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There has been a flurry of recent Republican efforts to stall action on climate policy, including a pair of bills just introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives. Bill H.R. 861, introduced by Representative Matt Gaetz, proposes “to terminate the EPA.” This bill may not even get a vote, but as The New York Times reported earlier this week, Pruitt “has a blueprint to repeal climate change rules, cut staffing levels, close regional offices and permanently weaken the agency’s regulatory authority.”Meanwhile, Bill H.R. 673, introduced by Representative Blaine Luetkmeyer, proposes to “prohibit United States contributions to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the Green Climate Fund.” It’s also no secret that many Republicans want to halt funding for the UN FCCC, the international treaty system of 195 nations that produced the Paris Agreement. As the Republican party platform stated in the run-up to the presidential election: “We reject the agendas of both the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement.”zombie?15. <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d114:15:./temp/_bdklCt::" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">H.R.38</a><a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d114:15:./temp/_bdklCt::" style="">3 </a>: No Tax Dollars for the United Nations' Climate Agenda Act Sponsor: <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/?&Db=d114&querybd=@FIELD(FLD003+@4((@1(Rep+Luetkemeyer++Blaine))+01931))" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Rep Luetkemeyer, Blaine</a> [MO-3] (introduced 1/14/2015)      <a href="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d114:15:./temp/_bdklCt:@@@P" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Cosponsors</a> (18)  Committees: House Foreign Affairs  Latest Major Action: 1/14/2015 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
==The U.S. government will be able to continue supporting the <a href="http://ipcc.ch/">Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change</a> after language banning those contributions was dropped from the <a href="http://appropriations.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=285">compromise spending bill for 2011</a>.

That language had been included in the House of Representatives draft of the spending bill, known as <a href="http://www.rules.house.gov/Media/file/PDF_112_1/legislativetext/2011crapprops/AppropCRFinal_xml.pdf">H.R. 1</a>, as one of the so-called "policy riders." It was first authored as a <a href="http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr680ih/pdf/BILLS-112hr680ih.pdf">standalone bill</a> by Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), who said in a February <a href="http://luetkemeyer.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=26&sectiontree=6,26&itemid=644">press release</a> that IPCC "is an entity that is fraught with waste and fraud, and engaged in dubious science, which is the last thing hard-working American taxpayers should be paying for. "

Luetkemeyer spokesperson Paul Sloca tells Science Insider that the congressman plans to reintroduce the bill. The fact that the measure was included in H.R. 1, said Sloca, shows that there's "strong support for the measure" among House Republicans.

But there is some confusion about how much spending is involved, and Luetkemeyer may also want to broaden his proposal to bar the government from supporting any meetings aimed at negotiating a global treaty on climate change.

The United States spent roughly $3 million last year on its contribution to IPCC, says Carnegie Institution for Science's Chris Field, who runs the IPCC's technical support unit for its Working Group II out of Stanford University in Palo Alto, California. The money went mostly for U.S. scientists to attend meetings to discuss and write the voluminous reports. But on the House floor and in his press release, Luetkemeyer repeatedly asserted that his legislation would prevent the United States from spending "$13 million" on IPCC.

As explained by <a href="http://www.wwfblogs.org/climate/content/house-passes-bill-to-strip-IPCC-funding-19feb2011">Nick Sundt</a>, the $13 million is actually spent on both IPCC and the <a href="http://unfccc.int/2860.php">U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change</a>, which is not mentioned in Luetkemeyer's bill. When asked about the error today, Sloca said of the framework convention: "They're doing the same kind of thing, supporting the climate change [effort]. I don't think it matters one way or another. We're opposed to spending taxpayer dollars on either of them." At presstime, Sloca was checking whether his boss planned to amend the bill to clarify that it would bar U.S. spending on the framework convention as well. [Update: At 1 p.m., Sloca would not say either way.] Luetkemeyer's best chance of success would be to attach his legislation to another vehicle, like another spending bill. The White House strongly supports the IPCC and would be expected to veto any stand-alone measure that was approved by Congress.

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<table class="contentpaneopen"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"> By Robert Koenig, Beacon Washington correspondent   </td></tr><tr><td class="createdate" valign="top">Posted 4:21 pm Mon., 2.21.11</td></tr><tr><td valign="top">

WASHINGTON - Stunned by a late-night amendment by U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, some leading scientists are hoping to block his effort to stop federal funding of the Nobel Prize-winning international climate-change panel.

<img src="/2867cab3-2f6e-580a-9380-1bf1d2ccaea0.jpg"/>Contending that the United Nations' <a href="http://www.ipcc.ch/">Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change</a> (IPCC) has produced "corrupt findings" that have been used by "climate alarmists" to push for cap-and-trade legislation, Luetkemeyer (right) got the U.S. House to adopt, in a 244-179 vote, an amendment to the stopgap spending bill that would ban U.S. funds for the panel.

Saying that he was "extremely pleased" by the vote Friday night, Luetkemeyer, a Republican from St. Elizabeth, issued a statement this weekend arguing that the IPCC -- which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace prize with former Vice President Al Gore for its climate-change assessments -- "is fraught with waste and fraud."

In his House remarks, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/user/BLuetkemeyer#p/a/u/1/rYQlLirsye8">as seen on YouTube</a>, the Missouri congressman said that "supporters of cap-and-trade legislation have used the questionable science findings of the IPCC as reasons to support onerous legislation," which was approved by the House last year but got nowhere in the U.S. Senate.

Scientists defend the IPCC

After the vote, some leading climate-change scientists took issue with Luetkemeyer's assertions and said that de-funding the IPCC would hurt international efforts to study and analyze climate change. The IPCC does not conduct its own research, but assesses the most recent worldwide scientific, technical and socio-economic information on the issue.

Christopher Field, a co-chair of an IPCC working group who is director of the Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology, told the Beacon on Monday that the IPCC "is a very good deal for the governments and for the world." Field, a leading U.S. climate change researcher, is also a professor of biology and environmental earth system science at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif.

"The IPCC has been able to harness, at a minimal cost, a remarkable pool of scientific knowledge and experience through this approach of engaging volunteers," said Field, who spoke at Washington University in St. Louis last September. "In their work with the IPCC, hundreds of the world's leading scientists are donating their nights and weekends to provide the world's governments with the best available information on climate science."

Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., the leading Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said during the House debate on Luetkemeyer's measure that "our $2.3 million contribution leverages a global science assessment of institutions with global outreach and global technical input -- a process we could not carry on alone, and one that could come to a halt without U.S. support."

Waxman said the IPCC's "work on climate change is unparalleled, and its four assessment reports to date have brought together thousands of scientists around the world in disciplines ranging from atmospheric science to forest ecology to economics to provide objective and policy-neutral information."

After word spread over the weekend about Luetkemeyer's successful amendment, a number of leading scientists decried what they viewed as the politicization of research. A <a target="_blank" href="http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2011/02/scientists-criticize-house-vote-.html?ref=hp">Science magazine blog</a> quoted Jane Lubchenco, an environmental scientist who heads the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as saying: "Science should not be partisan. It is highly unfortunate that in many cases it is."

A <a target="_blank" href="http://www.desmogblog.com/denialists-progress-doubt-mongering-certainty">blogger for Discovery magazine</a> wrote that the House vote "to defund the IPCC, rather than attack or criticize it, doesn't bespeak a strategy of doubt-mongering. It signals extreme certainty that one is right, that we don't even need to consider (skeptically or otherwise) any more new results from climate scientists."

While Waxman said the U.S. government only spends about $2.3 million a year on the IPCC, Luetkemeyer said that President Barack Obama had allocated about $13 million related to the IPCC in his budget request for the 2012 fiscal year. A spokesman for the congressman told the Beacon on Monday that the House-passed amendment applied to this year's federal spending and that Luetkemeyer planned to continue his effort to stop IPCC spending in future years.

Field told the Beacon that the 2009 U.S. contributions to IPCC activities amounted to about $3 million, of which about $1.5 million went to the IPCC trust fund and about $1.5 million covered travel expenses for U.S. scientists and the technical support unit. He said that <a target="_blank" href="http://www.ipcc.ch/meetings/session32/doc03_p32_progr_and_budget.pdf">U.S. contributions to the IPCC's trust fund</a> -- which supports the organization's international coordinating team -- have ranged from a low of $199,000 in 1988-89 to a high of about $5.7 million in 1998-99.

Luetkemeyer gets some support

During the House debate, Luetkemeyer said his criticism of the panel related partly to the so-called "climate-gate" debate linked to emails from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia. Critics argued that these emails showed evidence of a cover-up of data that didn't support climate change. Later reviews mostly cleared the British researchers involved, although they also found that the researchers should have been more open about the data.

The Missouri congressman also held up a report by "more than 700 acclaimed international scientists" that challenged IPCC findings. One of those skeptics, former NASA scientist <a target="_blank" href="http://www.drroyspencer.com/">Roy Spencer, a climatology researcher at the University of Alabama, Huntsville, wrote in his blog</a> this weekend about the Luetkemeyer amendment  that the IPCC is "not a scientific organization. It was organized to use the government-funded scientific research establishment to achieve policy goals."

Spencer added that: "In the end, I doubt the IPCC will ever be defunded. Last night's vote in the House is just a warning shot across the bow. But unless the IPCC starts to change its ways, it runs the risk of being totally marginalized. It has almost reached that point, anyway."

For his part, Field told the Beacon that he hopes that scientists will rally to the defense of the IPCC before the U.S. Senate considers its version of the stopgap spending bill. "The scientific community needs to help people understand" the importance of the IPCC, he said. "We also need to help people understand how science works."

Field said, "I don't get any salary from the IPCC." He said the most support for the panel comes from "volunteer contributions of the scientists themselves." Contributions to the panel's trust fund from the United States and other countries represent the second main source of support, which "pays for the small secretariat in Geneva and for the travel to bring developing country scientists to IPCC meetings." The third source of funding is the support that developed countries use to send scientists to IPCC meetings and to host technical support units, which as the working group that he co-chairs.

"These are people whose job is to make sure that every detail is checked, that the procedures are followed scrupulously, and that reports are delivered on time," Field said. "I am very proud of the dedication and professionalism of my team."

Academic researchers outside of the scientific community often make use of IPCC reports. William R. Lowry, a political science professor at Washington University, told the Beacon on Monday that "to me, the IPCC is a pretty reliable source" for climate-change information. "Losing that would be problematic. It's one place we can get some honest data about climate change."

Contact Beacon Washington correspondent <a href="http://www.stlbeacon.org/about/contact-staff/263-Reporting/22-koenig">Robert Koenig</a>.

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<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer">http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer</a>

Blaine Luetkemeyer has been a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=United_States_Republican_Party" title="United States Republican Party" class="mw-redirect">Republican</a> member of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives" class="mw-redirect">United States House of Representatives</a>, representing the 9th district of the State of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Category:Members_of_the_U.S._Congress_from_Missouri" title="Category:Members of the U.S. Congress from Missouri">Missouri</a>, since 2009 (<a href="http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/mo09_110.gif" class="external text" title="http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/mo09_110.gif" rel="nofollow">map</a>).

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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#Positions.2C_record_and_controversies">1 Positions, record and controversies</a>

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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#Healthcare">1.1 Healthcare</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#Immigration">1.2 Immigration</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#Taxes">1.3 Taxes</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#Second_Amendment">1.4 Second Amendment</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#Stem_Cells_and_Abortion">1.5 Stem Cells and Abortion</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#2008_elections">2.1 2008 elections</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#Money_in_politics">3 Money in politics</a>

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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#Campaign_contributions">3.1 Campaign contributions</a></li>

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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#Committees_and_affiliations">4 Committees and affiliations</a>

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<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#More_background_data">5 More background data</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#Contact">6 Contact</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#Articles_and_resources">7 Articles and resources</a>

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<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#Related_SourceWatch_articles">7.1 Related SourceWatch articles</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#Sources">7.2 Sources</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#External_resources">7.3 External resources</a></li>

<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#External_articles">7.4 External articles</a></li>

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<h2>Positions, record and controversies</h2>

<h3>Healthcare</h3>

Luetkemeyer supports solutions that encourage competition among healthcare providers and legislation that encourages health savings accounts and small business plans. He does not support a universal healthcare system. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#cite_note-issues-0" title="">[1]</a>

<h3>Immigration</h3>

Luetkemeyer supports ensuring that all who wish to come into our country abide by the rule of law, punishing businesses that knowingly hire illegal immigrants, eliminating taxpayer funding of all benefits for illegal immigrants,and increasing border security. He does not support the amnesty bills that have been considered by Congress. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#cite_note-issues-0" title="">[1]</a>

<h3>Taxes</h3>

Luetkemyer says he will support making the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 permanent, and he has pledged to end all Congressional earmarks. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#cite_note-issues-0" title="">[1]</a>

<h3>Second Amendment</h3>

He is a strong supporter of second Amendment rights, and the rights of hunters. He has been endorsed by the NRA in the past. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#cite_note-issues-0" title="">[1]</a>

<h3>Stem Cells and Abortion</h3>

Luetkemeyer has received a 100 percent pro-life rating from Missouri Right to Life. He is also opposed to using embryonic stem cells for research. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#cite_note-issues-0" title="">[1]</a>    [[catholic vs enagmelical?]

Blaine Luetkemeyer lives in St. Elizabeth, MO, with his wife, Jackie, to whom he has been married for 32 years. He is a father of three and a grandfather of one. He is both a small businessman and a farmer. He owns the Luetkemeyer Insurance Agency and his family owns the Bank of St. Elizabeth. He graduated from Lincoln University with a degree of distinction in Political Science and a minor in Business Administration. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#cite_note-1" title="">[2]</a>

From 1999 to 2005, he was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives. During this time, he was appointed Chair of the Financial Services Committee. In 2000, he was elected by his colleagues to the post of House Republican Caucus Chairman. During his tenure in the state legislature, many conservative laws were passed, including a ban on partial-birth abortion, conceal-and-carry legislation, and workers' compensation reform. Also passed was the Sanctity of Marriage Amendment, which Luetkemeyer co-sponsored and which was subsequently approved by 71 percent of the state's voters. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#cite_note-2" title="">[3]</a>

In 2006, he was appointed as the Director of the Missouri Division of Tourism. In this capacity, he helped to initiate the Tour of Missouri cycling event, which is the largest sporting event in all of Missouri. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#cite_note-3" title="">[4]</a>

<h3>2008 elections</h3>

Luetkemeyer was the Republican nominee seeking to replace Rep. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Kenny_Hulshof" title="Kenny Hulshof">Kenny Hulshof</a> (R-Mo.) in the 2008 congressional elections. He won in <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=2008_U.S._congressional_election_dates" title="2008 U.S. congressional election dates" class="mw-redirect">primary</a> elections which took place on August 5, 2008, and went on to defeat Democratic nominee <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Judy_Baker" title="Judy Baker">Judy Baker</a> in the November 4, 2008 general election.<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#cite_note-greenpapers-4" title="">[5]</a>

<h2>Money in politics</h2>

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

<h3>Campaign contributions</h3>

The following is drawn from government records of campaign contributions to Blaine Luetkemeyer. Campaign contributions are one of the most direct conduits for influencing members of Congress. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=SouceWatch:Using_congressional_campaign_contribution_information" title="SouceWatch:Using congressional campaign contribution information" class="mw-redirect">How to use this information.</a> <crpcontribdata>cid=N00030026&cycle=2008</crpcontribdata>

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<h2>Committees and affiliations</h2>

<h3>Committees</h3>

Luetkemeyer will be assigned committees if and when he is elected to Congress.

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<h2>More background data</h2>

<h2>Contact</h2>

<a href="http://www.blaineforcongress.com/" class="external text" title="http://www.blaineforcongress.com/" rel="nofollow">Blaine for Congress Inc</a>

901 North College Avenue

Colombia, MO 65201

573-557-3301 - Jerry Doyle

Email: <a href="mailto:2008blaine@gmail.com" class="external text" title="mailto:2008blaine@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">2008blaine@gmail.com</a>

<h2>Articles and resources</h2>

Official website: <a href="http://www.blaineforcongress.com" class="external free" title="http://www.blaineforcongress.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.blaineforcongress.com</a>

<h3>Related SourceWatch articles</h3>

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=2008_U.S._congressional_elections" title="2008 U.S. congressional elections">2008 U.S. congressional elections</a>

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=2008_U.S._congressional_election_dates" title="2008 U.S. congressional election dates" class="mw-redirect">2008 U.S. congressional election dates</a></li>

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<li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Portal:Missouri_and_the_U.S._Congress" title="Portal:Missouri and the U.S. Congress">Portal:Missouri and the U.S. Congress</a></li>

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<h3>Sources</h3>

<li id="cite_note-issues-0">↑ <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#cite_ref-issues_0-0" title="">1.0</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#cite_ref-issues_0-1" title="">1.1</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#cite_ref-issues_0-2" title="">1.2</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#cite_ref-issues_0-3" title="">1.3</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#cite_ref-issues_0-4" title="">1.4</a> <a href="http://www.blaineforcongress.com/?sectionid=13&sectiontree=13" class="external text" title="http://www.blaineforcongress.com/?sectionid=13&sectiontree=13" rel="nofollow">Blaine for Congress</a></li>

<li id="cite_note-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#cite_ref-1" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://www.blaineforcongress.com/?sectionid=2&sectiontree=2" class="external text" title="http://www.blaineforcongress.com/?sectionid=2&sectiontree=2" rel="nofollow">About Blaine</a>, Blaine for Congress</li>

<li id="cite_note-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#cite_ref-2" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://www.blaineforcongress.com/?sectionid=2&sectiontree=2" class="external text" title="http://www.blaineforcongress.com/?sectionid=2&sectiontree=2" rel="nofollow">About Blaine</a>, Blaine for Congress</li>

<li id="cite_note-3"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#cite_ref-3" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://www.blaineforcongress.com/?sectionid=2&sectiontree=2" class="external text" title="http://www.blaineforcongress.com/?sectionid=2&sectiontree=2" rel="nofollow">About Blaine</a>, Blaine for Congress</li>

<li id="cite_note-greenpapers-4"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Blaine_Luetkemeyer#cite_ref-greenpapers_4-0" title="">↑</a> <a href="http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G08/MO.phtml" class="external text" title="http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G08/MO.phtml" rel="nofollow">'’Missouri 2008 General Election</a>,"The Green Papers", November 6, 2008</li>

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<h3>External resources</h3>

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<li><a href="http://www.2008racetracker.com/page/MO-09" class="external text" title="http://www.2008racetracker.com/page/MO-09" rel="nofollow">2008 Race Tracker page on Missouri’s 9th Congressional District</a></li>

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<h3>External articles</h3>

Corresponding article on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaine_Luetkemeyer" class="external text" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaine_Luetkemeyer" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a> and <a href="http://www.causecaller.com/wiki/Blaine_Luetkemeyer" class="external text" title="http://www.causecaller.com/wiki/Blaine_Luetkemeyer" rel="nofollow">Cause Caller</a>. (If Cause Caller link does not work, pick from its list of <a href="http://www.causecaller.com/wiki/Senator" class="external text" title="http://www.causecaller.com/wiki/Senator" rel="nofollow">senators</a> and <a href="http://www.causecaller.com/wiki/Representative" class="external text" title="http://www.causecaller.com/wiki/Representative" rel="nofollow">representatives</a>.)

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<h2>Cycle Source of Funds, 2009-2010, Campaign Cmte only</h2>

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<img src="/6b2775b2-6385-5d3f-b0bd-502b7e7b9208.gif"/></td><td>Individual Contributions

 - Small Individual Contributions

- Large Individual Contributions</td><td class="number">$523,734

$24,649 (2%)

$499,085 (37%)</td><td valign="top">(39%)</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td class="flatTableTitle"><img src="/7ad57ff3-2cf9-5b7b-bc6b-d53ed888d84c.gif"/></td><td>PAC Contributions</td><td class="number">$552,937</td><td class="number">(41%)</td></tr><tr><td class="flatTableTitle"><img src="/11ceaea9-50b5-53c1-afe6-3d264d8dd518.gif"/></td><td>Candidate self-financing</td><td class="number">$0</td><td>(0%)</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td class="flatTableTitle"><img src="/0afe6a45-a984-52e6-922a-b67afe9b6b79.gif"/></td><td>Other</td><td class="number">$282,171</td><td>(21%)</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<table><tbody><tr class=" even"><td class="center">1</td><td class="center">6</td><td>Commercial Banks</td><td class="number">$78,300</td><td class="number">$56,300</td><td class="number">$22,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td class="center">2</td><td class="center">5</td><td>Agricultural Services/Products</td><td class="number">$71,900</td><td class="number">$21,750</td><td class="number">$50,150</td></tr><tr class=" even"><td class="center">3</td><td class="center">21</td><td>Insurance</td><td class="number">$41,700</td><td class="number">$11,700</td><td class="number">$30,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td class="center">4</td><td class="center">3</td><td>Health Professionals</td><td class="number">$39,150</td><td class="number">$22,150</td><td class="number">$17,000</td></tr><tr class=" even"><td class="center">5</td><td class="center">16</td><td>Crop Production & Basic Processing</td><td class="number">$38,000</td><td class="number">$10,000</td><td class="number">$28,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td class="center">6</td><td class="center">39</td><td>Leadership PACs</td><td class="number">$37,489</td><td class="number">$0</td><td class="number">$37,489</td></tr><tr class=" even"><td class="center">7</td><td class="center">14</td><td>Securities & Investment</td><td class="number">$30,750</td><td class="number">$15,750</td><td class="number">$15,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td class="center">8</td><td class="center">1</td><td>Retired</td><td class="number">$24,900</td><td class="number">$24,900</td><td class="number">$0</td></tr><tr class=" even"><td class="center">9</td><td class="center">30</td><td>Automotive</td><td class="number">$24,050</td><td class="number">$9,050</td><td class="number">$15,000</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td class="center">10</td><td class="center">41</td><td>Misc Manufacturing & Distributing</td><td class="number">$23,500</td><td class="number">$4,500</td><td class="number">$19,000</td></tr><tr class=" even"><td class="center">11</td><td class="center">4</td><td>Lawyers/Law Firms</td><td class="number">$23,450</td><td class="number">$10,250</td><td class="number">$13,200</td></tr><tr class="rowTint"><td class="center">12</td><td class="center">28</td><td>Electric Utilities</td><td class="number">$21,250</td><td class="number">$250</td><td class="number">$21,000</td></tr></tbody></table>

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<h1 class="diaryTitle"><a class="diaryTitle" href="http://showmeprogress.com/diary/5877/climate-denialism">Could GOP climate denialists be tried for crimes against humanity?</a> <a href="http://showmeprogress.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=214038298261E3B52BCA6AE2B7839E5C?diaryId=5877" class="diaryTitle"> </a></h1>

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<h2 class="author">by: <a href="http://showmeprogress.com/user/WillyK"> WillyK</a></h2>

</div></td></tr><tr><td>Today I got one of those emails filled with jokes that lots of folks like to pass around.  The topic was hard times and one joke caught my attention:  Times are so hard that Exxon-Mobil has had to lay off 24 congressmen.

My response? If only we could be so lucky. Maybe we could get rid of Todd Akin, Billy Long, Sam Graves, Blaline Luetkemeyer and Vicky Hartzler, Missouri's own House climate denialist squad, all avid students of the oil industry rule book, and, as <a href="http://www.firedupmissouri.com/content/akin-emerson-graves-hartzler-long-luetkmeyer-deny-global-warming-real">FiredUp! reported yesterday</a>, in spite of all the evidence to the contrary, champing at the bit to vote to deny that climate change is taking place. Perhaps they'll vote to deny that the sun comes up in the East tomorrow.

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<h1 class="title">Amendment that says climate change is occurring fails in House</h1>

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<div> By Ben Geman - 04/06/11 07:13 PM ET</div>

The House rejected a Democratic amendment Wednesday that would have put the chamber on record backing the widely held scientific view that global warming is occurring and humans are a major cause.

Lawmakers voted 184-240 against Rep. Henry Waxman’s (D-Calif.) amendment to a GOP-led bill that would strip the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to regulate greenhouse gases.

The amendment from Waxman — the top Democrat on the Energy and Commerce Committee — reflects Democratic efforts to cast the bill as an outrageous trampling of scientific consensus.

But senior Republicans — and some Democrats — seeking to block the rules say the bill is aimed at what they allege will be the negative economic effects of climate rules.

Waxman’s failed amendment stated:

“Congress accepts the scientific findings of the Environmental Protection Agency that climate changes is occurring, is caused largely by human activities, and poses significant risks for public health and welfare.” It was co-sponsored by Reps. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.) and Diana DeGette (D-Colo.).

The underlying bill, sponsored by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.), is expected to pass Thursday.=apr 2011Under the redistricting proposal currently moving through Missouri’s state legislature, the City of Columbia stands to lose its staunchly Republican Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer. Considering the bill was successfully pushed through Missouri’s House of Representatives, we can only hope the Senate passes the proposal so Columbia can bid farewell to Congressman Luetkemeyer indefinitely.As a media outlet at MU, The Maneater seeks to act as a voice for an expansive student body ("The Student Voice of MU," if you will). The student population in Columbia comprises a large portion of Luetkemeyer’s constituency, yet the lines of communication between Luetkemeyer and MU students are blurry, at best, and the representative seems to care very little about communicating with or hearing feedback from his college-aged constituents.The last time we see record of Luetkemeyer publicly addressing his constituency in Columbia was in August 2009 at a Nissan dealership during a townhall-esque meeting intended to raise awareness about government regulation of small businesses.Since then, repeated attempts to contact Luetkemeyer about his policies or methodology have been met by unnecessarily abrasive, entirely too brief and completely uninformative statements from his spokesman Paul Sloca. Whether specific questions are posed or if a request for a mere statement is made, Sloca is apt to hang up after giving a one-word response and Luetkemeyer consistently remains an unavailable political phantom.Because we are a voice of the student body for Missouri's flagship university and because Luetkemeyer inexplicably separates himself from student inquirers as well as the community, we believe Luetkemeyer has failed at fulfilling his political duties. Luetkemeyer is currently positioned as a Missouri representative, yet excommunicates himself from MU students, thereby failing to adequately provide for his constituency.

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