The Democratic House is set to pass a new version of the emergency war spending bill that will put the total spending on the war for 2007 at approximately 170 billion dollars. The new legislation will not include a timeline for withdrawal or the provisions to ensure the readiness of troops before deployment.
But at least Democrats can say they stood up to the Bush administration, I guess.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
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The congressional Democratic leadership capitulated far too fast. By imposing on themselves the Memorial Day deadline to pass the funding bill, they essentially shot themselves in the foot.
This bill won't provide accountability like Reid has said it will. If the president can just waive the benchmarks on a WHIM, its meaningless.
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