Iraq Bill Pulled

Source: MSNBC

From NBC's Ken Strickland
After failing to get the 60 votes needed to proceed to a final vote on a troop withdrawal amendment -- and then after failing to reach agreement with GOP leadership on votes other amendments -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pulled the bill from the Senate floor.

Read more: http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/07/18/275219.aspx

nothing to say. . .

so it appears there may be no money for the war.

I'm still not entirely clear, watching Geiger and MSNBC site for more, but slow going.

I want the Dems to get out there and TELL THE TRUTH about the 100,000's of dead Iraqi civilians, about what the "oil sharing law" really is...

TELL THE TRUTH!
TELL THE TRUTH!
TELL THE TRUTH!
TELL THE TRUTH!
TELL THE TRUTH!

rooster suckers, all of 'em :mad:

thanks, Harry. Now, don't back down. Don't bring the bill back up until the 60 vote requirement on amendments are pulled. No funds. No war.

they likely won't meet the deadline. FY ends 9/30, if I'm not mistaken.

No money, no war.

I like the sound of that.

spine!.......Go Harry!!!!!!

all the whining from the Reich about how those mean Dem's are hurting the troops blah, blah, blah, they hate America, blah, blah, blah, ad nauseam.

sorry for the pun.
:spank:

to top that ?
Actually do something that will get them to go on record with a vote?

It seems that the GOP was all up in arms when we threatened to fillibuster the SCOTUS nominations. Now they just fillibustered the war spending bill. The only difference is that now they're in the minority, and used fillibuster in the same way we intended to use it, to kill a different vote.
In other words, there is essentially no difference at all.

Nothing has changed, just another stall tactic... The troops will remain at war.. Maybe not in Iraq but they aren't coming back here for a very very long time. Unless we somehow get these morons in handcuffs.. This YoYo shit is driving me crazy.. FUCKING DO SOMETHING NEW!

Google News:

Republicans block pull-out plan ....
Senate shelves defense policy bill ..
US Democrats fails to advance Iraq bill in Senate ..
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Republicans block Iraq pullout plan - http://www.gulf-times.com/
GOP Scuttles Democrats' Iraq Pullout Plan - http://www.cbsnews.com/
Republicans block withdrawal - http://www.worldnewsaustralia.com.au/
Republicans block Senate Iraq withdrawal plan
GOP Torpedoes Iraq Troop Pullout Plan

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Republicans block pull-out plan
18/07/2007 23:41 - (SA)
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/Iraq/0,,2-10-1460_2149394,00.html

Washington - Republicans in the US Senate on Wednesday blocked a Democratic measure which would have required President George W Bush to pull most combat troops out of Iraq by the end of April 2008.

After a marathon all-night debate, the Republican vote held firm, despite several party senators expressing unease over the war plan after the president rejected changes in Iraq strategy until September at the earliest.

The Senate voted by 52 to 47 to move to a final vote on the measure, well short of the 60-vote super majority needed for the bill to proceed. .....