[Sosfbay-discuss] BREAKING NEWS - Dems Cave on War Spending

[Tian Harter]

Further proof there isn't enough difference between Democrats and 
Republicans.

alexcathy at aol.com wrote:

> Why am I *NOT* surprised?
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> *Posted by The New York Times, 10 minutes ago.*
> *http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/22/washington/22cnd-cong.html?hp *
> *Tuesday, May 22, 2007.*
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>       Democrats Drop Withdrawal Dates From Iraq Bill
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>     By Carl Hulse
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> WASHINGTON, May 22 — Congressional Democrats relented today on their 
> insistence that a war spending measure sought by President Bush also 
> set a date for withdrawing troops from Iraq 
> <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/iraq/index.html?inline=nyt-geo>. 
> The decision to back down, described by senior lawmakers and aides, , 
> was a wrenching reversal for some Democrats, who saw their election 
> triumph as a call to force an end to the war. A Democratic effort to 
> include timelines prompted Mr. Bush’s veto of the original bill last 
> month, producing a political impasse.
> “We don’t have a veto-proof Congress,” said Senator Harry Reid 
> <http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/r/harry_reid/index.html?inline=nyt-per> 
> of Nevada, the majority leader.



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