Dems Expected To Pass Billions In New War Funding

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is rapidly pulling together a carefully orchestrated plan for what looks to be the last Iraq war supplemental before November's election: Let Democrats take separate, conscience-clearing votes on troop withdrawal timelines and economic stimulus proposals, then negotiate a deal with the Senate and the White House that would combine money for the war with some modest domestic spending.

The complicated choreography -- sketched out by lawmakers and congressional aides involved in the ongoing discussions -- could involve a dance around a veto; White House Budget Director Jim Nussle warned again Wednesday that the president will veto any bill that exceeds his $108 billion

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[mfsomom]

4052 US military casualties as of today, 4/26/08, God only knows how many innocents have paid the ultimate price. how many more deaths are we going to finance till we all come to our collective senses?

[mfsomom]

Our soldiers continue to be held political prisoners to the posturing, power seeking, power hungry partisans in DC. I have said before, and we all need to shout if from every mountain tops till someone hears....there is no job in Washington that is worth the live of even one soldier. Those who wear the uniform of our nation belong to each and every one of us...they are OUR sons and daughters folks....the very beings we as parents, and we as a people invest our futures in. Who are these magnificent people, and what would they have accomplished on this earth had their lives not been sacrificed so horrendeously and wrecklessly? Shame on us all for allowing this nightmare to persist so long. Waiting for January, 2009 is waiting too long. How many lives is enough??

Military Families Speak Out Mom

[loki]

Way to go Nancy. Again.. In the time the dumborats have been in power they have accomplished exactly,, Nothing!! They have caved in to each and every request Bush has made. Sure , they have a few tantrums for the media, but when it comes down to really doing something, the roll over like a puppy and wet the floor. I am so disgusted with Nancy and Harry. When Harry met Nancy, it was Christmas for Bush every day.

[joebhed]

Dems.
Frozen in their own headlights.
The only important thing for the party is -- to win!
Leadership? Leadership?
Saw Bernie Sanders on Colbert.
Catch it if you can.

[Chiang]

Democrats and Bush:

In their hearts they know he's right.

[loki]

Has nothing to do with what is in their hearts. It has everything to do with what is in their bank accounts, and what is in their heads with seeing themselves as gods, and goddesses.