Month: April 2007

Iraq: Congress Steps Up to the Plate

The fight over the Iraq spending bill is drawing to a head.  The Senate is scheduled to vote on a joint resolution that will give Mr. Bush his $124 billion in war spending but will call for a U.S. troop withdrawal timeline....

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One Signature Away from Ending the War

We could put the full court press on to get President Bush to sign the supplemental funding for Iraq into law, but it would be pointless. Set aside the unlikelihood of Bush flip-flopping on his promise to veto the bill. He just...

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Senate Passes Iraq Supplemental 51-46

I’ll have the final tally in a moment, and the roll-call in about an hour. But it looks like the Senate is about to pass the the Iraq War supplemental bill, which will put it on the President’s desk. Other than...

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Lieberman Punked by — The Cato Institute

It’s not often that I rely upon the Cato Institute to fact check a Democratic Senator, but then Joe Lieberman is a special case, isn’t he. Here’s an excerpt from his op-ed in the Washington Post today in which...

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