Federal subsidies flowing to Sen. Claire McCaskill’s husband

Published July 25, 2018 4:19pm ET



Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., probably didn’t have the best birthday this year.

A Kansas City Star report on Tuesday revealed that a whole lot of federal dollars have been flowing to businesses tied to the senator’s husband since she took office in 2007. According to the report, more than $131 million in federal subsidies have been routed to companies McCaskill’s husband, Joseph Shepard, has invested in since she entered the Senate.

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