Pelosi schedules vote on GOP-backed Iraq measure

[babylonsister]

Cripes! Now she's blaming the Senate for this? :argh:

Pelosi schedules vote on GOP-backed Iraq measure
By Mike Soraghan
September 28, 2007

The House will vote Tuesday on an Iraq withdrawal measure that has Republican support but has split the Democratic Caucus, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Friday.

The bill, authored by Reps. Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) and John Tanner (D-Tenn.), would require President Bush to report regularly on his administration’s withdrawal plans.

“In the House, we’ll always strive for bipartisanship,” on the Iraq issue, Pelosi told reporters at what was billed as the first of a series of weekly news conferences.

But the Speaker said she is frustrated that the Senate has failed to allow votes on measures like requiring the Pentagon to provide more training and time at home for troops repeatedly deployed to Iraq.

“No longer will we confine our aspirations to what can get past the 60-vote margin in the Senate,” Pelosi said.

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) said this week he saw no reason for Republicans to vote against the Tanner-Abercrombie legislation. But liberal Democrats such as Rep. Lynn Woolsey (Calif.) have fought against bringing the bill to the floor, saying it will give political cover to Republicans.

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http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/pelosi-schedules-vote-on-gop-backed-iraq-measure-2007-09-28.html

[robinlynne]

1. If Lynn Woolsey is against it, I'm against it.