House passes Iraq funding bill without timetable.
In a 280-142 vote, the House passed a $120-billion Iraq war funding bill that contains no timeline to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq. The bill is now sent to the Senate for final passage, “expected later Thursday night.”
UPDATE: This bill also includes a $2.10 increase in the minimum wage, the first raise in a decade.
UPDATE II: Roll call on the Iraq vote is HERE. Eighty-six Democrats joined 194 Republicans and voted for the bill. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was the only member of House leadership of either party to vote against the war funding.
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Perfect, freakin’ perfect.
May 24th, 2007 at 6:50 pmCongratulations Democrats, you’ve just purchased yourself a war!
Honestly, it does not take an exemplary acumen to see why Americans over the last 25 years keep voting largely Republican – the 2006 election not withstanding – and opting for Republican presidents. Americans, as a whole, do not necessary agree with or even like the Republican Party and its intransigent ideologies of preserving the status quo.
They do, however, like team players, winners and driven tenacity when times get tough. The Republican Party – in full view of every amoral, depraved, nefarious and unconscionable act they have committed – does one thing and does it well; they stick together and tend their flock. Something the current Democratic leaders have patently failed to do.
May 24th, 2007 at 6:52 pmKKKarl got what he wanted.
May 24th, 2007 at 6:53 pmOne question: If this isn’t the last straw, then what would be?
May 24th, 2007 at 6:54 pmWHeres the roll call vote. I want to know who voted yes
May 24th, 2007 at 6:57 pmMy Fellow left wing Americans,
We the Democratic Party have failed you. But we know, that you guys are blind followers, thus you will vote for us again. We know that while you consider us bad, you consider the Republicans evil. So don’t forget to vote Democrat next time you go to the polls.
I will end this by telling you what Pelosi just told its base, SCREW YOU!
Have a good evening.
May 24th, 2007 at 6:58 pmHow does the DNC enjoy the GOP rubber stamp?
“Change” for the DNC means using a bigger rubber stamp.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:00 pmSwell, so if you don’t get killed in Iraq you can come home to an extra $2.10 / hour at the crummy job you’ll have to take because your employer hired some one else while you were gone. What a country!
May 24th, 2007 at 7:00 pmThese guys and gals never even learned thier timestables.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:00 pmFcuk the republicans and fcuk the democrats. Fcuking cowardly warmongers who think that they can buy off the American public with a token raise in minimum wage.
All I have to say is that the season is now open for all politicians. Every last blood sucking one of them.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:01 pmso there’s at least a couple hundred traitors in my book. extreme? maybe, but i don’t care.
The time to end this war, this surge, this whatever is now.
Continuing this war will never, ever, ever bring peace to Iraq. Just more violence and death - and a greater possibility of revenge attacks in the US in the future.
Perpetual war for perpetual peace. I think I’ve heard that somewhere!
Some thoughts:
May 24th, 2007 at 7:02 pm“Is War Necessary?”
http://www.populistamerica.com/is_war_necessary
Anyone have a link to the roll-call vote?
May 24th, 2007 at 7:03 pmI am completely disgusted! I feel betrayed by my party! What now???
May 24th, 2007 at 7:04 pmWHY ATTACH THE MINIMUM WAGE TO THIS!!!???
It would have passed anyway. There was no reason to attach it to this bill.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:04 pmsocalsteve,
I feel ya man. Now we have to get out there, and find some good primary challengers for those who voted for this.
If we look at the vote, they couldn’t get half of the dems to vote for this. Now for those that have, we need to replace them.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:06 pm“Perpetual war for perpetual peace. I think I’ve heard that somewhere!”
Comment by stopthecons — May 24, 2007 @ 7:02 pm
No, you’ve never heard that before.
What you have there is a contradictory statement.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:06 pmSooo…when you guys going to STOP EFFING SUPPORTING THE DEMS and supporting the Green Party? I havent voted for a Democrat since 1996 and I dont plan to ever again. Some of you should do the same….
May 24th, 2007 at 7:07 pmIs there really anything left to comment on here? Voters were screwed. Just like Bush campaigned as a ‘Compassionate Conservative’ and f**ked America, the Democrats campaigned as the “Anti-war” party and f**ked America.
Finally definite proof there is absolutely NO difference between Republicans and Democrats.
*Democrats said they didn’t want to take it sitting down anymore so they rolled over.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:08 pmYou f*cking a**holes. Iran, here we come!
May 24th, 2007 at 7:08 pmblah, blah, blah…left wing…blah, blah, blah…failed…blah, blah, blah…blind…blah, blah, blah…bad…blah, blah, blah…evil…blah, blah, blah..screw…blah, blah, blah…
May 24th, 2007 at 7:09 pmThe Democrats did what they could for the time being. Had the whole Senate been up in November, they could have had a better shot at overriding a veto with the originial bill.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:10 pmIt is time to bypass congress.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:12 pmWell my rep voted for it. I have a call to make!!!
May 24th, 2007 at 7:13 pm40% of Dems vote to give Bush a blank check. Both parties answer to their corporate masters and say screw Americans.
I voted straight Dem last fall to stop the maniacal Bush. Never again.
My Congressman ran on ending this war, and he just voted to give Bush a blank check.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:13 pmMr. Bush has had the same face since March 2003. Don’t expect him to change it until January 20th, 2009.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:14 pmMay a thousand birds shit on every politician in Washington.
-GSD
May 24th, 2007 at 7:15 pmI think the Dems are just in a very precarious position. They won both houses last November by a very slim margin which could disappear if they move too fast. In the meantime it certainly is tragic that our troops and innocent Iraqi citizens are senselessly killed every day.
Don’t forget that as unpopular as the Vietnam war was, the majority of voters didn’t vote for the candidates who promised to end the war immediately. They voted for Nixon who had a secret plan and he didn’t withdraw our troops until his second term.
Also don’t forget that it was only a few months ago that Dems were labeled anti-American. If republicans yell their smears loudly enough again, the fickle voting public could start believing it again. But as I said, in the meantime, it’s tragic that so many people have to die in a senseless “war†while everyone slowly makes up their minds.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:16 pm“I havent voted for a Democrat since 1996 and I dont plan to ever again. Some of you should do the same…”
And guarantee Republican majorities for the next generation? Not a chance.
The Green Party (and the Libertarian Party) cannot break the stranglehold of the two-party system - they’re tainted with a legacy of nominating goofballs, fringe candidates and “spoilers”. It may be an unfair description, but it is the one that exists.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:17 pmMurtha voted YES. WTF??????
They attached the minimum wage bill becasue shrub wouldn’t sign it otherwise.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:18 pmRepublicans are the Fear and Smear Party,
“while everyone slowly makes up their minds.”
Umm, 76% of us have made up our minds.
http://thinkprogress.org/ 2007/ 05/ 24/ nyt-poll-opposition-to-war-at-all-time-high/
May 24th, 2007 at 7:19 pmgs53
“They attached the minimum wage bill becasue shrub wouldn’t sign it otherwise.”
FINE. Let him veto that too. 80% of americans want that minimum wage raise. The more he vetos things we really want, the worse it gets for his party.Let’s not forget that combined with that minimum wage increase is some extra special tax cuts for businesses.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:22 pmWhy would a minimum wage hike be in a Iraq spending bill? So dems could at least say they got something for selling out their base?
May 24th, 2007 at 7:23 pm#27,
A situation such as “…that our troops and innocent Iraqi citizens are senselessly killed every day” is not just an unfortunate “tragedy” like you slough it off as being, it is PREMEDITATED MURDER and you, just like every American, is complicit in that CRIME.
You seem to be perfectly comfortable with that position and display great cowardice. Perhaps you should run for office, sounds like you are completely qualified based upon the current day’s expectations.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:24 pmThe only feasible solution at this point is for the Generals on the ground to gather the troops without the consent of President Bush and begin this “Strategic Redeployment.” Even with right-wing defense views I have, I can’t bear to see anymore U.S. troops downed with roadside bombs when billions are going into the Pentagon, yet the best armor (in humvees, etc.) isn’t getting to them. I can’t bear to hear it anymore. I can’t take it anymore.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:27 pmCan we link to a roll call vote on this. It’s important for people to easily check up on their representative…
May 24th, 2007 at 7:28 pmerr… nm
May 24th, 2007 at 7:28 pm#33… you are sick. Did I say anywhere in my post that I felt comfortable with innocent people dying daily? I am not complicit and I am not a coward…that is, no more of a coward than you throwing grenades while hiding behind a screen name. You sound shrill enough and silly enough to be welcomed into the republican party so just do it.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:32 pmhis is a very sad day for our country and for the Democratic Party.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:33 pmTHIS is why Raum Emanuel did NOT want the Dems to take over the congress in 2006. Congress was ALWAYS going to support the troops, and now the Dems are complicit in the situation, and no longer have a campaign issue in the 2008 elections, sinking the hopes of Hill’reh forever. She was hawkish, then dovish and will probably move hawkish again before 2008.
In addition, the Dems are totally screwing the pooch on the immigration issue, muddying the issue for the next election, when, again, they could have hung it around the necks of Republicans.
At least there are hard votes by majority Dems, so they can’t wriggle out of their positions anymore, and their will be a clear, honest choice in the next election, settling issues once and for all.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:34 pmThis is now just as much the Dems war as it is Bush’s.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:42 pm$2.10
Bribery makes since to Congress I see.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:44 pmWill the poor be bought off? For $2.10 ?
May 24th, 2007 at 7:47 pmWhat in god’s name can we do about President Bush on this issue?Flexibility is the issue here and he won’t even consider that!
I was a junior in high school when this war began, and I still feel like one because nothing has changed, or improved for that matter. I really don’t believe it’s supposed to take this long. Same President Bush, same state of mind.
We’re all locked in a vice grip.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:48 pm#41, Gerald,
Either you are possessed by Yoda or your med dosage is too high - read the bottle for correct dosage.
May 24th, 2007 at 7:49 pmEither you are possessed by Yoda or your med dosage is too high - read the bottle for correct dosage. Comment by Jason M. Hendler — May 24, 2007 @ 7:49 pm
BAHAHAHA, that’s so funny coming from *you*!!! Someone with a medical “mental” condition, who’s prone to making “predictions” and giving “advice”!!!! BAHAHA, project much - dum bass?
May 24th, 2007 at 7:55 pmTHIS is why Raum Emanuel did NOT want the Dems to take over the congress in 2006. Congress was ALWAYS going to support the troops, and now the Dems are complicit in the situation, and no longer have a campaign issue in the 2008 elections, sinking the hopes of Hill’reh forever. Comment by Jason M. Hendler — May 24, 2007 @ 7:34 pm
So now you know the *mind* of Rahm (learn to spell)? How *yoda* of you - with those Jedi mind skills of yours!!! As for us always *supporting* the troops - well of course. Unlike your King George, who’d let them starve, and go defenseless before admitting he was wrong - sounds like you doesn’t he? The Dems care about the soldiers, who are simply stuck with an honery and inept commander in chief!
She was hawkish, then dovish and will probably move hawkish again before 2008. Comment by Jason M. Hendler — May 24, 2007 @ 7:34 pm
You poor st*pid little Aspergers boy. You don’t realize that people can be *both*, depending on *context*? People that suffer from your debilitating disease can’t distinguish *context* well - please leave this discussion to those that aren’t *impaired* as you are, boy.
In addition, the Dems are totally screwing the pooch on the immigration issue, muddying the issue for the next election, when, again, they could have hung it around the necks of Republicans. Comment by Jason M. Hendler — May 24, 2007 @ 7:34 pm
Actually you *wingnuts* screwed the pooch, boy, as most Americans are on the side of a compromise position. Read some of those polls, that also predicted the Republican losses in 2006. You are a clueless child - Hendler.
At least there are hard votes by majority Dems, so they can’t wriggle out of their positions anymore, and their will be a clear, honest choice in the next election, settling issues once and for all.
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — May 24, 2007 @ 7:34 pm
Once and for *all*? How absolutist of you? You’re a fool, boy. Stick to b*ating off to pictures of your Fuhrer - instead of *predicting* elections and the values of Americans. What’s *clear* from 2006, is you have your head stuck up your fundamentalist terrorist *ss!
May 24th, 2007 at 8:00 pmI commend Speaker Pelosi for not voting for the War Funding Bill.
May 24th, 2007 at 8:03 pmLast night on KGO, Bernie Ward interviewed Mike Gravel. Very interesting and he had a lot to say about our Congress.
Can hear the interview here, click on 10 PM. The archives only stay on for 24 hours.
May 24th, 2007 at 8:08 pm#37,
No, what you said is this: “But as I said, in the meantime, it’s tragic that so many people have to die in a senseless “war†while everyone slowly makes up their minds.”
In your warped morality, the fact that you know that thousands of people are going to be killed senselessly as part of an evil quest is just an unfortunate circumstance.
So you know that a murder is going to occur and you do nothing to stop it (complicity). And what you are willing to do about it is nothing (cowardice).
No more excuses and no more promises. You are either marching on Washington DC to end the crime we call the “Iraq War”, or you are a war supporter. There is no middle ground anymore. The democrats just took a sh*t on that area.
May 24th, 2007 at 8:09 pmagain: to hear the interview with Mike Gravel go to KGO click on programming on the left, then archives, choose 10pm.
May 24th, 2007 at 8:13 pm#46, Impotent Penus Who Comes From Ur Parents
You see the moon and stars fly by and assume the Earth stands still - way to use your context. You can’t dissemble in a war, you either win or lose - it is stunning how Dems can lose on an issue that proportedly was their mandate.
I have read the polls on immigation, and there are more far left and far right opponents of the “compromise”, than there are proponents.
All you had to do was stand back, let Repubs dirty their hands with the tough issues, and let Hill’reh run and lose in 2008, so that you could then have the party you always wanted. Instead, you put Dems in congress in 2006, causing Hill’reh to run and lose in 2008, but giving her an excuse to run again in 2012. Now the world will never be rid of Hill’reh in time to make a difference.
May 24th, 2007 at 8:14 pmThank you Speaker Pelosi.
~Sean
May 24th, 2007 at 8:17 pmMilitary Funding Bill 2008 : $2.10
May 24th, 2007 at 8:19 pmHaving my Grandchildren suffer financial blowback from Iraq Occupation: Priceless
A bunch of loosers voting for a loosing agenda.
May 24th, 2007 at 8:23 pmSold Out!
Creeps.
#49…and what are you doing about it right this minute? Posting on blogs! You are the coward you accuse me of being. Project much?
May 24th, 2007 at 8:27 pm#55,
Nope, I’m getting ready for a national “I’ve had fcuking Enough” tour in which I will make certain that Americans get a much clearer vision of war. This was my last straw. You, however, seem to have a whole bail yet to go through.
Don’t worry though. The people that are going to die while you sit around with your thumb up your ass probably won’t have any relation to you whatsoever, so you won’t give a sh*t. Enjoy the thumb.
May 24th, 2007 at 8:35 pmComment by Jason M. Hendler
And anyone should listen to anything you have to say why?
May 24th, 2007 at 8:39 pmI’m voting for the Sparrow Party in ‘08.
May 24th, 2007 at 8:49 pmThey attached the minimum wage bill becasue shrub wouldn’t sign it otherwise.
No, he said he would sign it if there were small business tax breaks coupled in.
The Democrats had 5 months and they couldn’t come up with a way to do it. Shame, shame, shame!
May 24th, 2007 at 9:03 pmLet’s hope Bush veto’s it because of the unrelated minimum wage increase.
May 24th, 2007 at 9:12 pmWhat if Bush turned around and attached one of his famous signing statements refusing to enact the higher minimum wage? Don’t the Stolkhom syndrome victim Dems understand that he will not compromise, not abide by anything they pass, thumb his nose at us all? They still believe he operates from some level of honesty? My dentist will be seeing me shortly due to all the ground teeth. I cannot believe this.
May 24th, 2007 at 9:35 pmI just left a message thanking my Congressman for voting against this atrocity. Don’t forget to thank those who voted “no” in addition to berating those who voted “yes.”
May 24th, 2007 at 9:47 pmNo, he said he would sign it if there were small business tax breaks coupled in.
The Democrats had 5 months and they couldn’t come up with a way to do it. Shame, shame, shame!
Comment by m12 — May 24, 2007 @ 9:03 pm
Actually you’ve had *years* to up the minimum wage - but fair wages for workers (fairness in anything actually) is never a priority for you wingnuts. You prefer corruption, bigotry, and torture to define your legacy. Tell me m12, how can you breath with your head stuck so far up your *ss? Or is that your natural breath from eating the dead carcasses in your basement?
May 24th, 2007 at 9:50 pmMy Rep, Tammy Baldwin and Senator Feingold voted no. Herb Kohl will be targetted for loss. Hopefully he screws up the Bucks draft. It will make it easier to get rid of Richie Rich.
May 24th, 2007 at 10:38 pmThe Republicans in Washington have shown how much they hate our country and our troops. Now the Democrats who were elected because of their lies about getting us out of the Iraq War are showing how much they hate our country and our troops. The only thing Congress is united on, Republicans and now Democrats alike, is their love of George W. Bush. They can say how much they want us out of Iraq, but in the end their actions are all that matters. The voters of this country should now know that neither party is going to get our troops out of Iraq. The United States of America is doomed.
May 24th, 2007 at 10:39 pmSickening display, never give the bully what he wants.
Democracy was sooo pre 911.
May 25th, 2007 at 1:25 amJust got an appeal from Dem party for money. Sent it back with a note, “No Balls, No Bucks!” Pass it on.
May 25th, 2007 at 1:30 amJust received request for money from Dem party. Returned it with note, “No Balls, No Bucks!” Pass it on.
May 25th, 2007 at 1:33 amAs a happy and relieved Republican, I’d like to thank all of you Democrats for turning against one another so quickly–and I mean really quickly! If that’s how you stick together, we will whip your asses for sure.
May 25th, 2007 at 6:51 amShow your righteous anger. Put your peaceful passion in the air and feet on the ground. Expose their shadowed lies, hidden moneys and quivering fears the light of reason and compassion. We are in the right. The Right is in the wrong. Give voice. If we lead they will follow.
Happy Republicans celebrate a victory today. They think they have won. What is their prize? Look outside the Green Zone and see your future.
May 25th, 2007 at 9:03 amGo Nancy Go! At least someone in the House has the guts to show some leadership here.
May 25th, 2007 at 1:28 pmHappy to see MY MAN, Rep Brad Miller, of the great state of NC, vote NO on this bill. He will be getting re-elected, that’s for darn sure.
The fight isn’t over. This isn’t the end. FAR from it. The Democratic Party needs to clean its own house after this…
Whatever we do, we need to NOT spin this as a failure of all Democrats, but as a failure of middle-road Democrats pandering to Republican interests. It’s easy to see here from this vote who needs to get “fired” from their job.
May 25th, 2007 at 1:43 pm