House OKs $94.5 Billion more: Iraq War Price Tag Hits $320 Billion

[SavetheUSA]

The House passed a $94.5 billion bill Tuesday to pay for continuing U.S. military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, hurricane relief, bird flu preparations and border security at home.

The House-Senate compromise bill contains $66 billion for the two wars, bringing the cost of the three-year-old war in Iraq to about $320 billion. Operations in Afghanistan have now tallied about $89 billion, according to the Congressional Research Service.

The bill, which passed by a 351-67 vote, had only minimal debate Monday night....

During Monday's brief debate, Democrats said the huge cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan missions being done on the installment plan, hiding their cost from the public.

"In 18 separate actions, we will now have spent $450 billion on this adventure," said Rep. David Obey of Wisconsin, top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee. "This is a huge expenditure for a misguided war."

"Enough blood is enough blood!" said Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio. "You can stop it! Bring our troops home!"
http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/money/9362919/detail.html

[cantstandbush]

1. Now this is the shit the media should be paying attention to.

The US is going to hell in a hand basket and we can fing 320 billion of our grandchildren's money to spend in Iraq while the likes of Halliburton get filthy rich in blood money.

[cantstandbush]

2. Wouldn't it have been easier to offer Saddam 10 billion to leave Iraq?

[Greeby]

3. Read it and weep

---- NAYS 67 ---
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Baldwin
Blackburn
Blumenauer
Campbell (CA)
Cannon
Capps
Coble
Costello
Delahunt
Duncan
Eshoo
Farr
Filner
Flake
Frank (MA)
Gohmert
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hensarling
Hinchey
Holt
Honda
Inslee
Jones (NC)
King (IA)
Kucinich
Lee
Lofgren, Zoe
Markey
McCollum (MN)
McDermott
McGovern
McHenry
McKinney
McNulty
Meehan
Michaud
Miller, George
Moore (WI)
Musgrave
Nadler
Neal (MA)
Neugebauer
Olver
Owens
Pallone
Paul
Pence
Petri
Rothman
Schakowsky
Sensenbrenner
Serrano
Smith (WA)
Solis
Stark
Tancredo
Thompson (CA)
Tierney
Watson
Waxman
Weiner
Westmoreland
Woolsey
Wu


---- NOT VOTING 14 ---

Barton (TX)
Berkley
Deal (GA)
DeLauro
Evans
Gillmor
Lewis (GA)
Manzullo
Miller (MI)
Nussle
Payne
Rush
Sessions
Strickland

http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2006/roll257.xml

[SavetheUSA]

4. Where's Pelosi? Where's Murtha? Where's Conyers?

I think these 'leaders' are faking everyone out. They also voted for money for forces in Iran in the "Iran Freedom Support Act"

We cannot allow these people to lead the democrats in the House of Reps. We must demand more!