87 House Dems sign letter pledging to no longer fund war

[antigop]

http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2007/10/exclusive_nearly_90_house_dems_sign_letter_pledging_to_no_longer_fund_war.php

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I've just learned that nearly 90 members of the House of Representatives have now added their names to a letter to the President pledging not to vote for any more funding for the war and only to vote for supplementals that fully fund withdrawal and nothing else.

Back in July, 70 House members signed a similar letter vowing to only fund withdrawal. At the time, The Politico deemed this a "big development," adding: "This may be the beginning of the end for the Iraq War."

Now more than 15 new members have added their names to the letter, bringing the total to 87, another significant step forward.
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[goclark]

1. Great now how much longer will it take

to get them to really care?

I am sick and tired of my own party and I hate like hell to say such a thing.

[Greeby]

2. The phrase "no longer" is a slight misnomer

As most of those on the list never voted for any war funding in the first place

[NightWatcher]

3. the letter that was signed

from thinkprogress.org

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/10/10/87-members-of-house-pledge-not-to-fund-war/

Dear Mr. President:

Seventy House Members wrote in July to inform you that they will only support appropriating additional funds for U.S. military operations in Iraq during Fiscal Year 2008 and beyond for the protection and safe redeployment of our troops out of Iraq before you leave office.

Now you are requesting an additional $45 billion to sustain your escalation of U.S. military operations in Iraq through next April, on top of the $145 billion you requested for military operations during FY08 in Iraq and Afghanistan. Accordingly, even more of us are writing anew to underscore our opposition to appropriating any additional funds for U.S. military operations in Iraq other than a time-bound, safe redeployment as stipulated above.

[texastoast]

4. Just 87?

Disgusting

What about the election of 2006 do they not understand?

[cali]

6. Disgusting? WTF is wrong with you?

These are people who, if they were in the House in 2002, voted against the Iraq War Resolution, and most of them have been fighting it like hell ever since.

I find YOUR post offensive.

[FiveGoodMen]

7. I'm pretty sure TexasToast was getting fed up not with the 87, but with the other ones.

[texastoast]

15. Oh, you did quite misread me

Begging your pardon. AT LEAST we have 87 and very proud of them I am. It would be helpful if the rest of the Democratic majority would act like they have some inkling of the values people like me have worked so very hard to frame on the Democratic side and stop funding the war so we can fund health care, education, and all of the other jobs that need doing. THEY should join the 87 (and so many nameless others) who are "fighting like hell."

[RufusTFirefly]

5. Now THESE are Democrats I can actually be PROUD of!

I'm glad to see that one presidential candidate (Dennis Kucinich) as well as my own member of Congress (Anna Eshoo) are both on the list.

[stimbox]

12. Yep, these people get it.

Co-signers: Murphy (CT), Jackson, Brown (FL), Thompson (MS), Watt, Meeks, Loebsack, Weiner, Kucinich, DeFazio, Farr, Waxman, Thompson (CA), Lee, Woolsey, Waters, Watson, Frank, Conyers, Filner, Rush, Towns, Clay, Wynn, Delahunt, Holmes-Norton, Butterfield, Solis, Maloney, Nadler, Honda, Cohen, Hare, Napolitano, Hastings, McGovern, Kaptur, Schakowsky, Carson, Linda Sanchez, Grijalva, Olver, Jackson-Lee, McDermott, Markey, Fattah, Pallone, Hinojosa, Stark, Scott (VA), Moran, McCollum, Oberstar, DeGette, Tauscher, Holt, Hinchey, Pastor, Davis (IL), Hall, Velazquez, Rangel, Hodes, Blumenauer, Lynch, Artur Davis, Johnson (GA), Payne, Cleaver, Lewis, Clarke, Abercrombie, Moore(WI), Ellison, Baldwin, Christensen, Scott (GA), Paul, Gutierrez, Welch, Capps, Rothman, Cummings, Tierney, Doggett, Eshoo, and Tubbs-Jones.

:yourock:

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[Michigander4Dean]

8. And the other 145 sit on their fucking asses.

[antigop]

9. Well, what can I say? We need more than 87..... n/t

[H2O Man]

10. It's a start.

Slowly, but surely, the anti-war grass roots is changing the way this country views the war.

[antigop]

11. Yes, that's why I posted it -- at least we have 87. Hopefully,that number will grow. n/t

[tritsofme]

13. A majority of the Democratic Caucus is only 117 members

Why do they continue to support failed Democratic leadership?

[jazzjunkysue]

14. Breaking: 3 out of four dentists surveyed preferred Dentyne gum to

their competitor's gum.

Wake me when the troops are home.

[jazzjunkysue]

16. Breaking: 87 house dems pledge to no longer fund 8-track tape research.

It is no longer a national priority.

[RufusTFirefly]

17. You know, the Iraq war is kinda like global warming: Still controversial

Apparently, the remaining House members believe the issue requires further study...

Oops! Sorry about the dead people.