Defeatists Defeated...Should Be Happy Now
90-Day Withdrawal Defeated
Thursday, May 10, 2007 6:12 PM
House Defeats Bill Calling for Quick Departure From Iraq
AP
May 10: President Bush speaks at the Pentagon after meeting with military officials.
WASHINGTON — House Republicans defeated a preliminary measure that would have required troops to begin withdrawing from Iraq within 90 days, but a vote on a broader war funding measure was still set for later Thursday.
The measure that was defeated was a bill sponsored by Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., a member of the “Out of Iraq” caucus of progressive Democrats. The bill called for pulling out U.S. troops within 90 days and completing the withdrawal within six months. The measure failed by a heavily partisan vote of 255-171.
The broader piece of legislation still awaiting a vote would provide the military $42.8 billion to keep operations going for two-and-a-half more months, buy new equipment and train Iraqi and Afghan security forces. Congress would decide shortly before its August recess whether to release an additional $52.8 billion to fund the war through September.
The House bill faces Republican opposition and lacks support in the Senate.
The Leftinistra are hell-bent on killing us all…we need to strike first.
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