Ike Skelton News Archives

Republicans and Democrats in the Congress are expressing anxiety about President Obama's Afghanistan strategy before his expected announcement Tuesday that he will increase U.S. troops fighting there.

As I have examined the economic crisis and the legislative solutions to it, I have paid particular attention to its effect on U.S. national security.

Today, Congressman Ike Skelton joined Congressman Charles B. Rangel , chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, Congressman Walter B. Jones, Jr.

With President Barack Obama poised to ramp up troop levels in Afghanistan, U.S. Central Command planners are in the midst of the military's biggest logistical challenge since the Vietnam War.

In his weekly column, Fourth District Congressman Ike Skelton outlines what Congress must to do generate jobs: As we celebrated Thanksgiving last week with family and friends, many families in Missouri and across the United States were experiencing a less bountiful holiday due to the greatest American recession since World War II.

19, 2009, on Capitol Hill. Committee members told Ms. Conaton that they expect to see continued progress by the Air Force in acquisition, modernization and other Air Force issues.

Staff Sgt. Eric Corcoran of Anderson received the Sergeant Major award for being among the top 20 recruiters for the Missouri Guard.

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton, D-Mo., sent a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Attorney General Eric Holder to request a briefing on the administrationa s decision to use federal criminal courts to prosecute detainees currently held at the U.S. Naval Station in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Rep. Dennis Moore becomes the first Democrat Congressman to retire , rather than face the voters in 2010: Rep.

The Wall Street Journal 11/19/2009 By Peter Spiegel and Yochi J. Dreazen [Printer Friendly Version] WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown have turned the focus of Afghan war planning toward an exit strategy, publicly declaring that the U.S. and its allies can't send additional troops without a plan for getting ...

The political fallout from Thursdays bloodletting at City Hall?A whole host of possibilities loom.

It's time for change in the 4th Congressional District, according to Vicky Hartzler, and she wants to be the agent of that change.

The chairman of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, Representative Ike Skelton, cast doubt on Friday about the Obama administration's decision to try the Sept.

No debate during the first year in office for President Barack Obama has dominated the news coming out of our nation's capitol like that on health care.

Democratic officials portrayed the Republican Party's squabble in New York's special House election as an intolerant right-wing purge of liberal Republicans.

Character was the focus as Scouting saluted the military yesterday. U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton of Missouri told about 500 people from Boy Scouts' National Capital Area Council that the values of Boy Scouts and the military are constant and that both organizations seek to serve something greater than themselves.

The afternoon grew late on November 5th when House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer finally emerged from the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi .

U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton was among 39 Democrats to vote against the Democratic-written health care bill Saturday.

President Obama was, if nothing else, an active commander in chief last week. Before and after Wednesday's Veterans Day holiday, military issues took center stage on the White House agenda.

"Give 'em hell" reads the red battle flag of the USS Harry S. Truman, a replica of which is draped on the wall of House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton's Washington office.

A bipartisan group of congressmen has urged U.S. President Barack Obama to expedite the process for the ratification of a free trade deal with Korea pending for more than two years.

Marshall fourth graders sing during Veterans Day services on the south side of the Saline County Courthouse Wednesday, Nov.

The Leonard Wood Institute, announced last week it has awarded more than $18 million in funding for research and development projects that will be carried out over the next year to benefit the U.S. Army.

Congress is divided about how - and even whether - to move forward with independent investigations of the recent shootings at Fort Hood, Texas.

The White House takes the day from this Sunday's television talk shows, as Democratic and Republican lawmakers fill in to discuss the dire new unemployment report, the tragic shootings at Fort Hood, and if it goes off as planned the House vote this weekend on health care reform legislation.

Dem Reps. Matheson, Skelton, and Kosmas are facing serious blowback from the left for voting 'no.' Photo: AP photo composite by POLITICO Democrats who thought a vote against the sweeping health care package would inoculate them from political attack are facing serious blowback from angry constituents and interest groups on the left - fierce ...

Rachel Maddow runs down the list for us of C-Street family members who also voted for Bart Stupak's anti-abortion amendment yesterday.

As the 2010 campaign cycle begins in earnest, the central question in the House of Representatives is how many seats will Republicans win ? Few political observers or elected officials doubt that an energized GOP has a headwind at its back.

By Julie Ardery and Bill Bishop, DailyYonder.com , Guest Writer, 11-09-09 39 Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives opposed the Democrat-sponsored bill to change the nation's health insurance system.

The 39 Democrats who voted against passage of the House health care reform bill will be as indelibly remembered politically as the 29 Senate Democrats who foolishly voted in 2002 to support the Iraq War.

Immediately following last night's passage of health insurance reform in the U.S. House of Representatives, Missouri politicians, candidates and special interest groups began issuing statements responding to the narrow 220-215 vote.

A pounded gavel, the votes, then four words: The bill is passed.With that, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced narrow passage Saturday of historic legislation that would fundamentally change American health care for decades.

The Associated Press : "Voting is set for Saturday on the 10-year, $1.2 trillion legislation that embraces Obama's goals of extending health coverage to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and putting tough new restrictions on insurance companies." The points of contention remain abortion and immigration .

Missouri Democratic Rep. Ike Skelton, who chairs the House Armed Services Committee, said during an appearance on "Face the Nation" that launching a congressional investigation now into the deadly shooting at Fort Hood would be premature.

With just hours remaining until an historic vote on a sweeping health-care reform measure Saturday evening, at least 34 Democrats have said they will vote against the bill as of 8:45 p.m., according to a POLITICO analysis.

After the House of Representatives passed the health care overhaul on Saturday night, Speaker Nancy Pelosi was joined at a news conference by Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and Rep.

Moveon.org has reportedly raised $3,578,117 in contributions to fund primary challenges against 'any Democratic senator who blocks an up-or-down vote on health care reform with a public option,' according to an e-mail sent to group members on Thursday.

Washington -- Missouri Rep. Ike Skelton will stand with Republicans in opposing a historic $1.1 trillion health care bill that Democrats plan to debate Saturday.

November 5, 2009 - Thousands of people from across the coutnry protest the health care bill at the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC.

Congress In Arrears How many times in the last 11 years has Congress completed all appropriation bill actions by the start of the new fiscal year? MOAA Makes Case to Speaker Pelosi.

Friday, November 06, 2009 From http://lifenews.com/nat5623.html Pro-Abortion MoveOn to Challenge Pro-Life Democrats Voting No on Health Care by Steven Ertelt LifeNews.com Editor November 6, 2009 addthis_pub = 'sertelt'; Email RSS Print Washington, DC -- The pro-abortion grassroots activist group MoveOn says it has raised millions of dollars to take ...

Congressional Democrats lost a key vote in the health-care debate Thursday, when U.S. Rep.

Representative Ike Skelton of Missouri, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, opposes the Democratic health care bill.

House Democratic leaders worked furiously on Thursday to secure the final votes for weekend approval of a sweeping health care overhaul as President Obama threw his weight behind the lobbying effort and Republicans dug in against the health plan.

Adm. Mike Mullen, America's top military officer, said Wednesday that he is comfortable with the length of time it is taking for the White House to come to a decision on the way forward in Afghanistan.

With Afghan President Hamid Karzai now in place for a second term, Democrats and Republicans said the clock is ticking faster for President Obama to decide whether to surge the number of U.S. troops there.

The cancellation of Afghanistan's runoff election likely won't make things worse for President Barack Obama as he searches for a path ahead in that country, experts said Monday.