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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The fence is going up isn’t it?
Reports state that funding for the fence has been stripped, in the body of this bill.
However, I "believe" Minnesota will get a $700 million dollar bike path(comes with bikes for everyone?)
Sunday night they say all will be unvailed, when taxpayers are all "getting down and busy" with Christmas. The timing could not have been more perfect. Pork this Christmas for everyone...$113,000 for rodent control in Alaska (that bridge might of been their only means of escape), study of the fruit fly in France..
Democratic senators running for President were said MIA in voting.
Why am I not all giddy with glee over this "spending deal"?
Yep
And the information in post 43 addresses an important part of that bill.
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