DemocratHouse · Missouri District 4
Skelton, Ike
1977 first electedLeft office 201134 years servedBorn 1931M
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Based on bills Skelton, Ike sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 20 · Cosponsored 6- A bill to amend the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950 to provide for an enhanced civil defense program for fiscal years 1981 through 1985. ↗
- A bill to amend the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, to provide for an enhanced civil defense program for fiscal years 1981 through 1987, and for other purposes. ↗
International Affairs
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 15- Iraq Reconstruction Accountability Act of 2006 ↗
- To expand the oversight and accounting authority of the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction over funds appropriated for the Iraq Security Forces Fund and to restore a termination date for the Office based on the percentage of expenditures from the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund and the Iraq Security Forces Fund. ↗
Congress
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 11Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Cosponsored 8- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that Andrei Sakharov should be released from internal exile, urging the President to protest the continued suppression of human rights in the Soviet Union, and for other purposes. ↗
- A concurrent resolution urging the Soviet Union to allow Ida Nudel to emigrate to Israel, and for other purposes. ↗
Labor and Employment
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 4- A bill to require the Secretary of Labor to treat enlistment in the armed forces the same as any other employment or placement for purposes of the Wagner-Peyser Act. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the new regulations of the Department of Labor with respect to the health and safety training of miners places an undue burden on small operators. ↗
Agriculture and Food
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 1- A bill to amend the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 with respect to loan levels applicable to certain commodities when commercial export sales of such commodities are terminated by a member of the executive branch of the Government. ↗
- A bill to amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to establish a revolving fund to finance short-term export credit sales of agricultural commodities produced in the United States. ↗
Arts, Culture, Religion
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 3Taxation
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 3Election History
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