Senate Votes to Force Bush to Report to Congress on Iraq Progress

[CShine]

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate voted Wednesday to require President Bush to report to the Republican-controlled Congress on his efforts to stabilize Iraq, but he won't have to estimate how many American troops will remain in the violence-plagued country.
Senators rejected that measure, along with another provision to lowered the retirement age for National Guard and reservists from 60 to 55.

Those issues were in amendments to a massive defense authorization bill for the coming year, which senators were trying to finish before next week's recess.

On Tuesday, senators rejected a proposal that would have taken money from Bush's proposed missile defense budget for use on such tasks as securing "loose nukes" - nuclear bomb material around the world that could fall into the hands of terrorists - and policing America's ports and borders. The plan would have shifted $515 million from the $10.2 billion missile defense budget.

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB55T7UTVD.html

[americanstranger]

1. See, now this is more like it!

:)

-as

[struggle4progress]

3. I'm not happy. They're not trying to secure loose bomb material ...

... and they're not enhancing port security. :(

[americanstranger]

4. Don't mis-interpret...

My post above refers to another of C Shine's posts.

The boneheaded decisions that Congress make boggle my mind - and then I remember who's in the majority and it all makes sense.

-as

[joanski01]

2. FYI - Lieberman voted

against the amendment to force bush* to report to Congress on efforts to stabilize Iraq, estimates on how long the troops would be there, and reconstruction efforts.

Of course, Zell Miller did too.

[FemaleDemfromMass]

6. Lieberman cracks me up

he loves Bush so much, I expect him to give him a big kiss in public. :loveya:

[Journeyman]

5. What happened to Smirk's promise to report to the PEOPLE. . .

on our "progress" in Iraq? Remember: A talk a week, leading up the transfer of power on June 30. We had one bullshit recap that anyone who'd half-assed followed the news was not enlightened by, then nada. And now the Senate wants a report? 18 months too late, ya ask me.

[Jacobin]

7. Oh yeah, the five "talks"

I think he did two and they bombed so badly and network TV ignored them, so I guess...........it just....faded......away.

[Journeyman]

8. I don't think he even did two, Jacobin. . .

I think it was just that one terribly ill-received spill of swill, then nothing.

But hey, in a way I'm not disappointed. This group has such a miserable record of following through on their plans (anyone for a Mission to Mars?) I take heart they'll probably not accomplish all their plans to remove our liberties.

[gratuitous]

9. Another flip-flop from Bush

Golly, you'd think the librul media would be all over the White House about this! I mean, this was a promise from May 21, not some dim, dark time six months or a couple of years ago.