House Supplemental Vote Expected Tonight amid Weary Reversals
by Craig Jennings, 5/24/2007
Weary war opponents in Congress will get to go back home soon, get some rest, and then face what might be a bigger headache than George Bush: the majority of Americans that disapproves of President Bush's decision to veto the first supplemental, which called for complete withdrawal of U.S. soldiers from Iraq by March 31, 2008.
The new $120 billion supplemental war spending bill -- stripped of all references to troop withdrawal -- is expected to pass the House this evening after lawmakers made last-minute changes dictated by the White House.
Weary anti-warrior Rep. David Obey (D-WI) said from the well of the House today:
We made a number of changes in response to White House requests as late as 10 o'clock last night.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) confirmed that the White House had insisted on terms if the bill was to escape a presidential veto. We're talking some really minor terms here -- like disallowing transfer to the Senate's Employee Child Care Center of proceeds from the sale of holiday ornaments by the Senate Gift Shop.
You say "Jump," and I'll say, "Gladly! How low?"
