurer" title="Treasurer">State Treasurer</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Farmer_%28politician%29" title="Nancy Farmer (politician)">Nancy Farmer</a> with 56 percent of the vote.

Facing the expiration of his fourth full term in January 2011, Bond

announced on January 8, 2009 that he did not plan to seek a fifth term

and would not run for re-election in November 2010.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-bond2010-1">[1]</a> Rep. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Blunt" title="Roy Blunt">Roy Blunt</a> held the seat for the Republicans, defeating Democratic Secretary of State <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Carnahan" title="Robin Carnahan">Robin Carnahan</a>.

<h3>Tenure</h3><h4>Environmental record</h4>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmentalism" title="Environmentalism">environmental</a> watchdog group <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republicans_for_Environmental_Protection" class="mw-redirect" title="Republicans for Environmental Protection">Republicans for Environmental Protection</a> (REP) has given Bond an exceptionally low rating of −2 for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/109th_United_States_Congress" title="109th United States Congress">109th United States Congress</a>,

citing anti-environment votes on seven out of seven issues deemed

critical by the organization. According to the 2006 REP scorecard, Bond

supported <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_drilling" class="mw-redirect" title="Oil drilling">oil drilling</a> both <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offshore_drilling" title="Offshore drilling">offshore</a> and in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Arctic National Wildlife Refuge">Arctic National Wildlife Refuge</a>, while opposing a bill for “efficiency and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy" title="Renewable energy">renewable-resource</a> programs to improve energy security, lower costs, and reduce energy-related environmental impacts."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-10">[10]</a> He strongly favors zero-carbon energy from nuclear power.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-11">[11]</a>

<h4>Taxes</h4>"If the IRS

wants to know why they are the most hated federal agency in America,

they need look no further than this." – Bond, commenting on an IRS

spokesman's claim that a person catching a record-breaking home run ball

from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_McGwire" title="Mark McGwire">Mark McGwire</a> could be "responsible for paying any applicable tax on any large gift" (thought to be close to $140,000 in this circumstance).<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-12">[12]</a>

<h4>Torture</h4>Bond has opposed setting forth interrogation methods used by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency" title="Central Intelligence Agency">Central Intelligence Agency</a> to conform to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Army" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Army">U.S. Army</a>

Field Manual. While drawing criticism for being one of only nine

senators to oppose such a bill, Bond said on the floor that he does not

favor or approve of torture. In a memo to CIA director John Brennan and

others, he suggested banning specific techniques that could be

considered torture in order to encourage servicemen to invent others on

their own. He does not approve of making interrogation techniques public

information on the basis that it would allow enemy combatants to train

and prepare themselves for what they might go through if captured. Bond

also drew criticism when, during a debate he made a comment comparing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterboarding" title="Waterboarding">waterboarding</a>

to swimming, stating "There are different ways of doing it. It's like

swimming, freestyle, backstroke," in response to the question "do you

think that waterboarding... constitutes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture" title="Torture">torture</a>?"<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-13">[13]</a>

<h4>Free trade</h4>Bond

has been a great supporter of expanding free trade to the third world,

and he believes in giving presidential authority to fast track trade

relations.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] He has voted for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement" title="North American Free Trade Agreement">North American Free Trade Agreement</a> (NAFTA) and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_America_Free_Trade_Agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Central America Free Trade Agreement">Central America Free Trade Agreement</a> (CAFTA) and believes in permanently normalizing trade relations with China and Vietnam.

<h4>Government reform</h4>While Bond voted in favor in banning members of Congress from receiving gifts from lobbyists[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>], he has generally opposed campaign reform. He voted against the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipartisan_Campaign_Reform_Act" title="Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act">McCain Feingold Act</a> for bipartisan campaign finance solutions. Bond also voted against limiting contributions from corporations or labor.

<h4>Social issues</h4>Bond received an 11% rating from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAACP" class="mw-redirect" title="NAACP">NAACP</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-14">[14]</a> He has voted consistently against same-sex marriage, supporting the proposed constitutional ban of it.

On June 25, 1976, Kit Bond officially ordered the recension of Executive Order Number 44 issued by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilburn_W._Boggs" class="mw-redirect" title="Lilburn W. Boggs">Lilburn W. Boggs</a> that ordered the expulsion or extermination of all <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormons" title="Mormons">Mormons</a> from the State of Missouri and issued an apology to the Mormons on behalf of all Missourians.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-15">[15]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-16">[16]</a>

As governor of the state of Missouri in 1983, Bond signed a

declaration of recognition in support of the group known as the Northern

Cherokee, now called the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Cherokee_Nation_of_the_Old_Louisiana_Territory" title="Northern Cherokee Nation of the Old Louisiana Territory">Northern Cherokee Nation of the Old Louisiana Territory</a> attempting to grant a form of State recognition by way of executive order. This act was part of the group's attempt to gain <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native_American_recognition_in_the_United_States" title="Native American recognition in the United States">Federal Recognition</a> and to receive the related benefits for the group.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-17">[17]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-18">[18]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-19">[19]</a>

<h4>Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy</h4><div role="note" class="hatnote">Main article: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dismissal_of_U.S.attorneys_controversy" title="Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy">Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy</a></div>

In October 2008, Bond apologized to former U.S. Attorney <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Graves" title="Todd Graves">Todd Graves</a>, after a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Justice_Department" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Justice Department">U.S. Justice Department</a> report cited Bond for forcing Graves out over a disagreement with Representative <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Graves" title="Sam Graves">Sam Graves</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-20">[20]</a> Following the report, Attorney General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Mukasey" title="Michael Mukasey">Michael Mukasey</a> appointed a special prosecutor to investigate whether former Attorney General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Gonzales" title="Alberto Gonzales">Alberto Gonzales</a> and other officials involved in the firings of nine U.S. attorneys broke the law.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-21">[21]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_for_Responsibility_and_Ethics_in_Washington" title="Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington">Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington</a> filed an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethics Committee">Ethics Committee</a> complaint against Bond over his role in the ouster of Graves.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-22">[22]</a>

In 2009, it was revealed according to White House documents that

Graves was put on a dismissal list a month after White House e-mail

indicated that his replacement was part of a deal between Bond and the

Bush administration.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-Johnson2009-23">[23]</a>

The e-mail suggested that Graves was replaced with a candidate favored

by Bond for clearing the way for an appointment of a federal judge from

Arkansas on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Circuit_Court_of_Appeals" class="mw-redirect" title="8th Circuit Court of Appeals">8th Circuit Court of Appeals</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-Johnson2009-23">[23]</a>

<h3>Committee assignments</h3><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Appropriations" title="United States Senate Committee on Appropriations">Committee on Appropriations</a>

<ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Appropriations_Subcommittee_on_Agriculture,Rural_Development,Food_and_Drug_Administration,and_Related_Agencies" title="United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies">Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Appropriations_Subcommittee_on_Defense" title="United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense">Subcommittee on Defense</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Appropriations_Subcommittee_on_Energy_and_Water_Development" title="United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development">Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Appropriations_Subcommittee_on_Financial_Services_and_General_Government" title="United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government">Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Appropriations_Subcommittee_on_State,Foreign_Operations,and_Related_Programs" title="United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs">Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Appropriations_Subcommittee_on_Transportation,Housing_and_Urban_Development,_and_Related_Agencies" title="United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies">Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies</a> (Ranking Member)</li></ul>

</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Environment_and_Public_Works" title="United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works">Committee on Environment and Public Works</a>

<ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Environment_and_Public_Works_Subcommittee_on_Clean_Air_and_Nuclear_Safety" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety">Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Environment_and_Public_Works_Subcommittee_on_Green_Jobs_and_the_New_Economy" title="United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Green Jobs and the New Economy">Subcommittee on Green Jobs and the New Economy</a> (Ranking Member)</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Environment_and_Public_Works_Subcommittee_on_Superfund,_Toxics_and_Environmental_Health" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health">Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health</a></li></ul>

</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Small_Business_and_Entrepreneurship" title="United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship">Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_Select_Committee_on_Intelligence" title="United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence">Select Committee on Intelligence</a> (Vice Chairman)</li></ul>

<h2>Post-government career</h2>After leaving office in January 2011, Bond joined the law firm of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thompson_Coburn" title="Thompson Coburn">Thompson Coburn</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-Carney-2">[2]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-24">[24]</a>

Bond serves as a co-chair of the Housing Commission at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipartisan_Policy_Center" title="Bipartisan Policy Center">Bipartisan Policy Center</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-25">[25]</a>

In August 2011, Bond announced that he would join <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliantgroup" title="Alliantgroup">alliantgroup</a>'s strategic advisory board and serve as a senior adviser for the firm.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-26">[26]</a>

Bond formally launched his own firm, Kit Bond Strategies, in November 2011.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-27">[27]</a>

<h2>Missouri Apollo 17 Goodwill Moon Rock</h2>In

the last few days of his long political career, Kit Bond and his staff

solved a mystery that had intrigued the press, Missouri politicians, and

members of academia for much of 2010. Missouri state officials had

wrongly believed that the state museum held a rare and valuable <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_lunar_sample_displays" title="Missouri lunar sample displays">Apollo 17 lunar sample display</a> containing a "goodwill moon rock". On June 8, 2010, the state realized that what they actually had was only the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri_lunar_sample_displays" title="Missouri lunar sample displays">Missouri Apollo 11 lunar sample display</a> containing small samples of moon dust rather than the 5 million dollar piece of Apollo 17 history.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-28">[28]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-29">[29]</a>

In cleaning out his Senatorial office in December 2010, it was

discovered that Bond had inadvertently taken the Apollo 17 display when

he had left the governor's office. He subsequently returned the display

to the current governor of Missouri. Bond was one of four former

governors who had taken their states' lunar sample displays upon leaving

office; the other three were the former governors of Colorado, West

Virginia, and Arkansas.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-30">[30]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-31">[31]</a>

<h2>Personal life</h2>Bond's son Sam returned in the fall of 2007 from his second tour of duty in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_War" title="Iraq War">Iraq</a>, and is an officer in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">United States Marine Corps</a>.

In 1994, Bond's wife, Carolyn, filed for a divorce, which was

finalized the following year. Bond married Linda Pell, now Linda Bond,

in 2002. She grew up in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City</a> suburb of Gladstone and works as a consultant to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Republican_Senatorial_Committee" title="National Republican Senatorial Committee">National Republican Senatorial Committee</a>.

She and Bond had dated for about a year before they were engaged on May

17, 2001, and had also dated in 1996 and 1997. It is her second

marriage as well.

After winning his second term as governor, Bond sued his investment manager and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paine_Webber" title="Paine Webber">Paine Webber</a>, alleging his $1.3 million <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust_%28law%29" class="mw-redirect" title="Trust (law)">trust fund</a> had been drained. He was one of several clients who sued, and he settled in 1996 for $900,000.[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]

In 2009, Bond co-authored a book with Lewis Simons entitled The Next Front: Southeast Asia and the Road to Global Peace with Islam.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-32">[32]</a>

Bond has permanent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vision_loss" class="mw-redirect" title="Vision loss">vision loss</a> in one eye, which he attributes to undiagnosed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amblyopia" title="Amblyopia">amblyopia</a> during childhood.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-33">[33]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-34">[34]</a>

<h2>Places named after</h2><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_S.Bond_Bridge%28Hermann,Missouri%29" title="Christopher S. Bond Bridge (Hermann, Missouri)">Christopher S. Bond Bridge (Hermann, Missouri)</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_S.Bond_Bridge,_Kansas_City" class="mw-redirect" title="Christopher S. Bond Bridge, Kansas City">Christopher S. Bond Bridge, Kansas City</a></li><li>Christopher S. Bond United States Courthouse, Jefferson City</li></ul>

<h2>Electoral history</h2>On January 8, 2009, Senator Bond announced that he would not be seeking re-election in 2010.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Bond#cite_note-35">[35]</a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Christopher_S._Bond#References">7.1 References</a>

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<li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-15"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Christopher_S._Bond#Local_blogs_and_discussion_sites">7.1.1 Local blogs and discussion sites</a></li>

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<h2>Record and controversies</h2>

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Bond voted for the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_Against_Iraq" title="Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq" class="mw-redirect">Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq</a> in Oct. 2002.

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<h3>Environmental record</h3>

For more information on environmental legislation, see the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Portal:Energy_and_Environment_Policy_%28U.S.%29" title="Portal:Energy and Environment Policy (U.S.)">Energy and Environment Policy Portal</a>

<h3>Voting against the McCain Amendment</h3>

On October 5, 2005, Kit Bond was one of only 9 Senators to vote against the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/McCain_Amendment_No._1977" title="McCain Amendment No. 1977">McCain Amendment No. 1977</a> to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2006, which bans the use of torture by US forces.

Bond told the Washington Post, "The last thing we want to do is put undue burdens on military and intelligence officials who are on the ground trying to obtain critical information on the war on terror. There are already guidelines in place, including administrative processes, to investigate misconduct and take corrective and punitive action." "<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/06/AR2005100601802.html">[1]</a>

Born March 6, 1939 in St. Louis, Missouri, Bond graduated from Princeton University in 1960 and received his law degree from the University of Virginia, where he graduated first in his class. He served as a clerk in the Fifth Circuit Court in Atlanta, Georgia. Bond then practiced law in Washington, DC before returning to Mexico, Missouri.

In 1969, Bond became an Assistant Attorney General under <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_Danforth" title="John Danforth" class="mw-redirect">John Danforth</a>. Before being elected State Auditor in 1970, Bond was chief counsel of Missouri's Consumer Protection Division.

He was elected governor in 1972 and 1980, serving from 1973 to 1977 and from 1981 to 1985. Bond was succeeded in 1985 by <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_Ashcroft" title="John Ashcroft" class="mw-redirect">John Ashcroft</a>, a fellow Republican. After Sen. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Thomas_Eagleton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thomas Eagleton (page does not exist)">Thomas Eagleton</a> decided not to run for re-election, Bond was elected senator in 1986 and re-elected in 1992, 1998, and 2004.

<h2>Money in politics</h2>

This section contains links to – and feeds from – money in politics databases. <crpcontribdata>cid=N00005178&cycle=2006</crpcontribdata>

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<th colspan="3">Links to more campaign contribution information for Christopher S. Bond

from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org">OpenSecrets.org</a> site.</th>

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<td>Fundraising profile:</td>

<td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00005178">2006 election cycle</a></td>

<td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allsummary.asp?cid=N00005178">Career totals</a></td>

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<td>Top contributors by organization/corporation:</td>

<td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00005178">2006 election cycle</a></td>

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<td>Top contributors by industry:</td>

<td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/indus.asp?cycle=2006&cid=N00005178">2006 election cycle</a></td>

<td><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/allindus.asp?cid=N00005178">Career totals</a></td>

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<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/search_result.asp?mem=Bond%2C+Christopher+S+">Revolving door profile for Christopher S. Bond</a> from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.OpenSecrets.org">OpenSecrets.org</a> website.</li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/travel.asp?CID=N00005178">2006 privately funded travel profile for Christopher S. Bond</a> from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.OpenSecrets.org">OpenSecrets.org</a> website.</li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/candlook.php?CID=N00005178">Personal finance profile for Christopher S. Bond</a> from the Center for Responsive Politics' <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.OpenSecrets.org">OpenSecrets.org</a> website.</li>

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<h2>Committees and affiliations</h2>

<h3>Committees</h3>

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Senate_Committee_on_Appropriations" title="Senate Committee on Appropriations">Senate Committee on Appropriations</a>

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<li>Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Defense</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Energy and Water</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government</li>

<li>Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, Judiciary, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies</li>

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Senate_Committee_on_Environment_and_Public_Works" title="Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works">Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works</a>

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<li>Subcommittee on Public Sector Solutions to Global Warming, Oversight and Children's Health Protection</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Superfund and Environmental Health</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Transportation Safety, Infrastructure Security and Water Quality</li>

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Senate_Committee_on_Small_Business_and_Entrepreneurship" title="Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship">Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship</a></li>

<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Senate_Select_Committee_on_Intelligence" title="Senate Select Committee on Intelligence">Senate Select Committee on Intelligence</a> - Ranking Member</li>

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<h4>Committee assignments in the 109th Congress (2005-2006)</h4>

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Senate_Committee_on_Appropriations" title="Senate Committee on Appropriations">Senate Committee on Appropriations</a>

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<li>Subcommittee on Agriculture Rural Development and Related Agencies</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Commerce Justice and Science</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Defense</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Energy and Water</li>

<li>Subcommittee on State Foreign Operations and Related Programs</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Transportation Treasury the Judiciary and Housing and Urban Development - Chair</li>

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<li>Subcommittee on Clean Air Climate Change and Nuclear Safety</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure - Chair</li>

<li>Subcommittee on Superfund and Waste Management</li>

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Senate_Select_Committee_on_Intelligence" title="Senate Select Committee on Intelligence">Senate Select Committee on Intelligence</a>

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<li>Subcommittee on Oversight of the Terriorist Surveillance Program</li>

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<h3>Affiliations</h3>

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<li>Advisory Board, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/World_Agricultural_Forum" title="World Agricultural Forum">World Agricultural Forum</a></li>

<li>Honorary Board Member, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Friends_of_the_National_Arboretum" title="Friends of the National Arboretum">Friends of the National Arboretum</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Christopher_S._Bond#cite_note-2">[3]</a></li>

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<h2>More background data</h2>

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<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=S0491103">Background information on Christopher S. Bond from Project Vote Smart</a></li>

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<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.vote-smart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=S0491103">Interest group scorecard ratings for Christopher S. Bond from Project Vote Smart</a></li>

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<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/b000611">Voting record for Christopher S. Bond from the Washington Post database</a></li>

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<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.congressmerge.com/onlinedb/cgi-bin/newmemberbio.cgi?lang=&member=MOSR&site=congressmerge">Information on Christopher S. Bond from Congress Merge</a></li>

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<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> also has an article on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_S._Bond">Christopher S. Bond</a>. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFDL">GFDL</a>.

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ting a new study by the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri,” Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO) today warned of the “<a href="http://bond.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressRoom.NewsReleases&ContentRecord_id=7a286ff0-cb66-245b-ca15-db23ecb60b8e&Region_id=&Issue_id=" style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">disastrous effect</a>” clean energy legislation would have on Missouri farmers. Using data from CRA International, FAPRI found that the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act “<a href="http://www.fapri.missouri.edu/outreach/publications/2009/FAPRI_MU_Report_05_09.pdf" style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">will cost the average Missouri farmer</a> an additional $11,000 a year in 2020 and more than $30,000 a year by 2050.” During an Environment and Public Works Committee hearing on climate legislation and the agriculture sector, Bond claimed:

<p style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0.4em 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Missouri farms will face tens of thousands of dollars each year in new, higher energy costs from the House cap and trade bill.

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<p style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0.4em 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.799999237060547px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.75px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">This study is a classic example of “garbage in, garbage out.” FAPRI itself concedes some of the limitations of its study, which “hinges directly on the energy price effects” predicted by CRA International in its May 2009 study prepared for the National Black Chamber of Commerce, an ExxonMobil-funded offshoot of the <a href="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/07/14/kovacs-shaky-epa/" style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">U.S. Chamber of Commerce</a>. Sen. Bond specifically pointed FAPRI to the CRA study in his request for an analysis of possible impacts on Missouri farmers.

CRA has a <a href="http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/04/electricity_rate.html" style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">history of flawed work</a>, <a href="http://blogs.nwf.org/nwf_view/2008/03/cra-climate-ana.html" style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">grossly overestimating the costs</a> of compliance with pollution standards. In 2008 it did an analysis of some of the economic impacts from the Warner-Lieberman climate change bill on behalf of the Edison Electric Institute. Members of the electric utility lobbying group subsequently <a href="http://agoffsets.blogspot.com/2008/03/eei-members-call-for-more-accurate.html" style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">had to ask for revisions</a> to assumptions used by CRA.

“<a href="http://www.fapri.missouri.edu/outreach/publications/2009/FAPRI_MU_Report_05_09.pdf" style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">This report is not a full analysis</a> of the impact of H.R. 2454 on Missouri crop producers,” the FAPRI report’s introduction admits. The FAPRI study does not consider the positive economic impact on Missouri farmers of selling carbon offsets under Waxman-Markey, nor does it include possible gains from biofuels production. Under Waxman-Markey farmers can also take advantage of energy efficiency credits to improve their bottom line.

In the 2009 study used as the basis for the FAPRI report, CRA estimates electricity rates will rise by 16 percent by 2020. An EPA study of Waxman-Markey concluded that consumer utility spending, when the benefits of efficiency measures are included, would be <a href="http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20090623/hr2454_epasummary.pdf" style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">about 7% lower in 2020</a>. A separate analysis by the Natural Resources Defense Council found that Missouri households would <a href="http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/fbeinecke/the_climate_bill_and_your_bill.html" style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">save $6.32 a month</a> by 2020 under Waxman-Markey.

In a separate analysis of the impacts of Waxman-Markey on farmers, the head of Iowa State University’s Center for Agricultural and Rural Development wrote that “<a href="http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2009/07/13/economist-climate-bills-farm-impact-relatively-small/" style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">the negative impacts on agriculture will be relatively small</a>.” According to the Des Moines Register’s Green Fields blog, director Bruce Babcock predicted the production cost increase for soybean and corn farmers would be $4.52 an acre.

The FAPRI study also fails to consider the <a href="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/06/01/global-boiling-agriculture/" style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">costs to farmers of inaction</a> on climate change, which numerous studies have shown will be significant.

Last month’s comprehensive report on the impacts of climate change by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, for example, predicted that <a href="http://www.globalchange.gov/whats-new/286-new-assessment-climate-impacts-us" style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">U.S. farmers will face daunting challenges</a> in a warming world. They include increasing <a href="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/05/14/global-boiling-floods/" style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">downpours, floods</a>, <a href="http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2009/07/07/global-boiling-droughts/" style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">droughts</a>, and crop damage from insects and diseases:

<p style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0.4em 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">Even moderate increases in temperature will decrease yields of corn, wheat, sorghum, bean, rice, cotton and peanut crops.

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<p style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0.4em 0px; border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.799999237060547px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 24.75px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Farmers are already paying some of the costs of climate change. A 2000 study by the Harvard Medical School’s Center for Health and the Global Environment showed that extreme weather events have “<a href="http://chge.med.harvard.edu/publications/documents/agricultureclimate.pdf" style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">caused severe crop damage</a> and have exacted a significant economic toll for U.S. farmers over the past 20 years.”

<h5 style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 10px 0px 0px; padding: 2px 8px; border: 0px; font-family: Calibri, 'Trebuchet MS', 'Lucida Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.8em; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: bold; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 153, 0); border-top-left-radius: 6px; border-top-right-radius: 6px; border-bottom-right-radius: 6px; border-bottom-left-radius: 6px; text-transform: uppercase; width: auto; display: block; float: left; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">UPDATE</h5>

At <a href="http://primebuzz.kcstar.com/?q=node/19204" style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Prime Buzz</a>, Dave Helling notes that for Bond to claim that cap-and-trade has a $11,000 cost, he relies on FAPRI’s “representative” 1,900-acre farm in Lafayette County, MO:

<p style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 5em; padding: 0.4em 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">But most Missouri farms are nowhere near 1,900 acres. In fact, the USDA says, more than 87 percent of Missouri farms are 500 acres or less. Less than 4 percent are between 1,000 and 2,000 acres.

The average Missouri farm, in 2007: 269 acres.

So let’s do some math.

$11,649 in added costs, divided by 1,900 acres comes to about $6.13 per acre. Multiply that by the average Missouri farm — 269 acres — and the average annual impact for Missouri farmers comes to $1,648.97, or about $137 a month.

Bond’s estimate is <i style=" box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline;">seven times higher.

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In essence, Kerpen's modus operandi is the latter-day equivalent of the "Defund the Left" campaign embarked on by Howard Phillips, a founder of the religious right, during his short stint in the Nixon administration.

In addition to Glenn Beck and Americans for Prosperity, a less-noticed player in the health-care drama is Grassfire, another astroturfing outfit, which, <a target="blank" href="http://www.alternet.org/politics/141860/inside_story_on_town_hall_riots:right-wing_shock_troops_do_corporate_america%27s_dirty_work/">as AlterNet reported</a>, organized town-hall disrupters through its <a target="_blank" href="http://www.resistnet.com/">ResisNet</a> site. Grassfire is endosed by Rep. Mike Pence of Indiana, who on September 4, called upon Van Jones to resign, citing Jones' "extremist views".

ResistNet is a social-networking hub for the armed patriot movement, as well as racists and paranoids of all stripes. (On the day we visited, we found one video comparing Obama to Hitler, and another featuring a preacher who called him "a half-breed MacDaddy" and called upon "white folks" to "riot in the streets.") Grassfire is also organizing its members for a <a target="_blank" href="http://www.grassfire.org/1112/targets.htm">ground assault on cap-and-trade</a>.

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