This just gives me a warm fuzzy!
For six years shrub has had a republican congress that bent to his will. Today, that all changed.
"The president has made his decision," Vice President Dick Cheney fired back, a response that made it clear the administration would go ahead anyway.
The committee vote, 12-9 along party lines, capped hours of debate in which Republicans and Democrats vented their frustration and anger — both with the administration and their own past unwillingness to change the course of a war that has claimed the lives of more than 3,000 U.S. troops.
"There is no strategy. This is a pingpong game with American lives," said Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel (news, bio, voting record) of Nebraska.
"This Congress was never meant to be a rubber stamp," added Sen. Barbara Boxer (news, bio, voting record), D-Calif., "Read the Constitution. The Congress has the power to declare war. And on multiple occasions, we used our power to end conflicts."
Hagel was the only one of 10 committee Republicans to support the nonbinding measure. Several of the panel's 11 Democrats said they favored stronger legislation to register their opposition to the war.
As yes! Pop some corn, grab a nice cold beer, settle in folks - the games are about to begin! Let the American people win, for the first time in six years.
5 comments:
What did I say before about business as usual on Capital Hill? Party line votes! Hasn't changed in 100 yrs, ain't gonna change now. That's what I hate about the system. I am a staunch supporter of term limits. Our government really wasn't set up to be run by career politicians. 99% of them have law degrees but have rarely practiced law. Most have never held a real job. That's part of what's wrong with America today. Our first congresses were represented by people from all walks of life. Now it has become almost a welfare system of its own. I say vote them all out!! Dems & Reps! Hell, watching C-Span most of the time the damned House and Senate chambers are more than half empty. Where the hell is our representation at?
Spoken like a true liberal centerist!
NOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Nothing liberal about it. I want to throw them all out, not just the republicans. You would only throw out the conservative republicans. That's the difference between centrist and liberal.
" Nothing liberal about it. I want to throw them all out, not just the republicans. You would only throw out the conservative republicans. That's the difference between centrist and liberal. "
Get out of denial dear. That is not the difference. (you never read "common misconceptions", did you??) In fact, with the exception of a very, very few, I say toss 'em all and start over.
But, I make no exceptions. ALL OF THEM!
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