Posted on 12/19/2007 9:36:02 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
The Senate passed its version of the omnibus spending bill, which will fund government operations for 214 Cabinet departments. Most significantly, the Senate tacked on $70 billion to fund the US war effort in Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill's passage is portrayed today as a big victory for President Bush -- and a defeat for Democrats. USA Today /AP, for example, reports by a 70-25 vote, "Bush and his GOP allies won a major victory in passing a measure providing $70 billion for the wars without restrictions that Democrats had insisted on for weeks." Another AP dispatch says "Bush was ready to sign the bill, assuming the war funding clears the House on Wednesday."
The Washington Post calls the vote "a retreat by Democrats who had vowed a month ago to withhold all money for the Iraq war unless strict timelines for the withdrawal of troops were established." On its website, The Hill says the Senate "handed...Bush a critical victory in the Iraq debate," capping "a year of unsuccessful Democratic attempts to sufficiently chip away at solid GOP support for the war." The Washington Times notes Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid "said the $554 billion spending bill represented a compromise that did not fully satisfy the Democrat-led Congress or the White House."
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Iraq by the numbers: Graphing the decrease in violence
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By December 17, 2007 10:32 AM
Multinational Forces-Iraq has released the data of the effects of the "surge" on the security situation. The reduction in deaths, attack trends, sectarian violence, and improvised explosive device, suicide, and car bomb attacks is dramatic. The number of weapons caches found per year has more than doubled. The graphs below have been provided by Multinational Forces Iraq. Click each graph to view in detail.
There is some amazing spinning about this bill going on. We won’t know about all the stuff that was dumped in there for months, if ever.
For such an alleged dope he sures makes the elites look stupid
give em hell dubya
Heh heh... I guess we know which side of the aisle has ineffective leadership.
Senate adds Iraq war money to huge budget bill
Reuters | Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:17pm EST | Richard Cowan
Posted on 12/18/2007 10:09:20 PM EST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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They rolled over again! lol
'Rat quagmire and defeat bump!
If you want to go that route, who do you think wants the open borders?
They have chosen to fund Victory. This will secure triumphant victory.
The People Remember Who Pimped Surrender.
The People Remember Who Pimped Surrender.
I was wondering how they’d take it over there...
but didn’t want to look.
Hey, what’s a DUer’s favorite Xmas carol?
“don we now our GAY apparel, falalalay sho”
'Special Report' Panel on Spending Bill Showdown
Foxnews ^ | Wednesday, December 19, 2007 | Staff
Excellent point. Once again, the lame duck has run rings around his foes.
Agree 100%.
Wow — caches found and cleared has more than doubled from last year to this. Obviously, the war is lost and the surge isn’t working. /sarc
The only place President Bush is Hated more than DU and Daily Kooks combined is FR. We are so proud of your true conservatism.
Pray for W and Our Troops
Only if the House passes it as well. They passed a budget without it, so it goes back to them. All they need do is nothing. Which for them is easy.
This thread is about the budget and I will keep to my original comment
this is great news
This nation needs to secure it’s borders and as a citizen I have the right to be angry at the fact games are played on that issue every day.
Our citizens are being killed. Our children are being raped. Our hospitals are going under. The education of our children is suffering.
If some of us wade through these hallelujah choruses and remind folks we’re the ones being hoodwinked, you come out of the woodwork to state that I’m a DU operative or worse.
What it amounts to is that we got what we should have all along, and caved on the border once again. Now it’s back to ground zero.
Pretty slick. Kudos to Bush, because he sure has your number.
This thread is about an omnibus spending bill.
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