Senate Scuttles the Troops
First the House, and now the Senate.
Along a 51-47 party-line vote, the Senate has passed the bill requiring the troops to pull out of Iraq by March 31, 2008. (Read the full article here.) $100 billion that could be going to the troops will now be vetoed by President Bush…whenever he finally gets the bill.
First the Senate has to return from Spring Break and then reconcile with the bill that was passed by the House of Representatives. How long do you think that will take?
I agree with Senator Richard Shelby, R-Alabama, on this one: "Surely this will embolden the enemy and it will not help our troops in any way.†Now they’ll just have to wait even longer before they get the equipment they so desparately need to end this war quicker and get the troops home sooner.
Instead of just approving the measure, the senators and the representatives on the left side of the aisle have decided to prolong the appropriation longer by adding not only a ridiculous deadline, but by adding so much pork you would think you were in a butcher shop.
Go to this link to see the summary of H.R. 1591.
Shameless. Absolutely shameless. At least the senators from my state voted NO.
