Sen. Claire McCaskill’s husband, Joe Shepard, has benefited from a staggering $131 million in taxpayer-funded subsidies since the Missouri Democrat came to the Senate in 2007.Say It Ain’t So, Joe! Since her husband started becoming a political headache (see: AP report on his $40M in subsidies, “sell the damn plane”, etc.), McCaskill has gone to great lengths to separate herself from his financial interests.