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Democrats Send Doomed Cut and Run Bill to The President
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by 186 | April 26, 2007 at 03:08 pm
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Senate Democrates send Iraq time line / Withdrawal bill to President Bush.
Votes were 51-46 along party lines of course.
Sen Lieberman voted with Republicans.
What don't the Democrats use the word "KATRINA" in?
U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act
Senate approves Iraq war withdrawal plan | Reuters
The U.S. Senate on Thursday joined the House of Representatives in approving legislation that would withdraw combat troops from Iraq over the next 11 months -- a plan certain to provoke a veto by President George W. Bush.
Senate votes to require Iraq withdrawals - Yahoo! News
The 51-46 vote was largely along party lines, and like House passage of the same bill a day earlier, fell far short of the two-thirds margin needed to overturn the president's threatened veto. Nevertheless, the legislation is the first binding challenge on the war that Democrats have managed to send to Bush since they reclaimed control of both houses of Congress in January.
And then the Democrats celebrated...
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at 16:00 on April 26th, 2007
and Bush can veto the people representatives decision that reflects the will of the people - democracy is dead in the USA
at 02:12 on April 27th, 2007
Now that the Democrats have satisfied their kook base, Washington can get down to business and agree on a sensible funding bill. We have had troops in Germany and Japan for over 60 years, and we brought democracy and aid to both countries. We will probably have to have some sort of military force in Iraq for 60 years as well, regardless of who occupies the White House.