On December 16, 2009, the first session of the 111th Congress came to a close in the House of Representatives. With America suffering from the worst economic recession in decades, this session has faced extraordinary challenges. Much [...]
KMBC has the scoop: Ike Skelton is running for reelection. Who knew?
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House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton has written top Pentagon leaders that he's "greatly troubled" by stories from soldiers in war zones about improper training and the lack of suitable combat gear. The Associated Press writes: "Soldiers are being issued a rucksack made" [...] 
TARP WARSCongressman Roy Blunt and Congressman Ike Skelton both voted against a sweeping rewrite of complex financial regulations. Despite 27 Democrats peeling away, the legislation passed 223 to 202. The legislation would force more control over the country's financial institutions. Blunt, who voted for the [...] 
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 [...] 
Rep. Ike Skelton
WASHINGTON — In his latest departure from the Democratic majority and liberals in his party, Missouri Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Lexington, joined congressional Republicans who voted against a wide-ranging $447 billion spending bill Thursday.
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"Measured Expectations" House Armed Services Committee Chair Ike Skelton warned against comparing the president's decision to send more troops into Afghanistan to the infamous surge in Iraq. "I do not think such comparisons are wise or fair," Skelton said as part of his opening statement before [...] Steel plates a sign of Funkhouser's failure
Refreshing to hear KC public school official acknowledge staffing levels
Schoeller on Jetton: "If it's true, we'll part paths"
Skelton key to Obama gaining traction on Afghanistan
Fired Up! Missouri notes that the Congressional Quarterly posited that U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton [...]
Congressional Quarterly reported today (subscription required) that Rep. Ike Skelton will play an important role in the Congressional debate on Afghanistan.
As President Obama seeks to sell his escalation of the Afghanistan War to a skeptical Congress, House Armed Services Chairman Ike Skelton will almost surely emerge as [...]
In cased you missed it, here's what some local lawmakers had to say about President Obama's speech:
Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee:
“This is parallel to what we did in Anbar Province in Iraq, working with the local folk much more, supplying resources to them. It worked.
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Sen. Kit Bond, a Republican, and Rep. Ike Skelton, a Democrat, say President Obama made the right decision in ordering an increase in U.S. troops in Afghanistan.
Bond doesn't like the idea of an 18-month pullout schedule, however.
Wednesday night, The American Friends Service Committee and the KC Iraq [...]
TPMDC reports that Rep. Ike Skelton, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and Sen. Kit Bond, Ranking Member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, are on the list of select Congressional leaders to meet with President Obama at the White House just before tonight's speech on Afghanistan.
After the meeting, [...]
IKE . . . TO THE RIGHT House Armed Services Committee chair Ike Skelton broke with the Obama administration on trying the men accused of plotting terrorist attacks in U.S. criminal courts. "As a former prosecutor, I am not yet convinced that the right decision was" [...] 
King political prognosticator Charlie Cook has switched his ranking for Missouri's 4th Congressional District race from "a likely Democratic seat" to "a lean Democratic seat" in 2010. The move is minor, and still favors Rep. Ike Skelton. But it's also significant for Republicans who believe [...] Don’t panic yet, Democrats. The 2010 elections are still a year away.
But the respected, nonpartisan Cook Political Report just lowered - slightly - the chances of Rep. Ike Skelton winning re-election for the 17th straight time.
Its latest assessment of the race shifted Missouri’s 4th Congressional District from a “likely” [...]
Jack Miles is apparently trying to make a career out of getting Ike Skelton elected. His most recent editorial chides Republican candidates in the 4th District for spending too much time attacking Skelton and not enough attacking each other.
Some might remember him being on the opposite side of this [...]
