-Boxer, Feingold, Dodd----FORCED Reid's hand---votes on TIMELINES coming up!

[rodeodance]

Democrats won't temper Iraq legislation

By ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 37 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - After weeks of suggesting Democrats would temper their approach to Iraq legislation in a bid to attract more Republicans, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid declared abruptly Tuesday that he had no plans to do so.


The Democratic leader said he will call for a vote this month on several anti-war proposals, including one by Sen. Carl Levin that would insist President Bush end U.S. combat next summer. The proposals would be mandatory and not leave Bush wiggle room, said Reid, D-Nev.

"There (are) no goals. It's all definite timelines," he told reporters of the planned legislation.
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Reid's hardline stance, announced after the party's weekly policy lunch on Tuesday, reflects a calculation by Democrats that Levin's proposal probably would have failed either way. Democrats hold a thin majority in the Senate and similar legislation has repeatedly fallen short of the 60 votes needed to break a GOP filibuster.

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2996567, Look---Boxer, Feingold, Dodd----FORCED his hand on this!!
Posted by rodeodance on Tue Sep-18-07 08:42 PM


Democrats are in a box on the Iraq war debate, lacking the votes to pass legislation ordering troops home but tied to a support base that wants nothing less. Several Democrats, including Sens. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut, Russ Feingold of Wisconsin and Barbara Boxer of California, have said they will not vote for anything short of a firm deadline to end the war.

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1. k and r.

[rodeodance]

2. finally, there is hope

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3. K&R n/t

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4. A fillibuster CAN'T fund the war! The Rethugs fillibuster? NO MONEY!!!!!

Pure and simple. They might be able to keep bills OFF the table. But they can't force any ON. So they can't force any funding bills on the table unless the Dems let 'em.