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  Jim Talent | Congress votes database | washingtonpost.com
Jim Talent is up for reelection on November 7, 2006.
Jim Talent is running in the U.S. Senate, Missouri race.
View Jim Talent's 2005 official financial disclosure statement, which describes the sources, types and amounts of income earned in 2005.
projects.washingtonpost.com /congress/members/t000024   (551 words)

  
 TAP: Vol 13, Iss. 20. Talent for Deception. Safir Ahmed.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
In fact, Talent's electoral successes have come about partly due to his image as a soft-spoken, mild-mannered, rational-thinking policy wonk who would never raise his voice, utter a mean word about his enemies or take God's name in vain.
Talent, who turns 46 this year, grew up in a middle-class family in suburban St. Louis, majored in political science at Washington University, followed that with a law degree from the University of Chicago in 1981 and clerked for Judge Richard A. Posner in Chicago.
Talent taught "Thinking Like a Congressman," a three-credit class in the spring, to about 20 students, and again as a two-credit class in the fall, this time to about 20 students.
www.prospect.org /print/V13/20/ahmed-s.html   (2096 words)

  
 Talk:Jim Talent - SourceWatch
Jim Talent of Missouri on Tuesday defended his opposition to a November ballot initiative aimed at ensuring early stem-cell research as “entirely consistent” with past positions.
Talent also said his stand was a “logical extension” of what he said in February when he withdrew his four-year support for federal legislation to ban human cloning.
Talent said then that he still opposed cloning but was seeking a way to end the ethical dilemma the stem-cell issue had raised.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Talk:Jim_Talent   (385 words)

  
 Roth Talent Associates: Jim Pancero
Even during a sixty-minute keynote, Jim provides the most experienced members of his audience with proven, immediately usable advanced ideas to increase their competitive advantage and enhance their selling processes.
During Jim's prestigious IBM career he earned several awards including the coveted "Golden Circle" designation annually awarded to the top 5% of their international sales force.
Jim is a “hands-on” consultant who will take you to a level beyond theory to productivity.
www.rothtalent.com /speakers/slist/Pancero   (306 words)

  
 Jim Talent - SourceWatch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Talent (born October 18, 1956) is a lifelong resident of the St. Louis area.
Talent received the Republican nomination, narrowly defeated Jean Carnahan in the midterm election of November 2002, and was sworn in later that month to fill out the balance of Mel Carnahan's term.
Talent currently holds a significant fundraising advantage [6] (http://msnbc.msn.com/id/11454552/), due in part to support from the Bush administration; on Oct 11, 2005, Vice President Dick Cheney held a fundraiser for Talent.
www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Jim_Talent   (1047 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: The Missouri Senate Race -- Jim Talent Biography
In 1992, Talent set his sights on Washington, DC -- seeking a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 2nd District, a region near St. Louis that holds some of the fastest-growing affluent suburbs in the country.
During his years in Congress, Talent amassed a strong conservative voting record, supporting measures like a ban on "partial birth" abortions, the 1996 overhaul of welfare laws and a move to repeal the ban on certain types of assault weapons.
Talent took his winning electoral record and voter-friendly image on the road once again in 2000, this time waging what many said was an issue-oriented campaign against Democrat Bob Holden - especially compared to the fire-and-brimstone Senate battle raging between Republican Sen. John Ashcroft and Democratic Gov. Mel Carnahan.
www.pbs.org /newshour/vote2002/races/mo_talent.html   (787 words)

  
 Jim Talent (R): Dirty Dozen 2002
Jim Talent served four terms in Congress, from 1993 -- 2000.
During his eight years in Congress, Talent voted against stronger environmental protections over 80 percent of the time. His past record in the House proves that Missouri families cannot rely on him to vote to protect their environment in the Senate.
In addition, Talent has voted to limit the EPA's ability to protect Missouri's waters, including his vote for the "Dirty Water Bill", which would have relaxed federal water pollution regulations, weakened treatment requirements for toxic pollution, and removed federal protection for wetlands.  
www.lcv.org /campaigns/dirty-dozen/jim-talent-r-dirty-dozen-2002.html   (760 words)

  
 DoubleSpeak with Matthew and Peter Slutsky   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Jim Talent (R-MO) has flip-flopped on stem-cell research and his chances of being re-elected have been hindered because of his ‘out of the mainstream’ position.
Jim Talent (R-MO), who is locked in a tight re-election battle in 2006 against State Auditor Claire McCaskill, has just announced his opposition to a ballot measure that protects early stem-cell research in Missouri.
Talent’s stand was announced the same day that supporters of early stem-cell research turned in 288,991 signatures to place the proposed constitutional amendment on the November ballot.
www.doublespeakshow.com /tag/jim-talent   (524 words)

  
 Ramesh Ponnuru on Jim Talent & Cloning on National Review Online
Senator Jim Talent of Missouri says that he wants to ban all forms of cloning, including cloning to produce human embryos for biomedical research.
Talent tells NRO that he would break the stalemate by providing substantial funding for universities to "develop and perfect" ANT.
Talent is running for re-election this fall, and the race is expected to be one of the tightest in the country.
www.nationalreview.com /ponnuru/ponnuru200602110811.asp   (819 words)

  
 Jim Talent | Fired Up! Missouri
Talent, who’s engaged in a tight re-election contest, was registered to represent a handful of clients, including the National Federation of Independent Business and the National Grain and Feed Association, at the firm Arent Fox in 2001.
Talent has spent nearly two decades in Washington, DC and Roll Call speculates that he would be eager to cash in, yet again, should he lose his re-election bid.
Talent has millions more than McCaskill and has already outspent her 3-to-1, but the race is still essentially tied.
www.firedupmissouri.com /taxonomy/term/203   (1718 words)

  
 DSCC : Missouri   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Talent was criticized this year for flip-flopping on the issue of stem cell research before finally coming out against Missouri’s stem cell ballot initiative.
Talent flip-flopped on a federal anti-cloning bill and is refusing to take a stand on the Missouri stem cell initiative that will be on November's ballot.
Talent voted against increasing highway funding to $318 billion, as passed by the Senate in 2004, instead of $284 billion, as reported by Senate committee in 2005.
www.dscc.org /2006races/mo   (1955 words)

  
 Dexter Daily Statesman: Story: Lincoln Day dinner gives pitch for Jim Talent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Emerson also pointed to the recent Supreme Court decision on eminent domain, to the effect that governments could condemn private property for use by a private entity as a reason to ensure that federal judges appointed to the bench were of such character that they would not try to legislate from that bench.
Smith compared Talent to his Democratic opponent on several issues, telling the crowd Talent was pro-life while Claire McCaskill had received the endorsement of the pro-abortion group Emily's List.
"Jim Talent is for biodiesel and Claire McCaskill is against it," Smith said.
www.dailystatesman.com /story/1141982.html'   (910 words)

  
 NJDC's Blog: Jim Talent, Nazi Rhetoric, & Stem Cell Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
As NJDC Blog has discussed, Senator Jim Talent (R-MO) has been misnavigating the stem cell issue for a while, flip-flopping to suit the contradictions of the modern GOP (socially moderate business people like modern science, traditional GOP base has serious qualms).
Jim Talent has been telling reporters in recent days that he think the stem cell issue may end up being a net positive for his campaign because it will have the effect of mobilizing his base.
So while Jim Talent is running TV ads claiming that he wants to bring people together, and not be disagreeable, he has his political allies out there give hateful speeches like this one.
njdc.typepad.com /njdcs_blog/2006/08/jim_talent_nazi.html   (446 words)

  
 U.S. Senate, Missouri | Elections | washingtonpost.com
Jim Talent went on the air with ads in which a narrator says "most people don't care if you're red or blue, Republican or Democrat." The commercial never mentions Talent's party affiliation.
The Democrats' latest tactic was to send a YouTube video of Talent (R) talking quite frankly about the use of the word "amnesty" in the illegal immigration debate.
Talent has spent the most money in the suburbs where his opponent has the edge.
projects.washingtonpost.com /elections/keyraces/18   (420 words)

  
 GOP puts ‘big guns’ behind Jim Talent in fight for Carnahan's Senate Seat   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Talent, a former congressman, lost his bid for governor to Bob Holden in 2000 by about 21,000 votes - less than 1 percent of ballots cast.
Talent said the Democrats were distorting his voting record and that individual women can decide for themselves what their issues are.
Talent needs to bring in big guns because he is not one himself," Tully said.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/642105/posts   (1058 words)

  
 Midwest Values PAC | Senator Jim Talent (Finally) Picks a Stem Cell Position
Senator Jim Talent, in a re-election fight against Democrat Claire McCaskill, officially opposed a ballot measure that would safeguard early stem-cell research in Missouri.
A straw-man argument can be a successful rhetorical technique (that is, it may succeed in persuading people) but it is in fact misleading, since the argument actually presented by the opponent has not been refuted.
Talent has been anything but clear: “For four years, he voiced support for federal legislation that would ban all human cloning, including that used in early, or embryonic, stem-cell research … Then, on Feb. 10 as his re-election fight with McCaskill heated up, Talent stunned Missouri’s anti-abortion leaders by renouncing that support”
midwestvaluespac.org /blog/207/senator-jim-talent-finally-picks-a-stem-cell-position   (350 words)

  
 KC Buzz Blog: It's Jim Talent -- in a landslide   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Talent is also a chief sponsor of legislation to help lower health care costs and reduce the number of uninsured Missourians.
Talent and Clinton's Military Health Fairness Act will provide a before and after snapshot of the medical fitness of every troop deployed to a theater of war so the results can be compared to determine whether or not an individual, or their unit, was exposed to a dangerous substance.
Talent also passed legislation, now law, to develop and implement a program to provide chiropractic health care benefits for active duty military personnel.
kcbuzzblog.typepad.com /kcbuzzblog/2006/08/its_jim_talent_.html   (5443 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Vote 2002 -- Missouri Senate Race
Talent won by a 22,000-vote margin, capturing 49.8 percent of the vote to Carnahan's 48.6 percent, with 1.6 percent going to third party candidates.
Update:Twin tragedies in the past week have made their mark on the tight Senate race between sitting Missouri Sen. Jean Carnahan and former Rep. Jim Talent, although both candidates are keeping a rigorous campaign schedule with the Nov. 5 election just days away.
Update: The fight over a U.S. Senate seat from Missouri may be one of the most pivotal contests of the political season, although one might not be able to tell at first glance.
www.pbs.org /newshour/vote2002/races/mo_senate.html   (530 words)

  
 Keyword   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
McCaskill, the state auditor, is attempting to link Republican Sen. Jim Talent with the president as she tries to unseat the incumbent.
Talent said the bill he had co-sponsored, which had been criticized by scientific and business leaders in Kansas City and St. Louis, was overly broad given that new discoveries showed it possible to get the benefits of embryonic stem cell research without the risk of cloning human embryos.
As nationally syndicated host Jim Bohannon explained, Carnahan declined the show's invitation to appear in a segment with Talent, and declined to be interviewed by telephone separately, either before or after Talent's interview.
www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=jimtalent   (3786 words)

  
 True Blue Liberal » Who Does Jim Talent Think He Is Fooling?
The latest polls have Jim Talent ahead of Claire McCaskill in the race for the United States Senate.
Her personality is abrasive to me. However, she is not Jim Talent and would no doubt make a much better Senator than either Kit Bond or “No talent” Jim Talent have been.
Living in Missouri myself this is especially rough for me. If Talent is able to win this election based on his stance on these many policies, then we are in huge trouble as a nation.
www.trueblueliberal.com /2006/09/03/who-does-jim-talent-think-he-is-fooling   (528 words)

  
 Senator Jim Talent Greeted with Protest : News : KHQA Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Talent is traveling the state to share his views on protecting the American flag, securing the borders, and his stance against partial birth abortion.
Polls show Talent is neck and neck with his Democratic opponent, Clair Mc Caskill.
Talent says, "Elections are about the future and this election is about who can best represent Missouri and go to Washington and fight for Missouri values."
www.khqa.com /news/news_story.aspx?id=10110   (245 words)

  
 Swing State Project: MO-Sen: Jim Talent's Gift for Unpopularity   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The latest poll numbers on Missouri Senator Jim Talent are in the range normally reserved for politicians under indictment or in the throws of a major scandal.
Senator Conrad Burns re-elect number is also 36, but for that Burns had to repeatedly lie to Montana voters about only serving two terms (he is running for his fourth) and be bolo tie deep in a major corruption scandal.
The key is to talk about all of Talent's bad, anti-family, anti-working person votes in the same breath with the horrible votes made by Republicans in Jeff City: cutting First Steps, cutting insurance for children, parents of poor children, the elderly and disabled.
www.swingstateproject.com /2005/04/mosen_jim_talen.php   (705 words)

  
 NR Editors on Ethanol & Energy Bill on National Review Online
Senator Jim Talent, the Missouri Republican, is one of the senators we admire most.
Talent notes that his amendment, by raising demand for corn — and therefore its price — would reduce federal spending on farm subsidies.
Talent argues that renewable fuels are where the market is headed anyway.
www.nationalreview.com /editorial/editors200505260854.asp   (558 words)

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