Reid to Bush: No Troop Returns, No $50b

[unhappycamper]

Reid to Bush: No Troop Returns, No $50b
Associated Press | November 14, 2007

WASHINGTON - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that Democrats won't approve more money for the Iraq war this year unless President Bush agrees to begin bringing troops home.

By the end of the week, the House and Senate planned to vote on a $50 billion measure for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill would require Bush to initiate troop withdrawals immediately with the goal of ending combat by December 2008.

If Bush vetoes the bill, "then the president won't get his $50 billion," Reid, D-Nev., told reporters at a Capitol Hill news conference.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., made a similar statement last week in a closed-door caucus meeting.

The tough rhetoric does not necessarily foretell another veto showdown with Bush on the war. Similar legislation has routinely fallen short of the 60 votes needed to overcome procedural hurdles in the Senate. It is possible the upcoming bill will sink, in which case Democrats would probably wait until next year to revisit the issue.

But their remarks reflect an emerging Democratic strategy on the war: Force congressional Republicans and Bush to accept a timetable for troop withdrawals, or turn Pentagon accounting processes into a bureaucratic nightmare.


Rest of article at: http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,156197,00.html?wh=wh

[marmar]

1. I hope Harry, for once, means what he says.....

and doesn't go all Arlen Specter on us at the 11th hour.

[BOSSHOG]

2. I have to chuckle

Current actions will "turn Pentagon accounting processes into a bureaucratic nightmare??" Now thats funny.

I believe Pentagon is Greek for bureaucratic nightmare.

[izquierdista]

3. Getting kind of sassy

Harry's awful bold to be saying those things with only 70% of the public supporting him. Don't you think he should wait until it's at least 4 out of 5?:eyes: :eyes: :eyes:

[alllyingwhores]

4. Isn't this last year's joke?

"But their remarks reflect an emerging Democratic strategy on the war: Force congressional Republicans and Bush to accept a timetable for troop withdrawals..." wasn't that the strategy, AS MANDATED BY THE VOTERS, about...I don't know...ONE F__KING YEAR AGO!