House Judiciary Chair Rep. John Conyers (D - Michigan) joins us from Capitol Hill to talk about the war in Iraq and African debt. He calls for a cutoff of appropriations for the war in Iraq, saying "That may be the only way that we're going to end the war." Conyers also reveals that on Thursday he met with President Bush and asked him to stop vulture investors from preying upon African debtor nations. [includes rush transcript]

The House of Representatives is expected to pass a non-binding resolution today opposing President Bush's decision to send more than twenty thousand additional combat troops to Iraq.

The House has been debating the resolution since Tuesday. As many as two dozen Republicans are expected to vote with the Democrats in opposing the troop increase. If the resolution passes, it will mark the first time Congress has voted against President Bush's Iraq war policy.

Speaker House Nancy Pelosi has also indicated she would back Congressman John Murtha's attempt to rewrite the president's spending request to limit Bush's options in prosecuting the war.

This is Democratic Congressman Keith Ellison of Minnesota. He is the first Muslim to be elected to Congress.

• Rep. Keith Ellison (D - MN)

Meanwhile many Republicans criticized the Democrats for introducing the resolution. This is Congressman Jeb Hensarling of Texas.

• Jeb Hensarling (R - TX)

Joining us now from Capitol Hill is House Judiciary Chair John Conyers of Michigan. On Wednesday he and more than two dozen other members of the Congressional Black Caucus met with President Bush. It was the president's first meeting with the caucus in over two years.

• Rep. John Conyers (D - MI), Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, and Dean of the Congressional Black Caucus. He met with President Bush yesterday about debt relief for Africa.