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Tulsa World - Congressman Tom Cole
After the recent chemical attack in Syria, the American people expressed their strong opposition to the military strike proposed by President Obama. Through phone calls, emails, letters and town hall meetings, my Oklahoma constituents made it abundantly clear to me that they were strongly and unequivocally opposed to any U.S. involvement in Syria's civil war.
The Washington Post - Terry Atlas, Kathleen Hunter and Michael C. Bender
The U.S. Senate is putting off consideration of a resolution authorizing strikes against Syria to give President Barack Obama the “time and space” to pursue diplomacy with Russia, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said.
Obama has postponed a decision on military action against Syria, sparing himself a possible political defeat at home and plunging the U.S. into potentially protracted negotiations with a global rival.
National Journal - Billy House
With big deadlines and political hurdles looming over fights to keep the government funded and hike the nation’s borrowing limit, a meeting Thursday of the top four congressional leaders could set the tone for the autumn.
Defense News - John T. Bennett
The drums of war were replaced Thursday on Capitol Hill by a more familiar sound: House and Senate leaders bickering over federal spending.
Congressional leaders obliged this week to President Barack Obama’s request to delay votes to authorize US military strikes to punish Bashar al-Assad for an Aug. 21 chemical weapons attack that killed over 1,000 people. It became clear Thursday that Capitol Hill has moved beyond Syria came as those very leaders clashed over the shape of a temporary government-wide spending measure.
Pryor Times - Patrick B. McGuigan
Oklahoma activists opposed to U.S. intervention in the Syrian civil war in recent days have intensified their campaign.
Led by two well-known and respected military veterans, a coalition has formed that is characterized as “tea party to socialist to anarchist.”
Truth is, the Sooner State’s anti-war movement is so diverse it does not fit any political template.
Tulsa World - Randy Krehbiel
Tom Cole watched the events of Sept. 11, 2001, unfold from an office across Lafayette Park from the White House. A television told him what was happening in New York. From a window, he could see troops deploying around and on the White House as jet fighters screeched through the sky. In the distance, smoke rose over the Pentagon.
"I knew I was watching something of historic magnitude," said Cole, then political director of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and now U.S. representative from Oklahoma's 4th District.
Indian Country Times - Rob Capriccioso
U.S. House members across the aisles are reacting harshly to a plan by the Obama administration to cut contract support cost (CSC) reimbursements to tribes in the federal budget’s continuing resolution currently being considered by Congress.
The Hill - Russell Berman, Erik Wasson and Molly K. Hooper
The federal government moved closer to the brink of a shutdown on Wednesday as House Republicans failed to quell a conservative rebellion and were forced to delay a vote on a stopgap spending bill.
The Oklahoman - Chris Casteel
Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa: “Our hearts will never forget the mothers and fathers, children and siblings that were lost or the pain that Americans felt during the violent acts of terror on September 11, 2001. The nearly 3,000 innocent Americans in New York City, Pennsylvania, and Virginia whose lives were stolen that day will continue to be our foundation of reason to see terrorism silenced throughout the world.
TIME - Alex Rogers
Facing yet another conservative rebellion, House Republican leaders postponed a vote on the continuing resolution to fund the government Wednesday, setting up a dramatic showdown at the end of September to prevent a government shutdown. A preliminary vote had been expected Thursday.