Voice of America: U.S. Senate Republicans Say They Will Not Block Iraq Bill

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http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-03-27-voa41.cfm

US Senate Republicans Say They Will Not Block Iraq Bill
By VOA News
27 March 2007

US Capitol, Washington DC
Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate say they will not try to block passage of an Iraq war-spending bill, even if it includes a troop withdrawal deadline.

Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says his party's goal is to pass the bill quickly, because he knows President Bush will veto it. He predicts Democrats will then be forced to redraft the bill without conditions.

The U.S. Senate is debating a $122 billion bill this week to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It would set a non-binding goal of March 31, 2008, for the removal of most U.S. combat troops from Iraq. The measure also calls for a gradual redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq, beginning in four months.

The debate in the Senate comes as the House of Representatives passed a war-funding bill Friday that would require all U.S. combat troops to be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of August 2008.

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[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

1. If he threatens a veto, I'd threaten not to re-draft the bill.

Take it or leave it Bush.

[americanstranger]

2. Or send an even more stringent bill to him.

And then go on every TV show in the country and tell everyone that Bush has de-funded the troops.

- as

[CrazyOrangeCat]

3. Absolutely.

Get rough with the bastards.

[juno jones]

4. Someone in and earlier thread

suggested moving up the time to bring back the troops with each draft, ie Oct 2008, Sept2008, Aug2008, etc....god, wouldn't that be fun....

[VP505]

5. It would be

but we know they don't have the balls to do that. Reid on the floor calling for cloture in the morning now. Reid is compromising with some amendments, what a wimp!

[Taverner]

7. If they had any yarbles they would

[wordpix]

6. McConnell & Co. want to keep spending until we're completely bankrupt & China takes US over

also, Saudi Arabia and Dubai. Never ceases to amaze me how many blank checks the repukes are willing to sign.

[meldroc]

8. Sweet!

Now the entire country can watch Bush support the troops with his veto pen! :sarcasm:

For now, the war's defunded. Granted, in a few weeks, a new funding bill's going to come out, but we'll burn that bridge when we get to it.