CNN: Democrats may revise 2002 bill allowing Bush to call war

Democrats may revise 2002 bill allowing Bush to call war
POSTED: 3:13 p.m. EST, January 26, 2007

Story Highlights
• Dems want to explore ways to affect policy, strategy in Iraq, Hoyer says
• "Possible vehicles" may include spending bills for military, diplomacy
• House, Senate expected to pass bipartisan resolution opposing troop surge
• Hoyer appeals to international community to contribute more money to Iraq


WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Democrats may promote a new revised bill authorizing the use of force in Iraq -- to replace the 2002 bill that allowed the Bush administration to proceed with the war, a top Democrat said Friday.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer -- No. 2 in the House behind Speaker Nancy Pelosi -- said that is one step Democrats might pursue to change conditions in Iraq.

"Frankly, it is time for the president to accept that we are no longer involved in a nation-building exercise. We are involved in conflict resolution," Hoyer said during a speech at the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank.

After a series of congressional hearings on the war, "We will then explore appropriate ways to affect the policy and strategy being pursued in Iraq," Hoyer said.

Some ways include spending bills for military and diplomatic activities in Iraq "and possibly a revised authorization for the use of military force in Iraq that more accurately reflects the mission of our troops on the ground," he said.

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http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/26/iraq.hoyer/index.html?section=cnn_latest

http://thomas.loc.gov/ <------ enter "Iraq" into the search engine. Someone needs to get it into Pelosi's skull to get those bills to the floor pronto

be nasty and call names... :sarcasm:

He also said:
Beyond this resolution, though, our goal in the House is to conduct the kind of oversight of the president's policy that has been sorely missing during the nearly four years of this war. Democrats intend to hold this administration accountable," the Maryland Democrat said.

"I believe the administration's Iraq policy is the most incompetent implementation of American foreign policy in my lifetime."

to get a do-over. Good f*****g luck!

and the Democrats can't seem to get what everyone in the world wants done.

Completely fucking worthless, these people are.

Unbelievable.

After a series of congressional hearings on the war, "We will then explore appropriate ways to affect the policy and strategy being pursued in Iraq," Hoyer said.

Ya better get goin', Steny. Time's a wastin', boys and girls are still dyin'. The Surge is surgin'. The country's getting more pissed, more desperate to see some action.