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Alan Smithee wrote:
> US House of Representatives Calls for Iraq Withdrawal Plan 
> By Dan Robinson 
> Capitol Hill
> 03 October 2007
>  
> The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a resolution to require
> President Bush to give Congress a plan to withdraw troops from Iraq.
> VOA's Dan Robinson reports, the measure which had bipartisan support
> was the first of what Democrats say will be a series of bills this
> month relating to Iraq.
>  
> US Capitol, Washington DC 
> Approved by a vote of 377 to 46, it is the latest effort by Democrats
> to place Congress on record regarding President Bush's military
> strategy in Iraq, while not trying to tie the president's hand.
> 
> The product of lengthy negotiations, the measure requires the
> president, in coordination with his secretaries of State and Defense
> as well as the military Joint Chiefs of Staff to develop what it calls
> a comprehensive strategy to redeploy U.S. forces from Iraq.
> 
> After having President Bush veto a bill earlier this year that tried
> to link war funding to a timetable for withdrawal, House Democrats
> introduced a measure that would mark a renewal of pressure on the
> president, while striking a bipartisan tone.
> 
> With the legislation, says House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike
> Skelton, Congress simply states that it wants to see planning from
> here on in that it has not seen from the Bush administration in the
> past:
> 
> "It requires that the planning the Pentagon is doing for redeployment
> from Iraq be shared with Congress, as it should," said Ike Skelton.
> 
> Neil Abercrombie is a Hawaii Democrat and one of the co-sponsors of
> the legislation:
> 
> "Republicans alone, Democrats alone, cannot bring this to an end,"
> said Abercrombie. "It requires us all to work together." 
> 
> In the final vote, only 16 Republicans voted against the measure.
> Thirty Democrats opposed it, including some of the most outspoken
> anti-war critics in the party.
> 
> Phil English, a Pennsylvania Republican, said it is time Americans
> heard Congress speak with one voice on legislation dealing with Iraq:
> 
> "The American people need to know that their representatives are
> trying to seek out the best policy to protect American interests
> overseas and reduce our footprint in that troubled country," said
> English. "The Iraqi government needs to know that the U.S. Congress is
> not prepared for our nation to carry the burden of defending Iraq's
> security indefinitely and that that must become an Iraqi undertaking."
> 
> Despite the bipartisan vote, Democrats and Republicans remain in
> conflict over how to proceed with legislation to fund military
> operations. 
> 
> Democratic House appropriations chairman David Obey intends to stall
> the president's supplemental war funding request of nearly $190
> billion, possibly until next February or March.
> 
> "I have absolutely no intention of reporting out of committee anytime
> this session, any such request that simply serves to continue the
> status quo," said David Obey.
> 
> Obey says he remains open to negotiations with the White House on
> language that could move the supplemental request forward. 
> 
> Democrats appear to be focusing on an effort to provide short-term
> funding to sustain military operations as part of regular budget
> measure for the Pentagon.
> 
> Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell voiced concern about troop
> funding in a meeting with reporters Tuesday, saying the Senate will
> not postpone action on the matter until next year. 
> 
> http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-10-03-voa1.cfm
> 
> 


Never happen - the Beltway and their crooked pals are making way too 
much money off the war to stop it.

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jer
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