Democrats seek to avoid Iraq funding vote this fall(by combining 2 requests into the spring bill)

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats in Congress, seeking to avoid a vote on funding the Iraq war during the fall campaign season, are likely to combine President Bush's two pending requests into a single bill to be voted on this spring.

House Democratic aides said Thursday that Bush's $108 billion request to finance military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan through the Oct. 1 end of the 2008 budget year is likely to be combined with his $70 billion request to continue the war into the next president's term.

"You vote one time and get the money out of the way," said Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., chairman of the House panel responsible for the Pentagon budget. He cautioned that House leaders have not officially endorsed the idea.

But votes on war funding bills inevitably generate tension among Democrats and unhappiness among their core supporters, who are strongly opposed to funding the war. That has leaders such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., hoping to avoid a second vote in the fall.



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[villager]

1. so they're hoping to apply their spinelessness in advance?

n/t

[saigon68]

6. I'm sure Harry Reid is busy covering up his own

dung pile with dirt.

He is also still looking for his spine

[rjones2818]

2. Let's see if either of our two national candidates

decide to fight this. My guess is not really. The'll shrug their shoulders and go "but we couldn't stop it even if we really tried."

And you know what? We're to blame.

We had the chance to nominate an anti-war progressive, one who would have us out in three months, and instead went with the fluff.

[KSinTX]

3. Politically astute yet deceiptful n/t

[acmavm]

4. Yes, I believe they all took Deceit 101 at the same time. Three and a

half credit hours and they learned their lessons very well.

Did you notice that for a while there they were pretty brazen about telling the people to f**k of and die when they did something quite the contrary to why they were elected in the first place. Butit's election time again so now they'll try to pretend that they give a shit what we think for a while.

[frylock]

5. someone remind again about the difference between the two parties..

nader was fucking right. spineless milquetoast poltroons.