Bid to Cut Off Iraq War Funding Fails

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 â?? A proposal to cut off money for military operations in Iraq fell far short in the Senate this afternoon, a day after Democrats lost their best chance of changing the course of the war.

Legislation sponsored by Senators Russell D. Feingold, the Wisconsin Democrat who has been one of the fiercest critics of the Bush administrationâ??s war policy, and Harry Reid of Nevada, the Democratic majority leader, received only 28 â??yesâ?� votes, 32 fewer than needed to cut off a Republican filibuster.

â??A majority of the House and a majority of the Senate want to change the direction of the war in Iraq,â?� Mr. Reid said in a meeting with reporters beforehand. â??We have voted accordingly on more than one occasion, in fact on many occasions. But the House having done their job, they come to the Senate and the Senate Republicans, the vast majority of them will not allow us to change the direction of the war in Iraq.â?�

The vote on the Feingold-Reid measure was entirely expected; in May, the Senate rejected a similar proposal by the two lawmakers by a similar margin.

Before this afternoonâ??s vote on the Feingold-Reid plan, the Senate voted by 72 to 25 to condemn an advertisement by the liberal antiwar group MoveOn.org in The New York Times on Sept. 10 that accused Gen. David H. Petraeus, the commander in Iraq, of betrayal.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/20/wa...ng.html?ref=us

Turning out to be a good evening in the news all the way around.:thumbsup:

Have a good one!:s4:

and they had time to gut moveon.org ---what champions they are(Democowards & Retardlicans)

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State of Oklahoma, Country Mexico, Avatar Leader of Iran........multiple personallity conflicts by chance?? j/k

Have a good one!:s4:

My A.D.D came back...j/k

How in God's name anyone could wave an American flag in posts like yours is beyond me lol, but thanks for posting that Republicans disagree with Democrats...? Is this news?