CNN reports Bush's attack on Dems "for dragging their feet" on war funding but not GOP blocking bill

http://mediamatters.org/items/200711300006?f=h_latest

CNN's Henry reported Bush's attack on Dems "for dragging their feet" on war funding but not GOP blocking of bill



On the November 29 edition of CNN's The Situation Room, congressional correspondent Ed Henry reported that President Bush "ripp{ed} into Democrats for dragging their feet" on passing legislation to provide emergency funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and that Bush "essentially declar{ed} that American lives now are at risk because the Pentagon is trying to stop what he called 'another day of destruction right here in America' -- a terror attack." Henry went on to note that congressional Democrats "have been pushing a plan ... that would give the president about $50 billion in war funding, but with a catch -- that he would have to agree to bring most U.S. troops home from Iraq by December 2008." Yet Henry did not mention that House Democrats -- beyond simply "pushing" such a plan -- recently passed a $50 billion war funding bill that included the redeployment provision, which Senate Republicans then successfully blocked on November 16. By contrast, in their reports on Bush's criticism of Congress for not passing war funding legislation, The Washington Post and The New York Times noted that the Republicans blocked the $50 billion war funding bill in the Senate.

Reporting Bush's attack on Congress in a November 30 article, the Post added that "{c}ongressional Democrats blame Bush for the delay because he refuses to accept a $50 billion funding bill that includes a requirement to begin pulling combat troops out of Iraq" and that "{t}he House passed the bill earlier this month, but Republicans blocked it in the Senate":

President Bush warned Congress yesterday that the Pentagon will soon have to start laying off civilian employees and reducing operations at U.S. military bases unless lawmakers send him an emergency war funding bill that does not mandate troop withdrawals from Iraq.

Escalating a dispute with Democratic lawmakers over his request for $196 billion in supplemental funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Bush complained that a delay in providing the money is jeopardizing important military efforts.

Congressional Democrats blame Bush for the delay because he refuses to accept a $50 billion funding bill that includes a requirement to begin pulling combat troops out of Iraq and changing the U.S. military mission there. The House passed the bill earlier this month, but Republicans blocked it in the Senate.

because, hey, it's good for ratings. :grr:

Why is it still "Emergency" after five long years?

At least Faux makes it clear where it stands.