by admin | Apr 3, 2007 | Politics / Govt
West-Central Missouri Congressman Ike Skelton says the president should sit down and negotiate with Congress about the funding of the war in Iraq and the timetable for troop withdrawal, rather than threaten a veto. Skelton, the Democrat who chairs the United States...
by admin | Apr 3, 2007 | Politics / Govt
West-Central Missouri Congressman Ike Skelton, Chairman of the US House Armed Services Committee, expresses pessimism about the war in Iraq, but optimism about America’s future during a policy address at Westminster College in Fulton. Skelton asserts the United...
by admin | Feb 17, 2007 | Politics / Govt
Missouri’s delegation in the United States House split along party lines in the vote on the resolution opposing President Bush’s planned troop surge for Iraq. Democrats Skelton, Cleaver, Carnahan, and Clay were among 246 Representatives voting...
by admin | Feb 16, 2007 | Politics / Govt
The United States House of Representatives has approved a resolution, rebuking President Bush’s plan to deploy 21,500 more troops to Iraq. The vote on the non-binding resolution was 246 to 182. Seventeen Republicans joined 229 Democrats to approve the resolution...
by admin | Feb 13, 2007 | Politics / Govt
The U.S. House of Representatives is in the midst of a strong debate over the non-binding resolution seeking to oppose President Bush’s plan to send more than 20-thousand more troops to Iraq. House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton has told lawmakers...
