The Turner Report

• Blunt: House health care bill is 2,000 page roadmap to government takeover

  One of the best quotes among those who opposed the health care bill which just passed the House by a 220 to 215 margin, came from Seventh District Congressman Roy Blunt:
  
  "It's a 2000 page roadmap to a government takeover of health care," Missouri Republican Roy Blunt [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 10:56pm EST
  

• Honoring the service of America's veterans

  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 [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 10:49pm EST
  

• Blunt: We can't afford this bill

  Seventh District Congressman Roy Blunt spoke against the health care bill earlier today on the House floor:
  
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 10:43pm EST
  

• House passes health care bill

  In a vote completed moments ago, the U. S. House passed the health care bill by a 220 to 215 vote.
  
  Two hundred nineteen of the 220 votes came from Democrats. [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 10:24pm EST
  

• Nodler's first major endorsement comes from lobbyist who brought Jack Abramoff into his firm

  Those who are looking for signs of problems in Gary Nodler's Quixotic third effort to become Seventh District Congressman, need look no further than his first major endorsement.
  
  As Dave Catanese reported in the KY3 Notebook Nov 3, former Roy Blunt aide Gregg Hartley, now a lobbyist with the [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 1:39pm EST
  

• Talboy's three-year haul in lobbyists' gifts- $27,607.29

  
  "Poverty in downtown Kansas City is another important issue. With fewer job opportunities, those without work find it difficult to find new employment. Health care has become a central focus for many families as it becomes more expensive to maintain insurance. Changes in Medicaid and Medicare" [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 12:32pm EST
  

• Ike Skelton to appear on Face the Nation

  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. [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 8:47am EST
  

• TAMKO's Humphrey drops $10,000 into Schweich campaign

  David Humphreys of TAMKO in Joplin, contributed $10,000 to Republican state auditor candidate Thomas Schweich, according to a 48-hour report filed Friday with the Missouri Ethics Commission. [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 1:50am EST