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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'US House'
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 [...]
Reliable Snark
November 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment · The Press Always Gets it Wrong, US House, US Senate, politics
On November 7, 2009, the US House of Representatives passed HR3961, its version of comprehensive health care reform. The late Saturday night vote came after an all day debate which played out for the American people on C-Span. For C-Span this was like the first game of the World Series. The very next morning on [...]
Musgrave Ramble
November 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · US House, politics, rachel maddow show
Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Marilyn rambled all the way to New York’s 23rd Congressional district to endorse a candidate who does not live there. See the video for details. Posted by Gypsy Chief
How to Beat the Death Panels
August 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments · The Press Always Gets it Wrong, US House, US Senate
Dog days, mid August. Congress is out, health care reform is a hot topic. This is a great time to scare seniors with talk of death panels and euthanasia. These imaginary death panels seem to be the work of Betsy McCaughey, a thinktanker at the right-leaning Hudson Institute. There is a provision in one of [...]