"but leave it up to President Bush to decide when to complete the pullout."

[babylonsister]

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House Democrats push new withdrawal bill

By ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press Writer 51 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - 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.

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.

Most recently, the House approved legislation that would have required troop withdrawals to begin this November and finish by April 1.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070725/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq ;_ylt=Aqtk7QWUmc4IefTrXAFvVZas0NUE

[SharonRB]

1. Too bad George H.W. didn't pull out sooner

when it would have really counted.

(Sorry, I couldn't help myself -- you left that one wide open.)

:hi:

[babylonsister]

4. Sigh...there's always one in the crowd.

:7 I knew when I typed that, some sharp individual would give me crap for it. Thanks, Sharon!:hi:

[SharonRB]

9. Like I said, there's no way I could resist that one

It was just way too obvious and someone had to do it. Glad it was me!

[Solly Mack]

2. Well he is the decider doncha know

:::scurries off to take cover:::

[SammyWinstonJack]

5. He "decides" what his neo con pals tell him to decide. We aren't fools, but he is.

Any way for him, it's all about ego and more money than he could ever image having. That is what GW is all about, and nothing more.

[babylonsister]

7. So why is that going to be a condition of the House platform?

:shrug:

[SammyWinstonJack]

8. Beats me? Why would the Democratically controlled House leave it up to bush in the first place?

That makes no sense, since bush has unequivocally stated that we are not leaving Iraq as long as he is pResident.

[babylonsister]

6. This has to be how they plan on appeasing the rethugs, but it smacks of

weak spines.

[Amonester]

3. Maybe the obscenely rich war-profiteering donators to both parties

will be very happy their preznit will decide not to complete the pullout.

[TwilightGardener]

10. Hmmm. This sounds like a no-strings-attached gift to Chimpy, suspiciously

similar to what his advisors have been telling the WH lately--if you want Repubs to win in '08, create the APPEARANCE that the war is ending. Of course, you don't actually have to end it any time soon: just pull out a few soldiers, sneak a few in, pull a few more out, put in a few more without anyone realizing--call it a drawdown, but make it a trickle.

[babylonsister]

11. Disheartening or tragic. nt

[JacquesMolay]

12. I think you hit it on the head with the boldface...

... leave it up to the guy who has yet to make a good decision.

[babylonsister]

13. Why is no one angry about this? Or shouldn' t I be? nt

[babylonsister]

14. Last chance to weigh in, really! No one will ever ask you again! nt

[Norrin Radd]

15. kick