Bush to sign Iraq funding bill

[ProSense]

Bush to sign Iraq funding bill

15 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - The White House expects to receive the Iraq funding bill this afternoon and says President Bush will sign it without fanfare.

Democrats may have lost the first round with the president on ending the war in Iraq since taking over Congress in January, but they say their fight has just begun.

In the months ahead, lawmakers will vote repeatedly on whether U.S. troops should stay and whether Bush has the authority to continue the war. The Democratic strategy is intended to ratchet up pressure on the president, as well as on moderate Republicans who have grown tired of defending Bush administration policy in a deeply unpopular war.

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Democrats said they were successful in moving the war debate forward and would try again when Congress takes up spending bills for the 2008 fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.

"This debate will go on," vowed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record), D-Calif.

"Senate Democrats will not stop our efforts to change the course of this war until either enough Republicans join with us to reject President Bush's failed policy or we get a new president," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (news, bio, voting record), D-Nev., said.

The Senate will go first when it considers a defense policy bill authorizing more than $600 billion in military spending. Sen. Carl Levin (news, bio, voting record), D-Mich., chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, plans to offer an amendment that would order troop withdrawals to begin within 120 days.

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[rusty charly]

1. hey nancy: there's a debate going on right here. about YOU.

the debate is 'going on', alright.

[wakeme2008]

2. But when will he release his signing statement on Minimum Wage

:shrug: