Ike Skelton

Democrat  •  17 Terms  •  Sworn In 1977
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12/29/10
Military Benefit Association: Changes in 2011

among the defeated was 17-term Rep. Ike Skelton of Missouri, the House Armed Services Committee chairman, who had fought for improvements to professional military education and family support programs — and balked at any reductions in ...

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12/28/10
No. 5 | Election 2010

Notable in the incumbent dismissals was Democratic Rep. Ike Skelton, a powerful chairman of the Armed Services Committee whose central and southwestern Missouri district turned him aside after electing him 17 times previously. ...

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12/28/10
From PFAW: The Ten Scariest Republicans Heading To Congress ...

Although Ike Skelton, the long-time representative in Missouri's fourth congressional district, was far from a supporter of LGBT equality, Vicky Hartzler, the Republican who defeated him in this year's election, has based her political ...

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12/28/10
River Rising Review: Jobs, Crime and Education Focus of Special ...

Nola's Primary was uncontested, even though she was a first-time State Representative candidate. Nola, an insurance agent in Kansas City, faced a 2-term Democrat incumbent in the November General Election. ... Congresswoman-elect Vicky Hartzler was gi

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12/28/10
Congress extends Maritime Security Program to 2025 « Northern ...

The MSP extension approval was part of the massive 2011 National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 6523), and championed by outgoing House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton, D-Mo. The current MSP program was authorized by the ...

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12/27/10
Ike Skelton defeat tops Missouri news in 2010

Ike Skelton's election defeat after 34 years in Congress has been named the top Missouri story of 2010 in a survey of newspaper and broadcast editors.

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12/27/10
This Week in Health Care Reform Easy To Insure ME | Confused Today

The Republican sweep extended from coast to coast and removed more than 30 Democratic incumbents from the House of Representatives, including Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton, Budget Committee Chairman John Spratt and ... The meeting with Rep

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12/26/10
Politics ruled state news in year of dramatic wins, losses | News ...

Missouri voters ended the 34-year career of Democratic U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton on Nov. 2, electing Republican Vicky Hartzler after a campaign in which the GOP worked furiously to connect Skelton to an unpopular President Barack Obama and ...

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12/26/10
Skelton's defeat chosen top Missouri news story of 2010

Missouri electorate finished a 34-year career of Democratic U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton on Nov. 2, electing Republican Vicky Hartzler after a debate in that a GOP worked furiously to bond Skelton to an unpopular President Barack Obama and ...

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12/26/10
Media pick top Missouri story of 2010 : News : ConnectMidMissouri.com

Ike Skelton's election defeat after 34 years in Congress has been named the top Missouri story of 2010 in a survey of newspaper and broadcast editors.

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12/26/10
AP: Republican Sweep Tops Kansas News In 2010 - Kansas City News ...

Missouri voters ended the 34-year career of Democratic U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton on Nov. 2, electing Republican Vicky Hartzler after a campaign in which the GOP worked furiously to connect Skelton to an unpopular President Barack Obama and ...

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12/25/10
Ideas, Observations, & Mental Machinations: THOUGHTS ON ...

Republican Vicky Hartzler bested long time Democratic Representative Ike Skelton to win her first term in Congress. Republican redistricting efforts paid off for them in Missouri. I recall when Missouri's Fourth Congressional District ...

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12/24/10
Bill Helps Fund Connecticut Guard Units | CONNECTICUT DAILY POLITICS

The U.S. House of representatives recently passed the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act. This is critical legislation that will support Connecticut and all troops as well as their families. The Authorization calls for a ...

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12/23/10
Keokuk's Daily Gate City Online > News

That consolidation helped cost Republican Wendell Bailey his seat in Congress. He lost in the 1982 election to Democrat Ike Skelton. Some have speculated the loss of another seat this year could similarly force out Democratic U.S. Rep. ...

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12/23/10
2010 Election… Results and Facts

Rep. Travis Childers (D-Miss.) Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nev.) Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (DN.H.) Rep. John Adler (DN.J.) Rep. Harry Teague (DN.M.) Rep. Michael Arcuri (DN.Y.) Rep. John Hall (DN. ...

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12/23/10
Keokuk's Daily Gate City Online > News

That consolidation helped cost Republican Wendell Bailey his seat in Congress. He lost in the 1982 election to Democrat Ike Skelton. Some have speculated the loss of another seat this year could similarly force out Democratic U.S. Rep. ...

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12/23/10
Help pick the top 10 local stories of 2010 | touched, readers ...

Hartzler beats Ike: Republican Vicky Hartzler rode the anti-incumbent wave and unseated 17-term Democrat Ike Skelton in November's election. • MS 150 rides out of town: after 20 years of traveling to Sedalia, the MS 150 bike ride ...

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12/22/10
FY2011 Defense Authorization Bill Renamed to Honor Ike Skelton ...

As a farewell gesture, the bill was named in honor or Rep. Ike Skelton. Here's what Leader Steny Hoyer said after passage: "Today the House voted for final passage of the Ike Skelton Defense Authorization Bill. ...

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12/22/10
FY2011 Defense Authorization Bill Renamed to Honor Ike Skelton ...

As a farewell gesture, the bill was named in honor or Rep. Ike Skelton. Here's what Leader Steny Hoyer said after passage: "Today the House voted for final passage of the Ike Skelton Defense Authorization Bill. ...

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12/22/10
iOwnTheWorld.com » Blog Archive » No Money to Transfer Gitmo's ...

Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), the outgoing chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and Buck McKeon (R-Calif.), the current ranking member, had to strike a last-minute deal to extend by another year the blanket ban on the transfer of ...

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12/22/10
CAAFlog » Final version of NDAA for FY 11 doesn't include Article ...

Congress yesterday passed an amended version of H.R. 6523, the Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, and forwarded it to the President. The final version doesn't include any provision affecting the new ...

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12/22/10
This Week in Health Care Reform Easy To Insure ME | Life Shake Store

The Republican brush lengthened from seashore to seashore as good as in isolation some-more than thirty Democratic incumbents from a House of Representatives, together with Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton, Budget Committee ... The assembly w

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12/22/10
THE CASE AGAINST LYNN JENKINS CHAPTER 53 - SHE VOTED AGAINST THE ...

Ike Skelton, the best damn Congressman I ever had, stood tall and kept voting to the last. Skelton finished like a pro! Sam Graves and Jerry Moran, like Moore, wimped out early. The most amazing wimp out of all came from the Speaker of ...

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12/22/10
The Santa Barbara Independent Dog in the Manger

Likewise, she got Palm Center researchers a meeting with Ike Skelton, a socially conservative Missouri Democrat who has chaired the extremely influential House Armed Services Committee. They brought along a gay vet from Skelton's ...

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12/21/10
Guantánamo Prisoners Sacrificed In Political Horse-Trading Over ...

and Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) to strip not just the repeal of “don't ask don't tell” [DADT], but a host of other controversial items in the bill after it was defeated over concerns about the repeal of “don't ask don't tell.” ...

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12/21/10
St. Louis Beacon - 111th Congress: Reviled but productive

Among the incumbent Democrats who were startled by the voters' wrath was moderate U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Lexington, who said that he had been the victim of a "political tsunami" blown by Tea Party activists and other conservative ...

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12/21/10
Today in Congress - Congress Matters ::

Akaka - Oversight and Government Reform); Senate Amendment to H.R. 6523 - Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Rep. Skelton - Armed Services). Conference Reports may be brought up at any time. ...

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12/21/10
Whittled-down Defense Authorization Bill – Approved by Senate – Is ...

Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), the outgoing chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and Buck McKeon (R-Calif.), the current ranking member, had to strike a last-minute deal to extend by another year the blanket ban on the transfer of ...

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12/21/10
Today in Congress….12/22/10…. - Politicaldog101.Com

Akaka – Oversight and Government Reform); Senate Amendment to H.R. 6523 – Ike Skelton National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011 (Rep. Skelton – Armed Services). Conference Reports may be brought up at any time. ...

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12/21/10
Housing for the Disabled Gets a Federal Boost | U.S. States ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 17, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, Congressman Ike Skelton (D-MO) joined Congressman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Congressman Walter B. Jones, Jr. (R-NC), ...

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