So the question is whether this Congress is actually going to investigate or legislate.

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Q Let me follow that on (inaudible) then, you see what's going on in the Hill, not just in the House side but the Senate side. Are you satisfied that you'll be able to hold off the withdrawal mandate legislation at least until then?


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MR. SNOW: Well, if you take a look at what happened in the House, there were 10 Democrats who jumped from -- against -- from for to against. They're certainly nowhere near veto strength in the House of Representatives of -- yes, I mean, I think members of Congress -- a lot of this is trying to prepare the ground for an election; keep throwing up resolutions and saying, you know, so-and-so voted against bringing our troops home. It's political play.

I mean, here you have a Congress that can't pass a single appropriations bill, but there are a lot of resolutions that are going to go nowhere. There are a lot of new post offices. And there are a lot of investigations of members of this administration, all of which have been fruitless. So the question is whether this Congress is actually going to investigate or legislate. Right now it looks like it's going to spend more time doing political posturing.

Q Well, I mean, on Iraq, you're satisfied that you can hold off all this, that --

MR. SNOW: Yes.

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1. Well, Tony -- Tell The REPUBS to stop following ROVE"S MARCHING ORDERS then and vote w the DEMS

If you watch CSPAN at all it is clear that the REPUBS have a mission -- to block democratic legislation and PROTECT GEORGE BUSH>

Thier talking points are coordinated, their silly parliamentary challenges are coordinated, their false outrage is coordinated.

So Tony -- tell the Republicans to put COUNTRY OVER PARTY and this congress will get a lot of legislating done.