Let the pissing contest begin!

The Senate Republican's said screw it..they let the Iraq Funding Bill go through without a filibuster. Either they are tired of supporting BushCo or they are thinking of their home districts and how they will explain that they keep propping up the President even after the majority of the people have spoken. From an MSNBC writeup:

WASHINGTON - Defying a veto threat, the Democratic-controlled Senate narrowly signaled support Tuesday for the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by next March.

Republican attempts to scuttle the non-binding timeline failed on a vote of 50-48, largely along party lines. The roll call marked the Senate’s most forceful challenge to date of the administration’s handling of a war that has claimed the lives of more than 3,200 U.S. troops.

Three months after Democrats took power in Congress, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the moment was at hand to “send a message to President Bush that the time has come to find a new way forward in this intractable war.”

The Prez will of course veto and piss and moan and threaten the Democrats. They need to send him the same damn bill every week until he figures it out. Thats my story and I am sticking to it.

Words to live by: I'D RATHER HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO SCREWED HIS INTERN THAN ONE WHO SCREWED HIS COUNTRY

Tags: Politics, Bush, Iraq War spending, Bureaucratic Bullshit