Akin sought election to the U. McCaskill won. An October article in The Daily named Akin one of the 20 worst candidates in The University of Virginia's Center for Politics published an article called Sabato's Crystal Ball on March 22, , detailing the eight races in the Senate in that will decide the political fate of which party will end up with control in The article notes incumbent freshman senator Claire McCaskill D is vulnerable in the Republican leaning state.
The primary took place on August 7, Cannon Write-in. On his campaign website, Akin lists seven issues. They are: [18]. Akin lost the U. Senate election in The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Overall, Missouri ranked 21st in average salary for representative staff. The average U. According to an analysis by CNN, Akin was one of nearly 25 percent of House members who gave their staff bonuses in Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.
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Todd Akin refused to tell citizens where he stands on any of the issues addressed in the Political Courage Test, despite repeated requests from Vote Smart, national media, and prominent political leaders.
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What else does Akin say? Issue Positions For Presidential and Congressional candidates who refuse to provide voters with their positions, Vote Smart has researched their public records to determine their likely responses. Expand All. Abortion : Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation? Family Research Council. Prohibiting Taxpayer Funding of Abortion.
HR Abortion Pain Bill. Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act. And yet, just as slavery is fundamentally un-American, so even moreso, anything that violates the most fundamental right -- the right to life -- is contrary to everything that Americans have stood for and fought for […] We believe right to life is a fundamental god-given right […] We have terrorists in our own culture called 'abortionists.
Eagle Forum endorsed Todd Akin in the general election. H Amdt Prohibiting Federally Funded Abortion Services. S H AMDT Overseas Military Facilities Abortion Amendment. Additionally, I firmly believe that our nation must protect human life at all stages, and unborn children are no exception.
During my time in Congress, I have stood against abortion and supported numerous pieces of pro-life legislation. I am also a member of the Congressional Pro-Life Caucus, and I will continue to fight to protect the lives of the unborn in any way I can. Video: U. Lets assume that maybe that doesn't work. Should it be legal or not? The Question of Health Care. But we have got fine, upstanding pro-lifers like BART STUPAK and a dozen others, and they say if you are going to have a bill that pries tax money out of the hands of people who believe with all their heart, as I do, that it is immoral to kill unborn children, and you are going to take their money and use it to do that, then we can't vote for this bill.
Health Care. It's a question of the fact that I have constituents who are violently pro-life, violently pro-choice, and they disagree on that point. But the question is are we going to compel all citizens to use their taxpayer dollars to fund abortions. And that's something very upsetting to many people. So the question is does this bill do that. Health Care Reform. Well, if you don't like abortion, how do you like the fact that your taxpayer dollar that you are forced to pay is paying for abortion?
That to me is different than just--I mean one thing people talk about is choice. I don't call it choice, I call it killing children. But even if you accept the idea of choice, some people think abortion is okay, some people think it is not. But to take the people who think it is not and force them to pay to do abortions where they think it is killing a child even if other people don't, no wonder people don't like this thing.
Afghanistan : Do you support United States' combat operations in Afghanistan? Todd W. We will review the proposed drawdown in light of the advice of our field commanders. Louis made C Aircraft. In particular, the updated and expanded GI Bill benefits contained in the bill will help our troops and their families get a better education. Our men and women in uniform make great sacrifices and providing them with good educational benefits is one way we can show our appreciation.
I am also proud to report that this bill includes funding for 15 additional C aircraft, which the Air Force needs, and which will keep the production line in St. Louis active. The president's new strategy for this region is well considered and supported here in Congress. And now we're increasing our force in Afghanistan, a long overdue effort.
First, the ill-advised announcement of a departure date from Afghanistan has signaled to our allies and, more important, our Afghan partners, that our support for them is contingent upon a time clock. This strategic blunder has effectively empowered our enemies with the weapon of time -- winning is simply a matter of waiting. The eagerness with which the administration has tried to back pedal from the statement indicates that it understands the foolishness of the policy; unfortunately the damage to our success and to our national security is done.
Secondly, the president not only limited the number of troops for the surge compared to what was requested by our generals in the field , but he also delayed his decision to authorize those troops for months after it was originally requested.
By strictly limiting the number of troops in Afghanistan, the president has handicapped our ability to succeed on the ground by not providing the necessary force strength to achieve the mission as it was conceived by those responsible for developing and implementing the plan.
H Con Res Removing Troops from Afghanistan. Budget : In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending? Todd Akin. Obama Budget Reprise is No Improvement. Major cuts to defense spending are not the way to control explosive, debt-financed growth in entitlements. Navy And Marine Corps.
Although the Administration is very willing to tremendously expand entitlement programs, its lack of prioritization of national defense spending is in my opinion adding to the Secretary's inclination to entertain the downsizing of our naval capacity. The point of the matter is that LHA-7 has to go forward, and we have to make sure that we have the funding.
As soon as the negotiations are finished between the Navy and the contractor, then we can move ahead on this project. The exact timing of when it is going to be spent is in question, but the necessity to have the money is not in doubt. That is why we oppose this amendment. The Budget. And now we get to the point where you could cut defense to zero and still could not compensate with this incredible growth in entitlements.
Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Those are the three big entitlements. They are now bigger than all the rest of the spending. I am on the Armed Services Committee.
Guess what I am seeing. We are gutting defense. Because we don't have enough money here and we have too much over here. Funding for Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Department of Defense. As part of this plan, the Secretary announced three longer term projects and eight initiatives that he plans to begin implementing immediately.
Yet other Republican officials and officeholders across the U. Akin never ran for office again, though early in , he briefly fueled speculation about a primary challenge to GOP U. Louis area. Army and worked for IBM. He worked in corporate management at the St.
Louis-based Laclede Steel Co. He won a seat in the Missouri House in and served in the Legislature for 10 years. He also served on the board of the anti-abortion group Missouri Right to Life. Republican U. He was deeply devoted to God, his Country, and Family. In the U. Mike Huckabee. Funeral information has not been announced. Hanna reported from Topeka, Kansas.
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