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15

Biden, Clinton, Dodd & Obama fail to vote on military spending bill that passed 90-3


I’ve mentioned these “not voted” votes before. Doesn’t it bother anyone? That they don’t take a stand? I don’t care where they are. I don’t care that they are running for president. I care about how they take stands under circumstances like this.

Here’s an article about the vote and the two Dems and the Indepedent (Feingold, Byrd and Sanders, respectively) who voted against funding Iraq and Afghanistan at the levels in the bill:

Feingold and two other war critics, Sens. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., and Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., opposed the $696 billion bill which the Senate overwhelmingly approved and sent to President Bush. Sen. Herb Kohl, D-Wis., voted for the bill.

Feingold said his vote was consistent with his opposition to the war in Iraq.

He said the bill “does nothing to end the president’s misguided, open-ended Iraq policy, which has over-burdened our military, weakened our national security, diminished our international credibility, and cost the lives of thousands of brave American soldiers.”

Now what?

The bill approved by the Senate on Friday authorizes money for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but it doesn’t actually provide the money. The president wants Congress to provide $196 billion as emergency funding to avoid budget restrictions.

Democrats tried to get congressional Republicans and the White House to accept $50 billion of that amount in return for beginning withdrawal of most combat troops from Iraq. Bush threatened a veto, and congressional Democrats are now considering their next move.

Feh. (I picked that up from Jeff Hess – feh on you too! lol)

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 4:30 pm December 15th, 2007 in Campaigning, Elections, Foreign Affairs, Government, Military, Politics, WH2008 

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