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      <excerpt>...Henry Cuellar of Texas, Brad Miller, Heath Shuler and Mike McIntyre of North Carolina, Jim Marshall of Georgia and Ike Skelton of Missouri. Democratic Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who helped gather the signatures, said the letter was aimed at </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...will be joined at 10:30 a.m. on WPRI-TV by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee; Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee; Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., vice chairwoman of t</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Kentucky, Henry Cuellar of Texas, Brad Miller, Heath Shuler and Mike McIntyre of North Carolina, Jim Marshall of Georgia and Ike Skelton of Missouri.  Democratic Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who helped gather the signatures, said the letter wa</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...isn't assured given concerns by moderate Democrats about provisions for public insurance and funding for abortions. Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., said this week that he doesn't plan to support the legislation because &quot;it does not represent the right balance </excerpt>
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      <title>Thousands rally in opposition to Democratic health care bill</title>
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      <excerpt>...are trying to negotiate wording that would appease anti-abortion Democratic lawmakers to win their votes.   WASHINGTON | Rep. Ike Skelton of Missouri, a senior House Democrat and chairman of the Armed Services Committee, said Wednesday that he intended </excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Shigefumi Matsuzawa, are to meet with senior Defense and State Department officials plus Sen. Daniel Inoue, D-Hawaii, and Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo. Nakaima is also expected to push for a quick decision on replacing Marine Corps Air Station Futenma now tha</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...Obama has &quot;no further pretext for delaying the decision&quot; now that Afghanistan's election crisis has been solved. Democrat Rep. Ike Skelton, chairman of the House Armed Services  Committee, has also urged Obama &quot;to waste no time.&quot;   But the White House s</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>WASHINGTON &#8212; The cancellation of Afghanistan&#8217;s
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      <excerpt>...targeting veteran Democrats who havent been seriously challenged in many years. This subset includes Reps. Vic Snyder (Ark.), Ike Skelton (Mo.), Bart Gordon (Tenn.) and John Tanner (Tenn.). Those four districts voted decisively for McCain, but the Repub</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>28. Rep. Ike Skelton (MO). 29. Rep. John Tanner (TN). 30. Rep. Gene Taylor (MS). 31. Rep. Harry Teague (NM). Oh Don, don&amp;#39;t look now, but check out how many NO votes are due from dems. cdubbs said on 7 Nov 2009 at 6:47 pm: ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Rep. Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.) Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) Rep. Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) Source: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/66819-fifteen-dems-oppose-taking-up-health-bill ...</excerpt>
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