On Tuesday, the Senate rejected a measure that would have removed withdrawal timelines from the spending measure that would fund the war in Iraq. Today, despite the president’s veto threat, the Senate passed the whole package.
Senate Democrats ignored a veto threat and pushed through a bill Thursday requiring President Bush to start withdrawing troops from “the civil war in Iraq,” dealing a rare, sharp rebuke to a wartime commander in chief.
In a mostly party line 51-47 vote, the Senate signed off on a bill providing $122 billion to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It also orders Bush to begin withdrawing troops within 120 days of passage while setting a nonbinding goal of ending combat operations by March 31, 2008.
In a mostly party line 51-47 vote, the Senate signed off on a bill providing $122 billion to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It also orders Bush to begin withdrawing troops within 120 days of passage while setting a nonbinding goal of ending combat operations by March 31, 2008.
The vote came shortly after Bush invited all House Republicans to the White House to appear with him in a sort of pep rally to bolster his position in the continuing war policy fight.
“We stand united in saying loud and clear that when we’ve got a troop in harm’s way, we expect that troop to be fully funded,” Bush said, surrounded by Republicans on the North Portico.
2 comments:
Yes and the Saudi King has moved on he doesn't need the idiots anymore. All they wanted was the US money which they got. Now the oil rich countries can get rid of the Hallibuton and Carly group. Yes they will take over and buy them out. Thanks to George W. Bush the Middle East is richer and stronger then ever as the US is weak and are none as liars. Blair put the UK right in the middle as he sided with Bush for that pocket money. Now the UK is know as liars too. All those jokes and laughs last night at the dinner was the end of the road for the Bush Administration. Bush was right about his legacy being a pop up book at least is something he can read.
Well...An empty head allways rattles and there was a lot of rattling on going on at that dinner of sad ass humour. What was funny about pork rind to them is a mundane version of what he is in reality. Maybe the Saudi's would like the money owed to them now that its spent...G;
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