Congressional Dems reject Bush's overture on war funding

[brooklynite]

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

(04-10) 17:01 PDT Washington -- President Bush, raising the political stakes in his fight with Congress over the war in Iraq, made Democratic leaders an offer they could and did refuse -- come to the White House to accept his demand for continued, unfettered funding of the war.

"We can discuss the way forward on a bill that is a clean bill: a bill that funds our troops without artificial timetables for withdrawal, and without handcuffing our generals on the ground," the president said of the fight over the emergency war spending legislation.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, speaking Tuesday at a news conference in San Francisco, forcefully rejected Bush's invitation -- as had Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada several hours earlier at a Capitol appearance.

"What the president invited us to do is to come to his office so that we could accept, without any discussion, the bill that he wants," Pelosi said. "That's not worthy of the concerns of the American people. And I join with Sen. Reid in rejecting an invitation of that kind.

Read more: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/04/10/BAGB0P5V0S20.DTL

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To be honest, I sort of wish the Dems had taken him up on the offer, and then, when they were face to face with W, hit him with the Murtha proposal (Mr President, you agree that our troops need to be fully trained, full equipped and well-rested before they go into combat, don't you?)

[Homer12]

1. Finally, some backbone to Bush's Madness

n/t

[caligirl]

2. I just read that over there too. someone posted here earlier that the dems

should reject the mtg. good that they did.

[rodeodance]

3. te he, guess Nancy just did not want to sip tea with georgy boy!

[nodehopper]

4. I feel like they are talking out of both sides of their mouth

they reject this...yet they state they will release the $ when Bush vetoes.

I am not impressed yet.

[rodeodance]

5. i can hear the RWer's already----the Dems reject bilateral talks!

[peacebird]

6. Nice! I wasn't confident that they would turn him down... Wonder how Lord Hissyspit is doing?

Having a temper tantrum perhaps....?

[Kagemusha]

7. Is a demand to report to the President and submit to his will an "overture"?

Is that normal English or did I sleep through that class?