Feingold-Reid Iraq bill gets 29 votes.
By on May 16th, 2007 at 11:28 am
Feingold-Reid Iraq bill gets 29 votes.
The bill would have required President Bush to begin safely redeploying U.S. troops from Iraq 120 days from enactment and would have ended funding for the war, effective March 31, 2008. The Senate defeated the measure in 29-67 vote.
UPDATE: Greg Sargent writes the vote “helped further the gradual strengthening of the hand of progressives in both chambers.”
UPDATE II: See the vote tally here.
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Close vote..LOL
May 16th, 2007 at 11:31 amThis is what they mean by support the troops. Who are the Quislings who chickeed out?
May 16th, 2007 at 11:32 amWell, that’s 67 Senators who don’t deserve to be re-elected. I say we put forth strong primary challenges against all Dems who voted against.
May 16th, 2007 at 11:32 amHey, Democrats, give it up. You cannot pass a bill that requires any withdrawal of U.S. troops. Stick with benchmarks, please.
May 16th, 2007 at 11:33 amClose vote..LOL
Comment by Patrick1 — May 16, 2007 @ 11:31 am
At least there WAS a vote…we know with your lockstepping fascist enablers in there we never would seen so much as a discussion, let alone a vote. Quick trying to divert and hijack the discussion you mo-RON!
May 16th, 2007 at 11:37 amIt is concerning however that Al Qaeda has 29 operatives in the U.S. Senate.
May 16th, 2007 at 11:41 amGreg Sargent also wrote:
“Still, let’s face it: The bipartisan nature of the vote against the measure will almost certainly blunt whatever political damage the vote might have done, if any, to Republicans.”
May 16th, 2007 at 11:41 amWilliam Goldman famously said, “Nobody in Hollywood knows anything.” He should have included Washington D.C. too.
May 16th, 2007 at 11:43 amThe great thing about this is all the senators who will go on record for defeating this bill. With most Americans favoring a troop pull-out, the pro-war seats will be on shaky ground.
May 16th, 2007 at 11:43 amIn the third paragraph of the article, it states that the 29 votes were 41 votes short of what was needed. About two or three paragraphs later, the article mentions that 60 votes would be required. The last time I checked 29 plus 41 equals 70. Can anyone describe this discrepancy, or is this just a matter of the MSM exaggerating how far the votes fell short of passage, only to provide more accurate information later in the article (assuming that many would read no further).
May 16th, 2007 at 11:44 amBTW — I’m planning to call both of my senators offices today to ask them how they voted, having called and encouraged them to support the measure yesterday.
“Still, let’s face it: The bipartisan nature of the vote against the measure will almost certainly blunt whatever political damage the vote might have done, if any, to Republicans.â€
Exley if you’re talking about those bookend jack@$$es Giuliani and Romney and McCain, the meat of that imbecile sandwich, they do enough political damage whenever any of them opens their mouth.
May 16th, 2007 at 11:45 amChimpy vetoed NON-BINDING timelines.
Chimpy has never met any past benchmarks in Iraq.
Benchmarks and timelines won’t work.
Time to pull the plug on Iraq. Cancel Chimpy’s authority to be there.
May 16th, 2007 at 11:46 amAll Senate Democrats who voted with Republicans are a disgrace!
May 16th, 2007 at 11:51 am“It is concerning however that Al Qaeda has 29 operatives in the U.S. Senate.” Comment by Patrick1nut
What kind of un-American traitor would say that about our U.S. Senators??
Patrick is a real scumbag. Karl Rove must be paying him by the word.
May 16th, 2007 at 11:51 amIt’s a painful reality (seriously), but Bush unfortunately has alot of ink in his veto pen. The Democrats will need to focus on benchmarks. If that doesn’t work, perhaps a public threat of impeachment will.
May 16th, 2007 at 11:52 amImpeach for what? Defending America?
May 16th, 2007 at 11:54 amThe state of Washington is proud of Senators Cantwell and Murray, both of whom voted AYE!
May 16th, 2007 at 11:55 amGive it up people! The 110th is under the impression that Bush is not molding Iraq into a Kuwait fast enough. Bush and the Army are in the correct target zone though, since the goal remains…
GET & DEFEND THE OIL!
May 16th, 2007 at 11:55 amThank’s for the post RUCerious, good to hear that my call’s were listened to…How Ya doing.?..Blessings
May 16th, 2007 at 11:58 amTime to pull the plug on Iraq. Cancel Chimpy’s authority to be there.
Comment by Tom3 — May 16, 2007 @ 11:46 am
Isn’t that what just got voted down?
May 16th, 2007 at 11:59 amFeingold needs to run in 08!
May 16th, 2007 at 12:01 pmAlso - this isn’t a vote on the bill. It’s a vote to end debate on the bill. A vote against this isn’t a vote against the troops or a vote for or against the war. It’s a vote on whether you think we should be debating sticking war legislation in a water bill. Unless I’ve got my Robert’s Rules of Order very confused.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:02 pmWHO CARES… this shouldn’t even exist… they are trying to put it in the The Water Resources Development Act… This has nothing to do with the war.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:04 pmWebb (D-VA), Nay ???
May 16th, 2007 at 12:07 pmFeingold was the liberals figleaf for when they go along with full-scale, $95 Billion capitulation tohte White House and rejection of the House’s “short leash” bill. See my post over here: http://mydd.com/story/2007/5/16/113923/780
May 16th, 2007 at 12:07 pmGive it up, civvies. There are citizens in Iraq who want us buying them time and protection. We can’t just cut and run.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:08 pmYou think Feingold has a chance to beat Mullah Omar?
May 16th, 2007 at 12:09 pmall the NAYs are murdering thiefs with No Morals
Hopefully Iraq will just kick you out soon
May 16th, 2007 at 12:13 pm“Stinging.” This is how The New York Times described today’s vote in its lede three paragraphs:
Senate Rejects Iraq Funding Cutoff
New York Times
WASHINGTON, May 16 — Democrats who are highly critical of President Bush’s Iraq war strategy suffered a stinging defeat today when the Senate overwhelmingly rejected a measure to cut off money for the military campaign by March 31, 2008.
The measure, in the form of an amendment to an unrelated water-projects bill, was effectively rejected, 67 to 29, with 19 Democrats voting against it in a procedural vote.
Though the vote was largely symbolic, the outcome was nevertheless significant, in that it underscored the divisions among Democrats over how to oppose the administration’s Iraq policy, as well as widespread fear of being seen as undercutting American troops.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:14 pmPatrick1, I’ve been scanning a number of your postings and I think you’re a true American advocate. Liberals only want paper work in the military, I tell you. Paperwork!
May 16th, 2007 at 12:15 pmAnd the Nazis have an operative right here on this board (that would be you).
May 16th, 2007 at 12:18 pmWhat is this (ID) bull next to Lieberman, he’s (CFL) party.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:18 pmReading through this amendment and seeing that it was attached to an unrelated bill (dealing with developing American waterways) makes me wonder if that’s the justification that dissenting Democrats will use for their denial of support of this bill.
I’m not surprised in the slightest that Allard rejected the bill (rat-bastard that he is), but I’m curious as to why Salazar rejected it. I am going to ask him.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:20 pmPrince Harry will not serve in Iraq
looks like their probably worried about an Iran attack and cannot be sure a SCUD might not land on his head — CHICKEN SCUM HARRY
May 16th, 2007 at 12:21 pmWell 67 Senators have just sentenced more MURDER for our US Troops.
They are killers of our troops.
The Democrats that voted it Down should be SENT HOME next election.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:21 pmCan we get a link to a roll call vote, please? I’m curious how individual senators voted.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:22 pmThis is not what we put that b*st*rds in Washington to do! We The People want our sons and daughters home and for the occupation of Iraq to end!!!
Cut the funding. Set a timeline. And let’s get the h*ll out of Iraq! NOW!!!
May 16th, 2007 at 12:24 pmBen B, see Update II at the top.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:32 pmThe measure didn’t get much support, because it’s not a good idea. Good job, TP. I was beginning to wonder if TP would ever report any news that didn’t support/cheerlead the liberal agenda. This should make it obvious to even the most diehard progressive idealist. You were pandered to for your votes in November. However grateful, the democrats you elected aren’t as crazy as you are.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:32 pmJust send a cup of blood to each senator that voted down the bill. A letter with a list of names of the deceased explain that they just murdered more soldiers.
67 killers of us troops running in the senate.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:36 pmWebb (D-VA), Nay ???
Comment by rfinca — May 16, 2007 @ 12:07 pm
Good for him. I support his decision. Something as important as this needs to be more than a poison pill.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:37 pmMore blood on their hands.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:38 pmFreshman Democratic Senators who voted “Nay:”
Casey (Pa)
May 16th, 2007 at 12:38 pmMcCaskill (Mo)
Tester (Mt)
Webb (Va)
Frankly, I think the Dems should simply refuse to try to send any further bills to fund the occupation. Notice, I said fund the OCCUPATION. This is being sold as “funding the troops,” and “supporting the troops.” It does neither.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:39 pmBwahaha! Even now when you have the majority in the House, you’re still not getting anything done. You might as well be the minority party.
Face it. You’ve accomplished nothing so far and, thankfully, the lunatic left is getting restless.
Just so fucking pathetic.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:40 pmAfghanistan War Date 10/2001 ……Iraw War Date 3/2003
All Wars cause a major UP SURGE in INFLATION within all COMMODITIES. The longer you “STAY THE COURSE” at Wars the Longer the SURGE UP and UP and UP.
The Commander and Chief will Decide when we can eat again and have cheap gasoline.
Commodity Index including FOOD and ENERGY and METALS (manufacturing dying relative to costs of metals)
” $CRB “- CRB INDEX (INDEX)Note the lows on the chart match the war dates.
http://charts3.barchart.com/ chart.asp?vol=Y&jav=adv&grid=Y&org=stk&sym=%24CRB&data=H&code=BSTK&evnt=adv
” CLU7 “- CRUDE OIL September 2007 (NYMEX) Note the lows on the chart match the war dates.
http://charts3.barchart.com/ chart.asp?vol=Y&jav=adv&grid=Y&org=stk&sym=CLU7&data=H&code=BSTK&evnt=adv
” OJN7 ” - ORANGE JUICE FCOJ July 2007 (NYBOT) Note in 2001 I paid 2.10 for a gallon of Tropicana Orange Juice, same gallon yesterday 6.99. No inflation right?
http://charts3.barchart.com/ chart.asp?vol=Y&jav=adv&grid=Y&org=stk&sym=OJN7&data=H&code=BSTK&evnt=adv
” GCZ7 ” - GOLD December 2007 (COMEX)Note last time GOLD was this HIGH was End of Vietnam War when we LEFT!
http://charts3.barchart.com/ chart.asp?vol=Y&jav=adv&grid=Y&org=stk&sym=GCZ7&data=H&code=BSTK&evnt=adv
DXM7 - U.S. DOLLAR INDEX June 2007 (FINEX)US Dollar has LOST 33 percent since 2001. You BUY LESS.
http://charts3.barchart.com/ chart.asp?vol=Y&jav=adv&grid=Y&org=stk&sym=DXM7&data=H&code=BSTK&evnt=adv
Our loving government REMOVES Food and Energy from the Consumer Price Index, better known as the “CPI”.
Wonder why, to hide that inflation. This explains why more and more families are falling into POVERTY!
Need gasoline for your cars check here. Also put in a 6 year price chart of the cost of gasoline. Go back into 2001, notice the lows.
Compare to todays prices. Also click on check crude oil prices.
http://www.gasbuddy.com/ gb_retail_price_chart.aspx?time=24
May 16th, 2007 at 12:44 pmMcCain didnt vote……again
May 16th, 2007 at 12:44 pmNo surprise, my Senators voted Nay.
Keep the war de-funded. Bring the bait home.
May 16th, 2007 at 12:51 pmI hope the Dems that voted nay get replaced by much more progressive alternatives in the next election. This is disgraceful.
May 16th, 2007 at 1:09 pmHahaha!
Democrats fail yet again at surrender tactics.
May 16th, 2007 at 1:13 pmkennedy and kerry continue to try and lose this war, just like they pulled the rug out from under south vietnam.
May 16th, 2007 at 1:15 pmHahaha! Trolls fail yet again at intelligence.
May 16th, 2007 at 1:16 pmHere is a link to the roll call on the Feingold motion:
Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Feingold Amdt. No. 1098; To provide for a transition of the Iraq mission.
http://www.senate.gov/ legislative/ LIS/ roll_call_lists/ roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00167
May 16th, 2007 at 1:17 pmHere is the roll call results of the Feingold motion:
Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Feingold Amdt. No. 1098; To provide for a transition of the Iraq mission.
http://www.senate.gov/ legislative/ LIS/ roll_call_lists/ roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00167
May 16th, 2007 at 1:19 pmAt least now all the naysayers who were saying the newly elected Dems weren’t fulfilling their promise of ending the war see the obstacles ahead of them.
The Pro-Peace / Anti-Foreign-Occupation Democrats have their work cut out fo them. Congress is still WAY out of step with mainstream despite 2006. Hopefully in 2008 when more Senators see their seats up for grabs, they’ll come to the harsh realization that voting “nay” on this single issue was absolutely the WRONG way to vote.
But I already knew I was voting against whomever goes up against Ms. Dole in my state. She’s a horrible senator. Ugh!
May 16th, 2007 at 1:23 pmkennedy and kerry continue to try and lose this war, just like they pulled the rug out from under south vietnam.
Comment by dennis — May 16, 2007 @ 1:15 pm
Facts:
Kerry and Kennedy are accurate, the war is over. Bush Insanity justs repeats same items, same results, more dead bodies and spreading the terrorists around the world.
And if they show up I’ll send them to YOUR house gladly. Just leave your address, Dennis.
May 16th, 2007 at 1:26 pmkerry and kennedy are never accurate. yes they left almost 60,000 die in vain. now they are going for another number to do the same. get them out of there mass.
May 16th, 2007 at 1:31 pmWell, that’s 67 Senators who don’t deserve to be re-elected. I say we put forth strong primary challenges against all Dems who voted against.
Comment by ShamRockNRoll — May 16, 2007 @ 11:32 am
I’m with you;)
May 16th, 2007 at 1:51 pmIts all a Puppet Show….
May 16th, 2007 at 2:03 pmThe Globalist have taken over the United States….
The number of those in support more than doubled in the space of 6 weeks.
May 16th, 2007 at 2:56 pmWhile this is a disappointment, we can also view it as progress being made in turning people around.
I’m just happy that Dodd voted Yea.
May 16th, 2007 at 3:19 pmHere
s who chickened out.
Baucus (D-MT)
May 16th, 2007 at 4:01 pmBayh (D-IN)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Carper (D-DE)
Casey (D-PA) !! Why were you elected?
Conrad (D-ND)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Levin (D-MI) !!
Lincoln (D-AR)
McCaskill (D-MO)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Tester (D-MT) !! Why were you elected?
Webb (D-VA) !! Why were you elected?
Anyone reading the posts, please send a thank you card to any senator that voted yes from your state.
Those that voted against same send a
Sympathy Card with a list of the dead from your state. Inform your senator that they NOW have BLOOD on their hands. Further, that they are liable for their deaths and the abductions of our soldiers.
They are promoting the death of our soldiers.
I sincerely appreciate all posters that will
May 16th, 2007 at 4:09 pmcomplete the task at hand.
Thanks very much
Dick and Jane Military Family
Kerry and Kennedy are real LEADERS!
May 16th, 2007 at 4:10 pmI was pretty surprised to see that Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow voted in support of this measure, in the past she has been a consistent supporter of the war. Unfortunately, Michigan’s other Senator, the arguably more “liberal” Carl Levin, voted against it. What is perphaps more frustrating is that his vote was not much of a surprise, given his recent comments that were quite accomodating of the Bush administration’s position.
The vote is just a reminder that those of us in the antiwar movement need to keep the pressure on all of our Senators and Representatives, including those who are supposedly “on our side.”
May 16th, 2007 at 4:14 pmkerry is also a coward, and kennedy a terrific swimmer.
May 16th, 2007 at 4:16 pmI emailed my Senators and thanked them for voting for this bill.
May 16th, 2007 at 8:15 pmMay God take a giant sh*t on EVERY TRAITOR who who voted it down…
…and EVERY Bush-lover/conservative/warmongering/profiteering, mass murdering al Ceeracker/wannabe…
…who applauds the continuation of this madness…
…may they and THEIR families pay the price for this illegal occupation and invasion…
May 16th, 2007 at 9:07 pmThere are no globalist taking over the country. Opportunistic democrats have taken advantage of your crazy, naive ideas on international affairs and got you to believe that you have a legitimate point of view. After they took you votes and moved to Washington, their drive for continued power (and innate rationality) will not permit them to support irrational ideas with real consequences. Feel comforted that, despite your convictions, there are serious adults that will, in the end, save you from yourselves.
May 16th, 2007 at 11:00 pmkerry is also a coward, and kennedy a terrific swimmer.
Comment by dennis
Bush and Cheney are also chickenhawk cowards, and Laura B. is a great crash driver.
May 17th, 2007 at 1:59 ami believe mr. bush was in texas air national guard.so you are calling the texas guard chickens. how about all of them that died in w.w. 2. shame on you.
May 17th, 2007 at 8:28 amI am not denigrating the Texas National Guard. I am pointing out that Dumbya Bush used his Daddy’s connections to jump ahead of hundreds on the waiting list to enter the National Guard, which in those days was considerably safer place to be than Vietnam, where Kerry went and earned medals. Shame on you, Dennis the Menace, for making light of his service.
May 17th, 2007 at 9:28 amanyone that gets shrapnel 3 times in 4 months, isn’t very intelligent. all the officers got medals. the lowly draftee did all the fightin and got rewarded very seldom.
May 17th, 2007 at 9:48 amkennedy and kerry continue to try and lose this war, just like they pulled the rug out from under south vietnam.
Comment by dennis —
BTW, Dennis the Menace, it was the Republican Ford administration (of which current VP Cheney was a member) that made the decision to pull out of South Vietnam–not Kerry and Kennedy. Kerry wasn’t even in the government back then. Try looking up a few facts next time, dearie.
May 17th, 2007 at 9:50 amyou are right about one thing,honey.kerry was not in the government in 1975 when the war ended.otherwise you know very little about it. our pullout began in 1969. my 9th div. was one of the first. it took until 1973 to pullout almost 600,000. this left about 1600 troops. so 99.8%of our troops were home.we promised to supply s.vietnam with weapons, ammo, etc. cost about 300,000 per year.russia gave n.vietnam about 2 million per year. s. viet army did very well, until we passed a bill in the senate,in 1975. we reneged on our deal. aid was stopped. the south was soon overcome. that bill was headed by mr. kennedy. so we did not lose that war. it was lost by s. vietnam, thanx to our government. they let 60,000 die in vain. don’t let congress do it to our troops again. don’t let kennedy do it again.
May 17th, 2007 at 11:04 ami.e. 300,000 should read 300 million. 2 million should read 2 billion.sorry.
May 17th, 2007 at 11:24 amDennis,
May 18th, 2007 at 2:08 amThank you for your service to this country. I’m sorry that you are so embittered about the poorer treatment of draftees that you resort to calling someone who served the country honorably as an officer names like “coward” and “not intelligent” while supporting chickenhawk draft dodgers like Bush and Cheney (who was also part of the Ford administration that ultimately made the decision to pull out of Vietnam.
If someone who gets sharpnel three times is “not very intelligent” to you, what do you call the guys who unfortunately lost their lives?
once you get hit, you become much wiser, as to what you did wrong. sometimes you did nothing wrong. my platoon sergeant,(whom i knew for 1 day), was lying beside me in a ditch and got shot right in the head. he did nothing wrong.maybe i shouldnt have moved , to give him more room.been nice chatting with you.ps. the ford administration pulled out the last 1600 troops, after the embassy was in dire trouble in 75. have a nice day. denny g. sr.
May 18th, 2007 at 8:57 am