House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-Mo.), a longtime advocate of a strong military with a robust budget, is considering a few ways to help Defense Secretary Robert Gates save some cash. Beginning with a speech a stone’s throw from President Eisenhower’s boyhood home, Gates recommended the Pentagon begin finding ways to cut its [...]
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Ike Skelton says he’s open to Defense Cuts
June 9th, 2010 · No Comments · US House, markey, politics
House Keeps Second F35 Engine
June 6th, 2010 · 2 Comments · US House, markey, politics
The US House of Representatives voted 193 to 231 on a motion to strip funding from the Defense Authorization Bill of 2010 for a second F35 Joint Strike Fighter engine that the Defense Department does not want. Since the motion failed funds for a second engine stay in the defense bill. The rollcall vote on [...]
Markey Votes with most Dems on DADT
May 31st, 2010 · No Comments · US House, fort collins, markey, politics
Most Democrats voted with the House leadership Thursday evening as the House passed the Patrick Kennedy amendment to the Defense Authorization Bill of 2010. I got the news live on The Rachel Madow Show But how did my congressperson, Betsy Markey, vote? A rollcall of the vote can be found here Turns out that Markey [...]
Musgrave Resurfaces
May 15th, 2009 · No Comments · fort collins, markey, rachel maddow show
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy I for one am glad to see Marilyn Musgrave resurface this way. Some people express disappointment that Betsy Markey seems to be more of a conserv-a-dem than they would like. Well, having Musgrave resurface this way just reinforces Gypsy Chief’s take that conserv-a-dem [...]