http://www.talentforsenate.com/The latest headlines and articles from TalentForSenate.comJim Talent for U.S. Senate5About 46 years ago, with no previous immediate family or personal involvement in politics, I began to study our government and the elective and judicial processes. http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=156Tue, 31 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMTGiven the apparent closeness of the upcoming general elections, the eyes of the nation have focused this week on the Senate race in Missouri between State Auditor Claire McCaskill and incumbent Republican Jim Talent.http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=155Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMTAfrican American firefighters want to send Jim Talent back to the United States Senate to fight for their interests.http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=154Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMTAmerican service members remain in danger amid sectarian violence in Iraq and Afghanistan, the unstable North Korean regime has tested a nuclear weapon and Iran is seeking ingredients that can be converted to nuclear armaments. http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=153Wed, 25 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMTThis week President Bush signed into law a provision that caps at 36 percent interest rates on loans to members of the armed services and their families. http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=150Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMTU.S. Sen. Jim Talent said his race with Claire McCaskill will come down to a decision by Missouri voters about who best represents their values. http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=151Sat, 21 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMTMissouri GOP Senator Jim Talent was the only U.S. Senator to address the "Advancing Renewable Energy: An American Rural Renaissance" conference in St. Louis. In remarks to reporters before his speech, he said Congress isn't done addressing renewable fuels issue. http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=148Fri, 13 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMTIt was a safe bet that state auditor and U.S. Senate candidate Claire McCaskill scheduled lunch with me Tuesday to discuss black voters. http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=146Sat, 07 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMTU.S. Sen. Kit Bond recalled the story of an 80-year-old woman cooking meth in her rural Missouri home while her grandchildren played in the same room. http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=145Tue, 03 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMTInterest rates on payday loans to military service members would be limited under an agreement reached Friday by House and Senate Republicans. http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=143Mon, 02 Oct 2006 00:00:00 GMTOne C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane: $330.8 million. Keeping C-17 production lines running instead of closing them after filling the Air Force's order for 180 planes: $2.1 billion. The boost to the re-election campaigns of lawmakers claiming credit for keeping the aircraft program alive: priceless. http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=142Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMTFriday, it was incumbent U.S. Sen. Jim Talent's turn. Six days after state Auditor Claire McCaskill's U.S. Senate bid won support from some military veterans, the national Veterans of Foreign Wars Political Action Committee tossed its endorsement - and its money -behind Talent. http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=140Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMTThe U.S. Department of Agriculture has devised a plan whose goal is to monitor the nation's livestock production system so that livestock and premises that have had contact with a disease could be identified within 48 hours. http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=141Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMTThe federal government has agreed to forgive more than $5 million in debt being assessed on 40 Missouri school districts, including Scott City, U.S. Sen. Jim Talent, R-Missouri, said Wednesday. http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=135Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMTRepublican Sen. Jim Talent and Democratic challenger Claire McCaskill have agreed to a fifth, and likely final, debate - this time, in Kansas City. http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=137Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMTCharmin Miller was surprised to discover U.S. Sen. Jim Talent standing on her front porch Saturday — especially while she was watching a movie in her East Greenview Street home. http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=130Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMTCommitteewoman Norma Leggette (4th Ward) isn't sure what the Democratic Party stands for anymore. She wonders how she's supposed to excite constituents in her ward about November's elections. http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=131Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMTSen. Jim Talent on Thursday renewed his push for legislation to stop payday loan companies from targeting military personnel. http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=127Thu, 07 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMTGrowing up a St. Louis Cardinals baseball fan, Jim Talent had no shortage of sports heroes to choose from. But it was one character trait in particular that led the Missouri Sen. to revere players like Lou Brock, Ozzie Smith and, lately, Albert Pujols.http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=128Thu, 07 Sep 2006 00:00:00 GMTU.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson's picnic and political rally featured U.S. Sen. John Thume (who defeated Tom Daschle in South Dakota) and Missouri's U.S. Sen. Jim Talent. http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=117Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMTI was pleased to see earlier this week where our junior U.S. Sen. Jim Talent had won the endorsement of the Missouri Farm Bureau, which I believe is the largest farm organization in the state. http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=118Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMTU.S. Sen. Jim Talent focused on his record of supporting agriculture and renewable fuel policies during a campaign stop Wednesday, Aug. 16, at the Mid-Missouri Energy plant in Malta Bend. http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=116Thu, 17 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMTRepublican Sen. Jim Talent and Democratic challenger Claire McCaskill will meet in a candidate's forum Sept. 15.http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=114Tue, 15 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMTWheeler Parker Jr. was glad when the Justice Department dug up his cousin's body last year after reopening an investigation into his death. An autopsy confirmed the identity of Parker's cousin, Emmett Till, a black teenager who had been murdered in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman. "It's like going through all these years without closure," said Parker, a barber in the Chicago suburb of Summit Argo. Parker is rooting for the Till bill, a proposal in Congress by Sen. Jim Talent, R-Mo., to put more resources into solving civil rights murders. http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=105Mon, 07 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMTIn a year of trouble for Republicans, the ploy could provide just enough of a boost to retain Missouri’s U.S. Senate seat. Or it could be politically fruitless. But Sen. Jim Talent has begun aiming advertising at some of opponent Claire McCaskill’s strongest supporters — Missouri’s black voters http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=106Mon, 07 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMTSenator Jim Talent travels to Fulton to outline his plan to help secure America's borders.http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=107Mon, 07 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMTRepublican Sen. Jim Talent and his likely Democratic opponent, Missouri State Auditor Claire McCaskill, have agreed to a nationally televised debate Oct. 8 on NBC's "Meet the Press."http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=119Mon, 07 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMTThe Missouri Cattlemen’s Association today announced their endorsement of Senator Jim Talent for United States Senate. The organization, representing around 5,000 Missouri cattle producers, endorsed Senator Talent for his leadership on agriculture issues including a full and permanent repeal of the death tax and his co-sponsorship of legislation that helped pressure Japan to reopen its domestic market to American beef. http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=104Sat, 05 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMTCredit counselor Yolanda Dixon spends more and more time trying to help soldiers at Fort Leonard Wood who have taken out short-term, high-interest loans against their paychecks. Many get trapped in mounting debt. http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=100Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMTU.S. Sen. Jim Talent (R-Mo.) has received the Troy D. Cole Leadership Award from The Paula J. Carter Center on Minority Health and Aging.http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=101Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMTThe Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation Thursday to establish two offices at the FBI and Justice Department to investigate and prosecute unsolved civil rights-era murder cases. http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=102Fri, 04 Aug 2006 00:00:00 GMTSens. Kit Bond and Jim Talent braved a steamy afternoon on Hannibal's riverfront Friday to celebrate last week's Senate approval of the Water Resources Development Act. http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=97Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMTIn a farm shop overlooking a cornfield in Southeast Missouri, Jim Talent launched his Farm & Ranch Team, an important coalition of supporters who trust his leadership and want to send him back to the United States Senate. http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=94Sat, 22 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMT The U.S. farm bill should not be renewed next year unless a broader agreement is reached with the World Trade Organization that would protect Midwestern farmers, Sen. Jim Talent said Mondayhttp://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=92Mon, 17 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMTUnited States Senator Jim Talent visited a LaPlata, Missouri farm Saturday. The Missouri Corn Growers Association held a special presentation to endorse U.S. Senator Jim Talent for his upcoming reelection.http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=93Mon, 17 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMTFederal Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson, a black man and Republican, urged African-Americans here Saturday to look beyond party labels to support the re-election bid of U.S. Sen. Jim Talent, R-Mo.http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=91Sun, 16 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMTMore than 300 African-Americans from the St. Louis region today joined Jim Talent to announce their support for his campaign for the United States Senate. http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=89Sat, 15 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMTGreat soldiers are not necessarily good businessmen or women. In fact, many of our nation’s soldiers are young and naive at best. http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=87Thu, 13 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMTU.S. Senator Jim Talent today announced his Women for Talent coalition together with women from Southeast Missouri who are supporting his campaign.http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=80Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMTFRONTENAC, Mo. - Sen. Jim Talent, R-Mo., moved to shore up his support among women voters on Thursday, talking to supporters about the influence of his late mother and his efforts to promote family health care and combat meth abuse.http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=81Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:00:00 GMTTwo proposals dealing with the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq have gone down to defeat in the U.S. Senate. One would have required what was called a "redeployment" of troops starting immediately and to be completed by July 1st of next year. The second urged President Bush to begin pulling U.S. forces out of Iraq this year but did not set a deadline. Senators Jim Talent and Kit Bond sided with the majority in both votes. Talent says these votes send a clear message that the U.S. will not, in his words, cut and run. Talent says that when he hears people use the word "redeployment," in this context, it is another term for a pullout.http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=77Thu, 22 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMTI thank the Senate for allowing me to explain briefly, this evening, why I will be voting to stay the course in Iraq until the progress we are making there now ripens into complete victory. And I want to put that conflict in context.http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=76Wed, 21 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMTU.S. Senator Jim Talent today announced his Sportsmen for Talent coalition with supporters who share his belief in the right to keep and bear arms, private property rights and other issues important to Missouri sportsmenhttp://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=95Sat, 17 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMTU.S. Senator Jim Talent is asking Missourians to join him in saying “no” to amnesty for unlawful immigrants. Sen. Talent today launched a new online petition at www.talentforsenate.com that allows Missourians to express their views against amnesty and to show their support for border security.http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=72Thu, 15 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMTThe U.S. Senate is scheduled to vote this week on a bill that would repeal the federal estate tax and end a 90-year standing levy on inherited wealth.http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=68Wed, 07 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMTThe U.S. Senate is expected to vote, Wednesday, on a Constitutional amendment defining marriage as the union between a man and a woman. And, Missouri's U.S. Senate race highlights differences of opinion on that effort. Republican incumbent Jim Talent backs the proposal. He believes marriage is a partnership between a man and a woman. And, he feels his position is strongly supported back here in Missouri.http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=69Tue, 06 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMTAnnouncing his bid for re-election, Missouri's junior U.S. Sen. Jim Talent finished a two-day campaign tour Saturday night with a rally in Hannibal. Talent faces Democrat Claire McCaskill in the November election and he used the rally in Hannibal to highlight his differences with his challenger. Talent also stressed his polices on Medicare, methamphetamines, renewable fuel standards and his ability to work with Democrats and Republicans alike. http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=63Mon, 05 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMTSaturday's rally kicked off with remarks from Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder, Cape Girardeau County Sheriff John Jordan, Cape Girardeau businesswoman Kathy Swan and New Madrid County farmer Gary Branum.http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=61Sun, 04 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMTNews clips from Sen. Talent's campaign kickoff tourhttp://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=67Sun, 04 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMTTwo Columbia residents gave credit to U.S. Sen. Jim Talent yesterday for helping pass Medicare legislation they said would lower their annual drug bills by $3,600.http://www.talentforsenate.com/news/read.aspx?id=48Sat, 03 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT