Countdown – Dems Cave, Surge 2.0
I thought the goal was to bring home the troops? Wasn’t that the goal? How does caving in to the President to that?
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From MSNBC:
Flinching in the face of a veto threat, Democratic congressional leaders neared agreement with Bush administration Tuesday on legislation to pay for the Iraq war without a troop withdrawal timeline.
Several officials said the emerging $120 billion compromise would include as much as $8 billion for Democratic domestic priorities — originally resisted by the White House — such as disaster relief for Hurricane Katrina victims and farmers hurt by drought.
After a bruising veto struggle in which Bush vetoed one Democratic-drafted measure and threatened to reject another, congressional leaders in both political parties said they hoped the compromise would be cleared for President Bush’s signature by Friday. (more…)
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So, the only thing that could be more depressing would be the thought of even more troops going to Iraq. Oh, fab, more troops going to Iraq.
