US House Majority Leader Sees Bipartisan Push To Leave Iraq

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Dow Jones

ST. INIGOES, Md. -(Dow Jones)- U.S. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., on Monday said he expects Congress to mount a bipartisan push to start pulling out of Iraq, even though it will mean a showdown with the White House.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle will seek to change course in Iraq because the status quo is not sustainable, Hoyer told Dow Jones Newswires. As a result, he said, lawmakers may be more inclined to cross party lines and stand firm against the Bush administration.

"I'm hopeful that that will happen," Hoyer said, speaking on the sidelines of a combat drone demonstration in his southern Maryland home district.

Hoyer said U.S. troops will get the money they need for current operations, even though Congress has not yet passed the next round of war funding legislation. However, the next installment of war money may be tied directly to a change in strategy. "The funding may be focused on redeployment," Hoyer said.

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[Nite Owl]

1. And if they don't

or don't in enough numbers to overcome a veto is there a Plan B? Or will they cave again and give him his big check?

[youngdem]

2. I fully expect a token withdrawal...it is an election year after all. n/t

[movonne]

3. I don't believe a word that f----ing hoyer says...is this to pacify us

over the fisa vote???they knew how it would come out before they even voted...I don't believe much most of these so call dems say anymore...I felt so happy after the election and felt that a breath of fresh air had come..boy was I fooled...

[Doctor_J]

4. This would be of interest if I were still listening to him or Nancy

no one gives a flying shit what they say any more.

[rodeodance]

5. "may be"------HUH!!

[radfringe]

6. and why should the outcome of the "show down" be any different

than the other "show downs"?

[endarkenment]

7. Unfortunately:

I See Dead People

While these clowns and asshats play their little masquerade for us idiots and hicks out here in the fields.