House Democrats Push New Withdrawal Bill

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Associated Press

By ANNE FLAHERTY

WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democrats have drafted new Iraq legislation they hope will appeal to Republicans fed up with the war: Start withdrawing troops in two months but leave it up to President Bush to decide when to complete the pullout.


Retired Gen. Jack Keane, a top Pentagon envoy, left, Lt. Col. Morris Goins, commander of the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, center, and Maj. Gen. Benjamin Mixon, talk while visiting the U.S. troops in the field in Buhriz, north of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Feb. 23, 2007. Mixon, the commander of U.S. forces in northern Iraq said Sunday, July 22, 2007, he has proposed reducing his troop levels and transitioning in 2008 to missions less focused on direct combat. (AP Photo/ Lauren Frayer)

The vote will come next week, as members take up a $460 billion bill covering military spending for 2008. Another vote could come again in September, after Iraq commander Gen. David Petraeus delivers a long-anticipated assessment on the war and Congress considers a $142 billion measure needed to finance the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"This is big time," Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., said of the upcoming fall debate. "When you get to September, this is history. This is when we're going to have a real confrontation with the president trying to work things out."

The House has passed similar anti-war measures in the past, but has been unable to push the legislation through the Senate, where Democrats hold a slimmer majority and Republicans have routinely blocked such bills from advancing.


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[Amonester]

1. "leave it up to President Bush to decide" (!?!) WHAT???

"leave it up to President Bush to decide when to complete the pullout" (!?!)

All the last 7 years of that criminal regime, and they STILL don't get it??

"leave it up to President Bush to decide when to complete the pullout" :cry:

Do they really believe we are just a bunch of idiots like them? :grr:

[InkAddict]

2. 546 days left of King George's reign! +/- Constitutional Rovian fudge factor

For he's a jolly good fellow
for he's a jolly good fellow
For he's a jolly good fellow
That everyone can deny!

[Amonester]

3. So THAT was the "New Direction" tm

That was promised over 'n over during the '06 run up!

Let the deceivingly criminal decidHerr decide when he'll complete the pullout...

Now they call THAT shite "bi-partisan" or so...

Yeah. That must be pretty much it.

The new direction is the jolly good ol' direction.

How about "not one more penny for that criminal sham that keeps killing human beings everyday" (the "new direction" we, and 60%+ wanted)?