Go Feingold!
In a countermove designed to counter President Bush's expected veto of an emergency supplemental spending bill containing a timetable for US troop withdrawal, Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) is introducing legislation which would "effectively end military involvement in Iraq."
According to a press release sent to RAW STORY, Feingold's bill "requires the President to begin safely redeploying U.S. troops from Iraq 120 days from enactment, as required by the emergency supplemental spending bill passed by the Senate." It would also end "funding for the war, with three narrow exceptions, effective March 31, 2008." The exceptions include operations against Qaeda and other terrorist groups, training Iraqi security forces, and funds related to security for United States infrastructure and personnel.
The bill is cosponsored by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), along with Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chris Dodd (D-CT), Ted Kennedy (D-MA), John Kerry (D-MA), Pat Leahy (D-VT), and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI). The press release notes, "If the President vetoes the emergency supplemental spending bill, Reid has said he will work to ensure Feingold’s bill gets a vote in the Senate before Memorial Day."
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3 comments:
First we have to worry about the Chimp wanting to go into Iran
Start more wars?
Ahmadinejad gearing up
60 Million to Palestine
Yes, the Gerbil is still determine to attack Iran. It's all about oil and profits...
With the reaction by the March in Iraq the White House knows their time is short. They have to get as much money as possible before the US is kicked out. Now Bush wants the active soldiers to stay longer. Feingold is right to end it now before more of our soldiers die.
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