Congress back to budget, Iraq battles

Source: AP

WASHINGTON - Democrats are coming President Bush's way in a tussle over domestic spending after months of budget gridlock. Any deal, however, may hinge on their willingness to provide additional money for the Iraq war.

As Congress returns this week, tensions over war spending overshadow moves by Democrats to scale back plans to add billions of dollars to operating budgets for federal agencies and programs.

Democrats reluctantly are giving up long-sought increases for education, homeland security, grants to state and local governments, health and energy research and many other programs. Some lawmakers worry they might have to surrender altogether as the price for getting Bush to agree on a budget for keeping the government running through next September.

In a different environment, the Democrats' steps might have led to efforts to make a deal with the White House and Republican colleagues on Capitol Hill.

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It's kind of like reporting in streamer headlines that the sun rose in the morning.

The Iraq war is now going swimmingly well! We are winning! Calm has been restored to the streets! Iraqis are returning to their homes in droves! Bush is going to bring home 5,700 troops! The Iraqi government will jell any moment now!

The bear does not shit in the woods and everybody hears a tree fall if nobody is in the woods.

The dems are going to fold like a lawn chair, take for example Murtha who says the surge is working and the Iraqi govt. must do their thing. Well the surge is NOT working. Violence is down because most everybody of a different sect in these neighborhoods has been killed or they have moved out. The Sunni militia is being armed by the U.S. to do the patrolling so the US can keep the troops off patrol thereby bringing the kill number down temporarily. At least long enough for the criminals to get their war money.
Once the Americans do draw down some troops, just watch the Sunni militias that the US armed and trained start to try to take control of the government.

People are returning to Iraq because they have no other choice. They are out of money, cannot find a job and Syria is throwing them out. What the fuck do you want them to do? God knows bushco will not let any Iraqis into the US. They have to let too many illegals cross the southern borders so the wages in America can equal those of the illegal aliens.

The MSM is going to tout how the surge has worked and the dems are holding back critical funding for the troops. Bull shit!

People had better wake the fuck up and start making their voices heard while we still can. The boot is about to come down on us and people will say, why didn't you guys do something.

Wake the fuck up!!!!