Democrats Back Date for Start of Iraq Pullout
It may not stick, and for sure our President will veto it, but this is a lesson in democracy for the Imperial one. No, Mr. President the Congress and Senate is not telling your lap dog Generals how to manage your lost cause, that decision was made by the people last November. If you remember anything from your 9th grade civics class it’s the people who determine the governing of this great nation, and they want out.
Congressional Democrats agreed Monday to ignore President Bush’s veto threat and send him a $124 billion war spending bill that orders the administration to begin pulling troops out of Iraq by Oct. 1.
 The Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, before speaking Monday at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington.
“On Iraq, the American people want a new direction, and we are providing it,†said Senator Patty Murray, Democrat of Washington, a leader of the Congressional negotiators who came to terms on the legislation that has become a test of wills between Mr. Bush and the Democratic majority on Capitol Hill.
Posted on April 23rd, 2007 by George Sand
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 The Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, before speaking Monday at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington.
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