Senate Republicans Kill Troop Withdrawal Bill
Senate GOP Turns Back Iraq Pullout Plan
WASHINGTON (AP) - Democrats aggressively challenged President Bush's Iraq policy at both ends of the Capitol on Thursday, gaining House committee approval for a troop withdrawal deadline of Sept. 1, 2008, but suffering defeat in the Senate on a less sweeping plan to end U.S. participation in the war.
Anti-war Democrats prevailed on a near-party line vote of 36-28 in the House Appropriations Committee, brushing aside a week-old veto threat and overcoming unyielding opposition from Republicans.
My goodness! Where on earth did these Republicans FINALLY get the nerve to stand up? When they were the majority, they let the Democrats run all over them. Now they're the minority, and they want to get things done.
