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• GOPers Blast Dem Spending Bill, Skelton Peels Away

  —KY3 Political Notebook

  Congressman Ike Skelton joined a unanimous Republican caucus in opposing a $447 billion dollar spending bill passed by the House Thursday. The A.P. notes: The 1,088-page, $1.1 trillion measure would provide $447 billion in operating budgets for 10 Cabinet departments, awarding increases averaging almost [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 8:59pm EST
  

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• Skelton spends Thanksgiving with troops in Germany

  —The Turner Report

  Fourth District Congressman Ike Skelton spent Thanksgiving with recovering troops in Germany:
  
  “The morale seems to be good and I just want to let them know that we appreciate them,” Skelton tells the Missourinet. “They are a grand bunch of young people and the care they are getting [...]

  Posted: November 27, 2009, 9:37am EST
  

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• Skelton: Congress must find ways to generate job growth

  —The Turner Report

  In his weekly column, Fourth District Congressman Ike Skelton outlines what Congress must to do generate jobs:
  
  As we celebrated Thanksgiving last week with family and friends, many families in Missouri and across the United States were experiencing a less bountiful holiday due to the greatest American recession since [...]

  Posted: November 26, 2009, 11:58am EST
  

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• Skelton: Patriot Act important to war on terrorism

  —The Turner Report

  In a column issued last week, Fourth District Congressman Ike Skelton emphasized his support of the Patriot Act:
  
  The PATRIOT Act passed in the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. It was intended to enable law enforcement officials to track down and punish those responsible for the [...]

  Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:45am EST
  

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• Skelton breaks with Obama on trying terrorist suspects in U. S.

  —The Turner Report

  Fourth District Congressman Ike Skelton is highly skeptical of the Obama Administration's plan to try terrorist suspects in the United States:
  
  Mr. Skelton, Missouri Democrat, said the decision "raises many serious questions" and said Congress set up military commissions specifically to handle the judicial cases of detainees from [...]

  Posted: November 22, 2009, 8:58am EST
  

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• Washington Times profiles Ike Skelton

  —The Turner Report

  In the wake of a column by Steve Kraske of the Kansas City Star which described Fourth District Congressman Ike Skelton's health care vote as some kind of cowardly political move, the Washington Times ran an article this morning which more accurately describes Skelton as a "Harry Truman Democrat.":[...]

  Posted: November 15, 2009, 9:02am EST
  

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• Kraske: Health care vote shows Skelton is running scared

  —The Turner Report

  In his latest column for the Kansas City Star, Steve Kraske suggests that Fourth District Congressman Ike Skelton's vote against the Democratic health care proposal is a sign he is running scared:
  
  The recent House vote on health care reform said one thing very clearly: 17-term Democratic Congressman' [...]

  Posted: November 14, 2009, 7:51am EST
  

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• Skelton: No Congressional Inquiry on Ft. Hood Yet

  —KY3 Political Notebook

  Congressman Ike Skelton is balking at an immediate investigation by Congress into the shooting rampage at Ft. Hood until investigations by the Army and FBI progress. "It is important that we get to the bottom of this incident, but we must be careful to proceed" [...]

  Posted: November 11, 2009, 4:39pm EST
  

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• Missouri Republicans & Skelton Lament House Healthcare Vote

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  "This is history"
  Democratic Congressman Ike Skelton joined Missouri Republicans in opposition to a massive healthcare overhaul that narrowly cleared the U.S. House late Saturday.
  
  Excerpts of each statement in order of reception:
  
  7th District Congressional candidate Jack Goodman: "Very disappointing" "This legislation is" [...]

  Posted: November 08, 2009, 7:11pm EST
  

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• Skelton one of 39 Democrats to vote against health care bill

  —The Turner Report

  Fourth District Congressman Ike Skelton was one of 39 Democrats to vote against the House health care bill, which passed 220 to 215 this evening.
  
  Earlier this week, Skelton issued the following statement:
  
  “I oppose the creation of a government-run public insurance program and continue to have serious [...]

  Posted: November 08, 2009, 11:31pm EST
  

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• Honoring the service of America's veterans

  —The Turner Report

  In his weekly column, Fourth District Congressman Ike Skelton honors our nation's veterans:
  
  As a youngster growing up during World War II, my heroes were the men and women who wore our nation’s uniform. I will always remember the time my best friend’s older brother, Walter, who was on [...]

  Posted: November 07, 2009, 10:49pm EST
  

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• Ike Skelton to appear on Face the Nation

  —The Turner Report

  Fourth District Congressman Ike Skelton, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, will be one of the guests on the CBS show Face the Nation Sunday morning. [...]

  Posted: November 07, 2009, 8:47am EST
  

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