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From: eugenefkent@fuse.net
Never go to Washington White Trash, Bush will flush you down a toliet with
the reat of the turds. Both Black and White.
"Unsaved White Trash" wrote in message
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> "Geno1234" wrote in message
> news:21210$460d36b6$d8442a05$1132@FUSE.NET...
>> Did you know that Bush is Texan hillbilly trash.
>
> nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
> How'd ya figger dat wun owt awl bi yercelf?
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>> news:1175208364.809098.161720@l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
>>>
>>> Milenko Kindl
>>>
>>> A defiant, Democratic-controlled Senate approved legislation Thursday
>>> calling for the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from
>>> Iraq within a year, propelling Congress closer to an epic, wartime
>>> veto confrontation with
>>> President Bush.
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>>>
>>> The 51-47 vote was largely along party lines, and like House passage
>>> of a separate, more sweeping challenge to Bush's war policies a week
>>> ago, fell far short of the two-thirds margin needed to overturn the
>>> president's threatened veto. It came not long after Bush and House
>>> Republicans made a show of unity at the White House.
>>>
>>> "With passage of this bill, the Senate sends a clear message to the
>>> president that we must take the war in Iraq in a new direction.
>>> Setting a goal for getting most of our troops out of Iraq is not -
>>> not, not - cutting and running," said Sen. Robert C. Byrd, D-W.Va.,
>>> shortly before the vote. Passage cleared the way for negotiations on a
>>> compromise with the House.
>>>
>>> Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (news, bio, voting record) of
>>> Kentucky rebutted quickly. "Nothing good can come from this bill," he
>>> said. "It's loaded with pork that has no relation to our efforts in
>>> Iraq and
>>> Afghanistan, and it includes a deadline for evacuation that amounts to
>>> sending a `Save the Date' card to al-Qaida."
>>>
>>> Several blocks away, the commander in chief stood with Republican
>>> House members and told reporters they were united. "We expect there to
>>> be no strings on our commanders, and that we expect the Congress to be
>>> wise about how they spend the people's money," he said.
>>>
>>> In private, Bush was more emphatic, according to participants at a
>>> closed-door session in the White House East Room with the GOP rank and
>>> file. "He said he will veto a bill that comes to his desk with too
>>> many strings attached or too much spending," said one official in
>>> attendance, speaking on condition of anonymity because the meeting was
>>> closed to the press.
>>>
>>> While both sides have spoken positively about a need for compromise,
>>> there also was strong political pressure within both parties for a
>>> veto fight.
>>>
>>> Democrats are under pressure to challenge Bush on the war following
>>> their victories in last fall's elections. At the same time,
>>> Republicans say Bush will blame anti-war lawmakers if money begins to
>>> run short for the troops in the field, and will accuse them in any
>>> event for ceding ground to the terrorists in the Middle East.
>>>
>>> Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the House
>>> Defense Appropriations Committee during the day that a delay in
>>> funding would have a chain reaction that could keep units in Iraq
>>> longer than planned. He said if the bill is not passed by May 15, the
>>> Army will have to cut back on reserve training and equipment repairs,
>>> and possibly delay the formation of units needed to relieve those
>>> deployed.
>>>
>>> The House-passed measure requires the withdrawal of combat troops by
>>> Sept. 1, 2008. The Senate bill mandates the beginning of a withdrawal
>>> within 120 days, and sets a non-binding goal of March, 2008, for its
>>> completion.
>>>
>>> Both bills contain more than $90 billion for the military to continue
>>> operations in Afghanistan as well as Iraq, where more than 3,200 U.S.
>>> troops have lost their lives in four years of combat. Money for
>>> domestic programs push the measures' totals above $120 billion.
>>>
>>> If anything, it is more likely that House and Senate Democrats will
>>> have trouble in forging a compromise among themselves than that they
>>> will flinch from a confrontation with the White House. Mindful of the
>>> need to assure a flow of funds, Rep. John Murtha (news, bio, voting
>>> record), D-Pa. said Congress may consider passing monthlong spending
>>> bills while it decides what changes it wants in war policy.
>>>
>>> There is a strong reluctance among the rank and file to approve funds
>>> for the war without attaching conditions to force a change in war
>>> policy, and lawmakers said that situation portended a House-Senate
>>> compromise that would include provisions Bush has already rejected.
>>>
>>> "I don't think the leadership will give in. I don't think they can
>>> give in," said Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va. "We have very strong feelings
>>> among members. And the real strong pushback would come from voters."
>>>
>>> "I'm not willing not to have input," said Murtha, who has emerged in
>>> the past year as one of the Democrats' most vocal critics of the war.
>>>
>>> Nor is the war the only issue in dispute.
>>>
>>> Home
>>> Street
>>> Town
>>> City
>>> address
>>> Country
>>>
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