Agreement Near on Iraq Funding Bill

[whopis01]

Source: AP

Flinching in the face of a veto threat, Democratic congressional leaders neared agreement with the Bush administration Tuesday on legislation to pay for the Iraq war without setting a timeline for troop withdrawal.

Several officials said the emerging compromise bill would cost about $120 billion, including as much as $8 billion for Democratic domestic priorities - originally resisted by the White House - such as disaster relief for Hurricane Katrina victims and farmers hurt by drought.

Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, the House Republican leader, added, "Democrats have finally conceded defeat in their effort to include mandatory surrender dates in a funding bill for the troops, so forward progress has been made for the first time in this four-month process."

In all, officials said the measure included about $17 billion more than Bush initially requested. Of the $17 billion, about $9 billion would go for defense-related items and veterans' health care. The balance would be for other domestic programs.

Read more: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070522/D8P9L5TO0.html

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So the our leaders compromise by giving Bush everything he wanted, dropping out the timelines for ending his illegal war, and tack on $9 billion for "defense-related items and veterans' health care" and $8 billion for domestic programs...

That's a compromise?????

$8 billion for domestic programs in trade for a never ending illegal war?

[TwilightGardener]

1. Why not let Chimpy just draft the bill himself? Give him a crayon and let him have at it.

[msongs]

2. title should read "Capitulation near of funding bill" nt

[whopis01]

5. exactly. n/t

[StarryNite]

3. This is a sad day.

I hope you're happy Nancy.
:sarcasm:

[Danmack]

4. Just sent a note to Reid.....

telling him to kiss this registered Dem goodbye.

Now that chimpy knows we will always cave on the important stuff, we might as well just roll over and go back to sleep. Nothing will be done to stop them and they NOW know it.

What a fuked up situation

:mad: